Thirteen years later, the U.S.-Ukraine bilateral relationship has strengthened and matured, resulting in the need to refresh the charter to address the challenges of the 21st century and to reflect the elevated bilateral partnership we have with Ukraine. The U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Partnership Commission began in 2008 and has been an important mechanism for the United States and Ukraine to communicate and collaborate on shared priorities across a broad range of issues.
That will take place next week, on November 10th. Next, we are pleased to announce that Secretary Blinken will host Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba next week for the U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Partnership Commission. Women’s rights are human rights, and we reaffirm our full commitment to promote and protect the sexual and reproductive health of all individuals, recognizing the essential and transformative role they play in gender equality and women and girls’ empowerment around the world. Access to sexual and reproductive health services, including family planning and maternal health interventions, are lifesaving. The United States is committed to promoting women’s health empowerment at home and abroad. And today, we are fulfilling that promise.Įach 2020 country report, available online at, our website, now contains a section covering a broad range of women’s health issues, such as maternal mortality, government policy adversely affecting access to contraception, access to emergency health care, and discrimination against women in accessing sexual and reproductive health care. Secretary Blinken announced when he rolled out this year’s – the 2020 report in March that the department would renew the practice of documenting these issues via an addendum to each 2020 country report.
And that is why today, the United States has released an addendum to the 2020 Country Report on Human Rights Practices addressing reproductive rights.įor many years, this section was included in the annual Human Rights Reports. This includes promoting gender equity, gender equality, and the human rights of women and girls, and improved women’s health outcomes. In this administration, advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls is a central pillar of U.S. MR PRICE: A few elements at the top, and then we’ll get started, take your questions.
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