Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters

🎤 You can now register for our Latin American and the Caribbean regional webinar, happening at 11:00 Bogotá time on December 10, 2024. The webinar will be held in Spanish and is being co-hosted La Mesa Por La Vida y la Salud de las Mujeres and the Faculty of Law, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia, with an incredible group of panellists! Register here: https://lnkd.in/dxmiBmAr La revista Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) ha querido responder al clima actual de aumento de la retórica anti-derechos y desafíos a las libertades reproductivas con el lanzamiento de una Colección Especial sobre el Aborto y una invitación a publicar. La colección incluirá más de 30 artículos de la Revista SRHM que abarcan temas tan diversos como las experiencias de las mujeres que abortan, las políticas y la política del aborto, la criminalización del aborto y otros aspectos legales, los sistemas y servicios de salud, los avances tecnológicos, las necesidades y derechos de las poblaciones marginadas y los desafíos emergentes. La colección también resaltará las brechas en la evidencia actual y hace un llamado a la investigación, el debate y el análisis. La revista SRHM tiene un compromiso de largo plazo con el movimiento por el aborto seguro y ha contribuido a la creación y comunicación de investigaciones y evidencia sobre aborto, basadas en derechos durante más de 30 años. La colección se lanzará el 10 de diciembre, Día de los Derechos Humanos, subrayando que el acceso al aborto seguro es un derecho humano que debe ser garantizado. En este evento, co-organizado por la Mesa por la Vida y la Salud de las Mujeres y la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Los Andes, escucharemos a expertas sobre el estado actual el derecho al aborto en América Latina y discutiremos cómo utilizar el conocimiento basado en derechos y evidencia para avanzar el acceso al aborto seguro en la región. Ana Cristina Gonzalez Velez Isabel Cristina Jaramillo Rebeca Ramos Duarte Mariana Romero Stephanie Altamirano Herrera

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🎤 The registration link for the Eastern Mediterranean regional webinar titled 'Sexual and Reproductive Health Issues – Lost Rights in a Difficult Reality' (in Arabic), hosted by SRHM and moderated by Hala El Damanhoury is now live! Happening at 19:30, Cairo time with an incredible panel. Register here: https://lnkd.in/dShiwe35 في هذا الويبينار، نسعى إلى تسليط الضوء على القضايا الملحة المتعلقة بالصحة الجنسية والإنجابية في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا، كما تم تناولها في مجلة *شؤون الصحة الجنسية والإنجابية*. مع تصاعد التحديات عبر العديد من دول المنطقة وتدهور الأوضاع الإنسانية في عدة مناطق، يتم غالباً تجاهل قضايا الصحة الجنسية والإنجابية، مما يؤدي إلى تراجع احترام العديد من حقوق الإنسان التي تُعد الصحة الجنسية والإنجابية جزءًا لا يتجزأ منها. بدءًا من واقع الحال في مناطق النزاعات المسلحة والأزمات الإنسانية إلى الحاجة غير الملباة للصحة الجنسية والإنجابية وتنظيم الأسرة – التي تؤدي إلى عواقب صحية واجتماعية خطيرة مثل حالات الحمل غير المرغوب فيها والإجهاض غير الآمن – تؤكد هذه القضايا على التعقيدات الثقافية والاجتماعية والقانونية التي تحيط بالصحة الجنسية والإنجابية في المنطقة. على مر السنين، طورت مجلة *شؤون الصحة الجنسية والإنجابية* إرثًا قيمًا من المقالات والدراسات المتعلقة بمنطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا، تتناول تجارب النساء، وسياسات الصحة الإنجابية، والقضايا القانونية، وأنظمة وخدمات الرعاية الصحية، والتطورات التكنولوجية، واحتياجات وحقوق الفئات المهمشة، إلى جانب التحديات الناشئة. In this webinar, we aim to shed light on pressing sexual and reproductive health issues pertinent to the Middle East and North Africa (#MENA) region, as discussed in the Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters journal. With escalating challenges across many MENA countries and deteriorating #humanitarian conditions in several areas, sexual and reproductive health concerns are often neglected, leading to a decline in the respect for numerous human rights, of which sexual and reproductive health is an integral part. From the realities in conflict zones and humanitarian crises to the unmet need for sexual, reproductive health and #FamilyPlanning - which results in serious health and social consequences such as unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions—these issues underscore the complex cultural, societal, and legal constraints surrounding SRHR. Ali Kubba Faysal El Kak Hiba Ahmed Khalil Azza Soliman American University of Beirut World Association for Sexual Health SUDAN SFPA

Did you know that almost none of the evidence or policy recommendations provided by numerous sex workers' rights groups towards the report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women on "Prostitution and violence against women" made it into the SR's report? When sex workers' submissions were cited - they were cited out of context, and/or misrepresented. Instead, according to Jules Kim, who sits on our Advisory Committee and is at present the Global Coordinator of Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP), the report presented "a lot sensationalized and highly graphic depictions of abuse, what we refer to as pity porn, and absolutely no evidence to support any of those claims." The authors of the article titled "The (mis)use of evidence in contested rights: Commentary on the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls’ report on 'prostitution and violence'", note that: "The SRVAW received many submissions by sex workers, feminist, human rights and public health organisations, activists and academics who used their materials to elaborate their position on the harms of criminalisation and argue for full decriminalisation. Many of these submissions provided analyses of various forms of abuse in the sex sector as a product of criminalisation of the sex sector. However, the SRVAW used these submissions in support of her position of client criminalisation, in direct opposition to what these submissions call for, without acknowledgement of their positions." Read the article in full here: https://lnkd.in/eNzV7c-t Listen to the conversation, convened by Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, and facilitated by Susana Fried (Co-director: Knowledge, Learning and Narratives at Just Futures Collaborative) here: https://lnkd.in/deS5aHyz

Just Futures Collaborative Co-founder and Co-director: Knowledge, Learning and Narratives, Susana Fried, facilitated an insightful conversation last Wednesday, about the "The (mis)use of evidence in contested rights: Commentary on the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls’ report on “prostitution and violence". The webinar - convened by the amazing team at Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters - was further deepening a conversation begun by the article co-authored on this subject by numerous experts, including our own Susana Fried and our Steering Committee member Alice (Ali) Miller! The conversation also included incisive remarks by Just Futures Collaborative's Advisory Committee member Jules Kim - Global Coordinator at Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP). Jules described the alarming ways in which sex workers' voices, experiences and expertise had been systematically ignored by the SR, how sex workers had barely been consulted, their submissions cited misleadingly or not at all, and how "sex workers voices are not reflected" at all in the end product. Jules clearly described the process, which, from the very articulation of the call for submissions (for example, the framing and the articulation of sex work as an "inherent form of violence") made clear that sex workers' submissions were not welcome (the SR's report was framed as being on "Prostitution and violence against women"). Jules noted that despite several such attempts made to exclude sex workers - including by inviting only very few sex workers to the preliminary consultations ahead of the report - sex worker-led groups mobilized to make numerous submissions which made an evidence-based case for the decriminalization of all aspects of sex work. Take a listen: https://lnkd.in/deS5aHyz Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/eNzV7c-t (In the image below: Jules Kim, Global Coordination of NSWP stands holding a red umbrella)

🎤 Francophone Africa regional webinar registration is now live! The webinar will be held by SRHM in collaboration with Association EDSSR. Vous pouvez vous inscrire dès maintenant à notre webinaire régional Afrique francophone, qui se déroulera en français - 'Avortement sécurisé : Quelles mesures à mettre en œuvre en Afrique pour garantir les droits humains', le 10 décembre 2024 à 14h00 heure de Rabat. Alors que le contexte actuel voit régression des droits sexuels et reproductifs ; Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) réagit avec le lancement d'une collection spéciale du SRHM Journal sur l'avortement. Cette collection présentera plus de 30 articles du SRHM Journal, allant des expériences des femmes, aux politiques et politiques d'avortement, à la criminalisation et aux questions juridiques, aux systèmes et services de santé, aux avancées technologiques, aux besoins et droits des populations marginalisées et aux défis émergents. La collection met également en évidence les lacunes des preuves actuelles et appelle à des recherches, des discussions et des analyses. SRHM se consacre depuis longtemps au mouvement pour l'avortement sécurisé, contribuant à la création et à la communication de recherches et de preuves fondées sur les droits depuis plus de 30 ans. La collection devrait être lancée le 10 décembre, Journée des droits humains, soulignant que l'accès à un avortement sécurisé est un droit humain qui doit être respecté. Nous entendrons des intervenants experts parler de l'état actuel du droit à l'avortement sécurisé et de la manière d'utiliser les droits et les connaissances fondées sur des preuves pour faire progresser l'accès à l'avortement sécurisé dans le cadre de la justice sexuelle et reproductive et du respect contextuel, de la protection et de la réalisation des droits humains fondamentaux. Bouchra Assarag Jean-Claude Mulunda MD, MSc, Fouzia Yassine HAYATE KOUBRI Aitchéhou Romuald Bothon Aissatou Ndiaye Vincent De Brouwere Ipas Africa Alliance IPPF Africa Region REGISTER: https://lnkd.in/duc-RysK

🎤 You can register now for our South Asia regional webinar - 'The Continuing Fight for Abortion Rights in South Asia: Taking Stock of the Evidence', happening on December 10, 2024 at 15:30 IST! SRHM in collaboration with Centre for Justice, Law and Society (CJLS), Jindal Global Law School (JGLS), India and Centre for Research on Environment, Health, and Population Activities, i.e., CREHPA, Nepal will be hosting this webinar, where a line up of expert speakers will explore the current state of #AbortionRights and how to use rights- and evidence-based knowledge to advance access to #SafeAbortion as a matter of sexual and #ReproductiveJustice and the respect, protection and fulfilment of fundamental #HumanRights. This event will also mark the launch of SRHM's Special Collection on Abortion, comprising important articles on women’s experiences, policies and politics of abortion, criminalization and legal matters, health systems and services, technological advances, the needs and rights of marginalized populations and emerging challenges. We will share the speaker details soon! Ahana Bag Dipika Jain Register here: https://lnkd.in/dC3brf4q

🎙️ NEW EPISODE OF THE SRHM PODCAST Listen to the fantastic discussion that was held this past Wednesday 20 November on the (mis)use of evidence in contested rights: the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls’ report on “prostitution and violence”. We heard from Susana F., Jules Kim, Alice (Ali) Miller, Juan Esteban Restrepo Saldarriaga, Rupsa Malik and Ivana Radačić. Podcast: https://lnkd.in/deS5aHyz Video recording: https://lnkd.in/dsphv7sU