In 2012, 16-year-old Amina Filali swallowed rat poison and killed herself, after being forced to marry the man she said had raped her.
Over 14 million teenage girls give birth every year, mainly as a result of rape and unwanted pregnancy.
Hundreds of millions of women around the world are living in marriages they were forced into before they were 18-years-old.
Whoever you are, wherever you live, all the decisions you make about your own body should be yours.
Yet all over the world, many of us are persecuted for making our own choices and many more are prevented from making any choices at all.
Some governments allow other people in our lives to make choices for us and some fail to meet their obligations to provide the information and services that we have a right to.
Join us in defending the rights of women and girls.
Add your name to the My Body My Rights Manifesto.
I endorse the My Body My Rights Manifesto - principles which unite us in our quest to claim control over our bodies, health and the personal decisions that affect our futures.
- Consensual sex is never a crime – whatever our sex, sexuality, gender identity or marital status.
- Seeking an abortion – or helping someone get one – does NOT make us criminals.
- Affordable, confidential and quality health services, including access to contraception, is not a luxury – it's a human right.
- Education and information on sex and relationships must be based on scientific evidence, and should be available to everyone.
- We all have the right to live free from all forms of violence, including rape.
- We have the right to have a say in the laws, policies and programmes that affect our bodies and our lives.
- If our sexual and reproductive choices are denied, we have the right to report it, have it investigated and be confident that justice will be served.
