AMODEFA – the IPPF member in Mozambique - has been running for 30 years. “This last decade should have been the phase of sustainability. This phase has been pushed back and we feel we are going back 10 years. The demand has been placed, but now, we can’t provide the...
Tropical Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique on March 14 leaving hundreds dead, thousands of homes destroyed and almost two million people impacted. Weeks after Idai hit, thousands of people remain in internal displacement camps. Cyclone Idai is considered one of the most devastating tropical cyclones to have hit Africa to date,...
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....
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...