Every year, celebrations take place around the world to mark World Contraception Day on September 26. Launched back in 2007, the day's mission is to increase awareness of modern contraception and every individual’s right to choose if, when, and how many children to have. While there have been significant advancements...
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...
In the context of the ‘Not Without FP Forum’, we organised a roundtable discussion on European donor support to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and family planning (FP) in the coming decade. With inputs from European and African decision-makers and civil society representatives, we discussed recent trends in...
COVID-19 has had an unprecedented impact on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services across the world, may it be from the health crisis itself or the consequences of the lockdown. It is estimated that the pandemic could result in an additional 49 million women with unmet need for...
This year we are marking the commitments and investments done by European donors but also the work ahead. This is done under the ‘Because She Counts’ campaign banner, with a social media campaign and activities in each of the partner countries in order to raise awareness of SRH/FP. We are asking...