The COVID-19 pandemic has strongly impacted the realization of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). In a number of countries, we see a decrease in access to contraceptives and reduced availability of safe abortion services. This, in its turn, has massive and devastating consequences for women and girls. UNFPA...
Kristina Castell (RSFU) sat down with Bing Parcon, acting Executive Director at the Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) in Manila, during the Commission on Population Development (CPD). WGNRR is a 35 years old NGO working on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and on reproductive justice. Blng...
“We need to step up the pace if we are to meet the global goals for modern contraceptives,” said Magnus Magnusson, Head of Nordic, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation at the FP2020 half-way mark event in Sweden on July 6, 2016. Today 225 million women, who need and want to...
On 6th July, Countdown 2015 Europe partner in Sweden, RFSU, is organizing a panel discussion on how to advance access to modern contraceptives in an innovative way in order to achieve the global goals for Family Planning in Agenda 2030 and Family Planning 2020 (FP2020). The objective of RFSU´s event...
Countdown 2015 Europe partners were very actively involved before and during the Committee on the Status of Women (9-20 March, New York), helping to ensure a strong European voice on SRHR, including family planning, both from governments and from civil society. In the run-up to CSW, we provided input to...