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Home 9 Search Results How is your reproductive health impacted by climate change? We’ve asked hundreds of people around the world this question, as our researchers work to understand exactly how and why climate disasters harm people’s reproductive …
There are few studies in Brazil on the role of the Public Defender’s Office in achieving reproductive justice and, specifically, in guaranteeing the right to abortion. The institutional paths are tortuous for those who request the termination of pregnancy in health services, with several barriers to access to the procedure even within legal parameters. In a scenario of legal restrictions and human rights violations, the Public Defender’s Office acts as a mediator of demands with health services or through requests for judicial authorization from the courts. This article discusses pioneering actions and initiatives by the Public Defender’s Office of the State of Rio de Janeiro in recent years to guarantee legal access to abortion, against threats of regression in law and practice.
As the United States approaches its rescheduled 4th Universal Periodic Review (UPR), individuals’ sexual and reproductive health and rights continue to deteriorate across the country. Since our previous submission, there has been an increase in both restrictions on reproductive health-care access (in particular abortion care), and in targeted, state-sanctioned violence, intimidation, discrimination, and harassment of communities by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Based on IDRC‑supported qualitative research conducted in Kinshasa, this policy brief examines how school environments shape the educational pathways of pregnant adolescent girls and unmarried young mothers. Despite recent policy reforms prohibiting their exclusion from schools, the findings reveal persistent stigma and systemic barriers. The brief calls for coordinated evidence‑informed action across education, health, and community systems to uphold girls’ right to education and advance gender equality.
Abortion stigma causes more than social harm; it is a measurable barrier to global health. It determines whether someone feels safe seeking abortion, whether a provider feels confident about offering care, and it can influence whether communities and g …
view on Journal of Nepal Health Research Council (JNHRC) Search Results Background: A considerable number of pregnancies end in unsafe abortions after two decades of abortion legalization. Over half of pregnancies resulting in abortions are unplanned, …
view on Journal of Nepal Health Research Council (JNHRC) Search Results Background: Abortion remains a significant public health concern in Nepal, contributing to maternal mortality and posing a complex challenge to women’s reproductive health. This st …
In Central African Republic, women are arriving at hospitals with life-threatening abortion complications—too late for some, and almost all are preventable.
Nomination recognizes Kumar’s work with Ipas to show that reproductive justice is essential for gender-equal societies
Martine Naigna was arrested for helping a woman access contraception without a husband’s approval—and she kept fighting.
A tragic encounter early in her nursing career set Estrela Góia on the path to becoming a dedicated abortion champion who partners with Ipas Mozambique to train providers and expand access.
In August 2025, Ipas Bangladesh and partner organizations convened the first-ever urban youth conference in the country, themed “Youth Voice for Sustainable Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR).”
This study looks at the experiences of 440 women who received abortion care at 13 Ipas Africa Alliance-supported public health facilities in nine districts of Uganda.
My partner and I recently marked 10 years of marriage—without children, by choice. What began as a practical plan to delay parenthood to focus on completing our PhDs evolved into a conscious, mutual decision to live childfree.
Edith Romero Home 9 Search Results Three Honduran women Edith Romero is a cuir Honduran organizer, writer and researcher at the intersection of immigrant rights and reproductive justice. A Public Voices fellow with The OpEd Project, she’s shared h …
By the time the headlines spelled out Anandi Devi Sada or Rinku Sada, their life had lost its breath, reduced to a police report, a statistic, a whisper.
Ana Karen Flores Home 9 Search Results Gorditas de azúcar A poem series Ana Karen Flores is a first-generation Latina poet, activist, and storyteller who explores the intersections of pop culture, advocacy, and community power. Born and raised in …
I have learned in many ways over my brief existence that being assigned female at birth could be one of the cruellest jokes nature plays on you.
Lori Hayes Home 9 Search Results Bernadette mattered. My abortion mattered. Lori is a research grant manager, mother, and longtime reproductive rights advocate currently serving on the Board of Directors for Pro-Choice Washington. Originally from …