Thank you, President.
Akahata makes this statement on behalf of the Sexual Rights Initiative.
We welcome the presentation of this report, especially its focus on class, gender, and racial issues; the analysis of inequalities between the global North and South in the production, export, and disposal of toxic substances; the critique of corporate power and its capture of the state apparatus; and the mention of the advisory opinion on climate emergency from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, because it has had massive participation from civil society in the region, which demands guarantees for the sustainability of life.
We particularly appreciate the reference to the impact of toxic substances on the health of women, adolescents, and girls. Exposure to toxic substances is not limited to working conditions but also includes components of food and plastics, environmental degradation, and fumigation with agrochemicals. The impact of toxic substances on women's reproductive health is a matter of reproductive justice and includes an increase in caregiving tasks, which already fall disproportionately on women. States must ensure that effective remedies include both access to assisted reproduction and access to safe abortion.
We urge States to seriously implement the recommendations made by the rapporteur.
Thank you very much.