The year 2020 is a tense moment for sexual and reproductive health and rights. The global crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic threatens years of hard-won progress on gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights, commonly referred to as SRHR, and risks pushing these crucial issues to the...
The COVID-19 pandemic and the related lockdowns have horrifying consequences for people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), with the already vulnerable and marginalized hit hardest. Access to safe abortion disappears when borders close and when health resources are reallocated to areas that are depicted as ‘more important’. The...
By our partner in Spain, FPFE The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the main international intergovernmental body dedicated to the promotion of gender equality "and the empowerment of women". Its 64th session has been reduced to a day of meetings between governments set to approve a somewhat...
In a sea of conservatism, Mozambique stands out as a liberal haven for progressive policies on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). It is a land of forward-thinking politics but suffers from shortcomings in implementation of the same. Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world, ranked...
AMODEFA, the IPPF Member Association in Mozambique, is the largest non-governmental provider of sexual and reproductive health care in Mozambique, and one of the lead organisations advocating for sexual and reproductive health and rights. It works in a challenging context, where 1 in 2 girls are pregnant or have had...