Voting for Change: SRHR and the 2024 U.S. Election
Lorena Banda, Board Member, Menstrual Rights Global,USA Dr Jennifer Martin, CEO, Menstrual Rights Global, Scotland Dr Noelle Elizabeth Spencer, Menstrual Rights Global, USA In 2024, we will mark 30 years since the International Conference on Population Development in Cairo. Yet, globally, the pushback on to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are growing; anti-rights […]
Reproductive justice: the missing piece of the digital rights puzzle
Disclaimer: for ease of language, women are referred to as all child-bearing people Coined in 1994 by the Women of African Descent for Reproductive Justice, reproductive justice [1] refers to women’s inherent right to maintain bodily autonomy and decide freely and responsibly over matters related to their reproductivity, namely the right to have children […]
Thailand’s Leap in Period Equity
In November 2022, Thailand hosted the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) which had the theme of Family Planning and Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Since it is first ICFP in Kampala, Uganda, the conference has offered a platform where the global sexual and reproductive health (SRH) movement can advocate for SRH services to be included […]
Stigma, taboo, myths and misconceptions around menstruation in young people in Australia
Although period poverty disproportionately impacts those living in resource-limited settings, it can affect anyone and anytime. In 2020, the South Australian Commissioner for Children and Young People, Helen Connolly, surveyed 3,000 young people between the ages of 7 and 22 about their perceptions and experiences of menstruation. She found that period poverty is impacting their […]