While sitting in a session on sexuality education at the Armando Emilio Guebuza school in Maputo we noticed how openly the students were talking about topics that are taboo in other spaces. Their teacher, Vasco Nhamussa, said that “students want to talk about these topics, they are no longer taboo....
Countdown 2030 Europe will be hosting a panel discussion during the European Development Days entitled "No health without rights: women and girls decide". To be empowered, every girl and woman needs to decide and control her body and sexuality. She needs to be able to choose if, when and with...
European Week of Action for Girls provides a unique opportunity to bring girls’ rights to the forefront of the EU agenda. This year, European Week of Action partners put the spotlight on what needs to be done to overcome the barriers faced by girls all around the world, and to...
On World Contraception Day, Countdown 2030 Europe partner, Väestöliitto, invited Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) youth activist, Prisca Chakholoma to give an impassioned account of her experiences in Malawi at a seminar held by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Population and Development in Finland. The seminar, based on the unmet need...
By Abigail Rowlands, SRHR Policy and Advocacy Officer, Plan UK and UK Coordinator, Action for Global Health On 11th July, the UK Government hosted the Family Planning (FP) Summit, bringing together policymakers, donors, and advocates from around the world to commit to support family planning. Huge progress has been made...