While campaigning for sexual and reproductive health and rights remains a day-to-day concern, wars, such as the war started on February 24 against Ukraine, bring an immediate threat to people’s lives, safety, and human rights. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters has covered the impacts of conflict and forced migration on sexual and reproductive health and […]
Mangochi a district in Southern Malawi, with a population of approximately 610, 239 and considered one of the districts with a high rate of unplanned teenage pregnancies, is the home of Chatuma. Chatuma was selected to a local secondary school at 13 years of age and she had a dream of becoming a doctor. She […]
The district has 51 government aided primary schools only. Important to note is that in the lower section of primary education there are more girls than boys especially between the ages of 5 to 13 years however as they progress the ratio of drop out between girls and boys puts girls at a higher ratio. […]
By: Pragya Singh, CHOICE for Youth and Sexuality and Ana Aguilera, Engender Health Most organizations who work with and for young people strive to genuinely involve young people in their work—after all ‘nothing about us, without us’ is a slogan we’ve heard time and time again. This serves as a reminder that if you want […]
Menstruation is a natural process, with about 300 million women menstruating every day globally. The average menstrual cycle is 28 days, with most women bleeding for 3 to 5 days. Empowering women to keep clean as they menstruate enables them to stay healthy and productive as they go about their day-to-day life. How should one […]
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Feminist Opportunities Now (FON) is a programme that aims to build capacity of feminist organizations via subgrants to enhance more diverse and resilience Civil Society Organizations when addressing and responding to gender-based violence, inequalities, discrimination and other human rights violations related to gender. International Planned Parenthood Federation Africa Region (IPPFAR) is the FON consortium lead, […]
On 28 June, Malta’s Parliament adopted a new law, known as Bill 28, intended originally to increase protection for women by allowing abortion care in exceptional cases. However, the final version of the law specifies that abortion is only allowed when a woman is at risk of dying and denies life-saving care to a person […]
This morning, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Director-General, Dr. Alvaro Bermejo, paid a courtesy visit to the Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, Honorable Manasseh Sogavare, in Honiara, Solomon Islands Dr Bermejo and Solomon Islands Family Planning Association (SIPPA) President, Charles Meke, presented on the work of IPPF and SIPPA on the ground. Dr Bermejo […]
The Director General of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), Dr Alvaro Bermejo, is in Australia this week for high level meetings with Australian Government Ministers and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). He is joined by Ms. Tomoka Fukuda, Regional Director of IPPF’s East and Southeast Asia and Oceania Region (ESEAOR) […]
