It is worth paying attention to two initiatives that, under an alleged concern for the rights of children born through surrogacy, aim at regulating cross border surrogacy. Feminist critique of the Verona Principles The detailed analysis if the Verona Principles is available HERE Surrogate motherhood is a social practice that consists of recruiting a […]
The evidence is clear: surrogacy is nothing but the sale of children and reproductive exploitation of women
PRESS RELEASE ICASM Paris, September 7, 2021 On 4 and 5 September 2021, the DESIR D’ENFANT trade fair was held in Paris: ICASM, supported by its organizations members, was there to oppose this practice, on the theme of the dystopia by Margaret Atwood : the handmaid’s tale. On display and in the workshops it […]
ALERT SURROGACY : FRANCE COMPLICIT IN THE EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN AND THE SALE OF CHILDREN
PRESS RELEASE Paris, August 30, 2021 ALERT SURROGACY: FRANCE COMPLICIT IN THE EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN AND THE SALE OF CHILDREN On 4 and 5 September 2021, in Paris, the “Désir d’enfant” trade fair will be held. Its stated aim is to provide information on the various possibilities of becoming parents. Surrogacy is one of […]
ICASM Intervention at the NGO CSW65 Virtual Forum 23 March 2021 -7 pm CET
Registration for the Parallel Event “Surrogacy: a violence against women from a feminist perspective”, 23 March 2021 at 7 PM CET (Madrid, Berlin, Paris Time)! 2 steps: Step 1. Create a profile on the virtual platform of the NGO CSW65 by registering for free – click HERE In the small square box, choose 1 instead […]
Call to stop the draft international regulation of surrogacy launched by the Hague Conference on Private International Law
The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) is working to define surrogacy in an international instrument. This is a real blank cheque to the globalized surrogacy trade in the mostly poor countries of the world, and we must urgently oppose it. The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) is an intergovernmental organisation with […]
LATIN AMERICAN MANIFESTO AGAINST REPRODUCTIVE EXPLOITATION
Nearly 100 feminist organisations from all over Latin America (South, Central and Caribbean) associated with ICASM/CIAMS are launching the FIRST LATIN AMERICAN MANIFESTO AGAINST REPRODUCTIVE EXPLOITATION (surrogacy) in response to attempts to open up surrogacy in Argentina, Ecuador, Colombia and Mexico. The undersigned individuals, collectives and feminist and abolitionist organisations are organising to oppose […]
UPDATE ON THE WORK OF THE HAGUE CONFERENCE ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW (surrogacy)
The Hague Conference on Private International Law: definition The Hague Conference has 85 State Members, including the European Union Its aim “The Hague Conference aims to work for the progressive unification of the rules of private international law”. It does so by means of international conventions and optional protocols. Definition: “The convention: agreement between States, […]
Surrogacy: Abolish it, this is the real political courage!
The Hague Conference on Private International Law carries on its work on the international regulation of surrogacy. The working group devoted to this “legislative project” is meeting again from 12 to 16 October 2020. The organisation refrains from taking sides for or against the practice, while stating that since the practice exists, its consequences should […]
200 Women’s rights organisations call for a ban on surrogacy in Ukraine
Press release 2020-06-03 Women’s rights organisations call for a ban on surrogacy in Ukraine Recently international media have published shocking pictures from the Ukrainian surrogacy industry. Newborn babies in large numbers that cannot be picked up by foreign customers due to the countries’ closed borders during the COVID-19 pandemic. The situation has shed […]
Call to ban all forms of trade in children and women in the surrogacy industry in Ukraine
June 3, 2020 To the attention of Mr. Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, Call to ban all forms of trade in children and women in the surrogacy industry in Ukraine Dear mr. Zelensky, We, the undersigning organizations, have been made aware from international media of shocking pictures from one of the biggest […]