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The impacts of climate change are felt by all but it does not affect all equally. The climate crisis we are experiencing results from deliberate political and economic decisions of a few powerful countries and large corporations and women and girls feel its consequences the most. Women and girls are more likely to die in disasters and suffer from shortages of food and other resources. Rendered more vulnerable to
the negative impacts of disasters are those who have been systematically disadvantaged due to poverty, race, ethnicity, capabilities, and sexual orientation and gender identity and expression, among others.

Young Advocates for SRHR (YAS!) and WGNRR present the Young People in Quarantine Publication, a collection of photos, opinions, essays, short stories, posters, and creative placards that highlight the experiences, calls, and demands of young people on their health and rights during the pandemic. This book also includes contributions from advocacy organizations and advocates. The […]

End Inequality to End GBV: A Call to Action in line with the International Day of Action for Elimination of Violence Against Women and the 16 Day-campaign to end Gender-Based Violence Amid the COVID-19 health crisis, gender-based violence (GBV) has been dubbed a ‘shadow pandemic’ as key GBV risk factors  – food shortages, unemployment, economic […]

Background The Sexual Health and Empowerment (SHE) project seeks to empower women and girls to achieve their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). The project aims at improving the knowledge and awareness on SRHR, particularly among women and girls, including the prevention of gender-based violence (GBV); strengthening health systems and community structures to deliver […]

2020 has been a very challenging year for all of us. We found ourselves facing a public health crisis that directly impacts people’s health, economic stability, and lives. The COVID-19 pandemic brings about unprecedented challenges that threaten a decline in the developmental gains of many countries, including advances made in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), where progress was never easy, to begin with.

This September 28 – International Safe Abortion Day, join WGNRR and partners in spreading kindness. Make people who’ve had an abortion feel that you support them. Send them love notes, artworks, words of kindness and support, messages of affirmation and appreciation. Tell them that abortion is normal. That abortion is essential healthcare and that we […]

Last September 1, 2021, the US Supreme Court upheld the “Texas Heartbeat Act” which limits the availability of abortion services to those experiencing medical emergencies and only up to the point of the first detectable cardiac activity, erroneously defined by conservatives as the first “heartbeat”. This makes abortion impossible for many, including persons who become […]

Are you 15-21 years old?Are you interested to advocate for Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights?Do you have creative skills? (writing, visual design, etc.)Do you have access to a computer and internet at home? Apply now at: bit.ly/yas2021-onlinebootcampDeadline August 5, 2021, 4pm Selected participants will be provided with internet support and food stipend