Grassroots sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and abortion rights organisations from five countries in Africa, gathered in Nairobi, Kenya to reaffirm commitments to promote and advance SRHR, including the right to access safe abortion information and services.
Meet WGNRR member Organization from Uruguay: MYSU!
Feminism in India is an award-winning digital intersectional feminist media organisation. It was founded with the purpose of educating and developing a feminist consciousness among youth. Its aim, amongst others is to help unravel and demistify all the negativity surrounding the word “feminism”. As such, FII helps to amplify the voices of women and marginalized […]
The Association for Human Rights and Active Citizenship PaRiter was founded in 2014 in Rijeka, Croatia and since then has been formalized as a feminist organisation that works on human rights with a focus on women’s rights and citizen participation. PaRiter has implemented various programs in high schools, organising libraries and pushing for SRHR activism […]
Peace Foundation Pakistan is a women-led not-for profit organization that works for women’s human rights. They focus on Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Violence against women, education and poverty reduction.
Hidden Pockets is a resource centre and collective of young feminist activists, artists, performers, techies, lawyers, and scholars, created in 2014. They locate sexuality within institutions such as law, medicine, and psychology, and in discourses, for instance about prison systems, disability, and economics, with the aim to make these discussions on sexuality more accessible for everyone. Their goal is to create safer online and offline spaces for young people (including from marginalised communities) in New Delhi to talk about sexuality without fear of prejudice, guilt, and control. Seeking to curate positive experiences of young people in New Delhi around sexuality, Hidden Pockets lists non-discriminatory SRHR services on Google Maps as well as events and discussions within the city in order to make them participatory for everyone, including people on the margins.
Feminist grassroots organization Taller Salud is focused on education and prevention in the areas of sexual and reproductive rights in Puerto Rico and celebrated this year its 35th anniversary. Established in 1979 as the first feminist organization in Puerto Rico, it’s main goal was to stop the massive sterilization processes that were performed on women of low income.
Originally a small voluntary women’s collective in Pakistan in 1975, Shirkat Gah has evolved into a leading women’s rights organization in Pakistan. Shirkat Gah is committed to a just, vibrant and democratic society in which women are fully empowered, human rights and dignity are enjoyed equally by all without discrimination, where peace prevails and resources and opportunities are ensured on a sustainable and equitable basis.
As attacks on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and justice intensify, urgent support is needed to sustain our advocacy—particularly in educating, empowering, and supporting young people to lead actions for SRHR and justice.
