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...
By Elina Korhonen (Väestöliitto, C2030E partner) The annual session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) is a critical space for countries and advocates to affirm and further their commitments to advance human rights, including sexual and reproductive rights. The 2019 CPD session opened with the adoption by consensus...
By Lucie Daniel, Equipop (C2030E partner) The 63rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 11 to 22 March 2019. Each year, representatives of UN institutions, Member-States, and UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) accredited NGOs...
Despite the rise of ultra-conservatism and populism in Europe driving a backlash on women’s reproductive safety and care, policies and funding for global development and SRH/FP were solidified and championed in many global fora. Countdown 2030 Europe analysis concluded that ten out of twelve key European donor countries sustained or...
The European Union increases its 2019 budget for development cooperation, including sexual and reproductive health and rights and family planning, by €32.56 million. We welcome this renewed commitment and hope it will be a stepping stone towards the future EU multiannual budget. The annual budget 2019 for the European Union...