Menstruation is a normal biological process and we should not shame people for it. We must not neglect menstrual pain or matters surrounding it.
Although there is a need to focus on COVID-19, it is self-defeating for governments to ignore ongoing healthcare needs like SRHR.
Women Promotion Center is one of the leading feminist organizations in the Kibera slum. We are currently implementing a SAAF-funded project to tackle community-level, abortion-related stigma. During the current pandemic, we have stepped in to fill the SRHR gap, too.
“I envision a country, or rather, a continent, where young girls and young women have power to decide on what to do with their bodies and have access to information so that they can make better and good decisions.”
– Ruth Mumbi, Social Justice Defender, Kenya
The Girls’ Globe team, led by Felogene Anumo and Abigail Arunga, spoke to women marching in the lead up to the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25. A common thread in the responses to why they were marching was access to information and services for women and girls – especially those in marginalized communities. Realizing sexual and reproductive health and rights will lead to better decisions about their bodies. Women were marching for women to have full autonomy over their bodies and to put an end to maternal deaths.
In the current fourth-wave of feminism, anti-feminist voices are as loud as ever.
On the SAUTIplus app, information is available day or night.
Endometrix is an app that aims to make endometriosis easier to understand.
Recently, the world was made aware of a study that cleared a contraceptive pill as safe for men. The results of the study indicate that it is possible to decrease sperm production while preserving sexual drive and avoiding serious side effects. For years, women have
Let us introduce you to Kizanne James. Kizanne is a physician from Trinidad & Tobago working on reproductive health and rights. In this conversation with Girls’ Globe, Kizanne speaks about the challenges she has faced as a woman – and especially as a black woman
Women in rural areas have different lifestyles and challenges than women living in urban communities.
This is the fourth and final blog in a series sharing personal family planning stories – presented by CARE.
Although half of female garment workers report being sexually active, less than a third of them use modern contraceptives.
Disparity between the sexes is especially obvious when it comes to permanent contraception, or sterilization.
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