Women on Waves staat waarschijnlijk het bekendst om haar expedities naar landen waar abortus illegaal is. Maar wij doen meer, veel meer. Zo stimuleren wij de tot standkoming van kunstprojecten, zijn wij betrokken bij de beantwoording van juridisch vraagstukken, geven wij seksuele voorlichting en delen wij onze kennis tijdens medische workshops. Voorts helpen en begeleiden wij door middel van het internet talloze vrouwen wereldwijd met hun abortushulpvraag.
Argentina "Safe abortion hotline" July 2009
Women needing help in Argentina:
(011) 156 664 7070
Press information:
0054 911 57 37 9584
or masinformacion.menosriesgos@yahoo.com.arIn Argentina abortion is illegal in most cases. There are about 500,000 abortions per year, most of them clandestine. About 68,000 women enter the public hospitals each year with post-abortion complications, and annually around 100 of these women die.
The goal of the hotline, “Abortion: more information, less risks” is to democratize access to information on the correct way to have a safe abortion using misoprostol.
Spain, October 2008
Women on Waves has visited Spain from October 16 till 21 at the invitation of 33 Spanish organisations (please click here for list) concerned with a better abortion law.
If you need help with abortion in Spain now, click here
Print and Paste
Help women get access to the life saving information how they can safely do an abortion themselves. Print this sticker and paste it everywhere; in public bathrooms, cafe's restaurants, busses, trains, waitingrooms, dressingrooms, everywhere.
Malta Mini Campaign
In October 2007, Rebecca Gomperts was invited by Emmy Bezzina of the Alpha Liberal Democratic Party to come to Malta to give a lecture.
Stir in Argentina
Visit Rebecca Gomperts to Argentina sparks abortion debate.
On December 8, 2004, Rebecca Gomperts visited Argentina on the invitation of Noemi Oliveto of the party Selfdetermination & Freedom.
Poland 2003
On June 16, 2003 Women on Waves set sail for Poland. We were invited by a coalition of Polish women's organisations called the "STER committee- women decide", to support them in their struggle for legal and safe abortion. In the mobile clinic of the ship Langenort, Women on Waves offered a range of activities and services including workshops and information on sexual health. In additions to these services, the medical staff could also provide safe and legal early medical abortion care (till 45 days of pregnancy) after sailing into international waters, which is 12 miles off the coast, where Dutch law applies.
Exhibition: I had an Abortion
I had an abortion. Poddalam sie aborcji. Jien ghamilt abort. Eu fiz um aborto. Ho fatto un aborto. J'ai eu un avortement. Ich hatte eine abtreibung. Yo aborte. Did you have an abortion? ACT !
Abortion hotline Chile, May 2009
Press inquiries: +0056 984668855
Ecuador, June 2008
The Coordinadora Juvenil por la Equidad de Género (Youth Committee for Gender Equity, ‘CPJ’) invited Women on Waves to come to Ecuador to support them in their stuggle to legalize abortion. Moreover we want to inform women of the possibility to do a safe abortion themselves with medicines, Cytotec, that are available in Ecuador.
For help in Ecuador: (593) 099004545
Portugal 2004
Op uitnodiging van verschillende Portuguese vrouwenorganisaties is het schip van Women on Waves van af het eind van de maand op bezoek in Portugal.
Women on Waves kan de abortuspil verstrekken voor afbreking van zwangerschap in een vroeg stadium.
Teken de Petitie!
Om stopzetting van de strafvervolging van een 24-jarige vrouw uit Boxtel die 14 november werd gearresteerd vanwege een vermeende illegale abortus Klik hier om de brief te ondertekenen
Introducing an international symbol
The essence of the-safety-pin campagne is to pull the themes abortion and unwanted pregnancy out of the closet and onto the public agenda. This progress towards an active international debate has an international symbol: the safety pin. Different media explore the themes and each offer simple options that could support the progress: from wearing a safety pin in one's personal surroundings as a personal signature on a petition to actively producing and distributing flyers. The mix of information as well as the significance of the information and need of support is varied in the media displayed here (website www.the-safety-pin.org, flyers, fashion movement).
Ireland 2001
On 11 June 2001, Women on Waves set sail from the Netherlands with an almost entirely female crew for the Republic of Ireland, a country with the most restrictive abortion law in Europe. Women on Waves was invited by several Irish abortion rights organisations.
