Greetings of solidarity! Welcome to the July – August 2023 issue of WGNRR Speaks Up! Newsletter. Save the date for September 28! Read on to discover this year’s call to action, creative materials, and suggestions actions to take as an unstoppable abortion movement. This July, we were also at the Women Deliver 2023 conference where […]
Globally, we take part in the 16 Days of Activism Against gender-based violence (GBV), and observe the Philippines’ 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC). As this year’s call to action theme goes, “UNITE! Invest to prevent violence against women and girls”, we cannot underestimate the critical role played by well-funded and robust SRHR institutions and programs in realizing #SRHR4ALL and eradicating GBV.
In its 2023 Concluding Observations, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women reiterated its recommendations to the Philippine government on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Specifically, the Committee called for improving women’s access to antenatal, perinatal, and postnatal health services to reduce the high rates of maternal mortality, including by training midwives and other relevant health professionals, especially in rural areas. The Committee also recommended providing adequate access to sexual and reproductive health services and information, including family planning, modern forms of contraception, and safe abortion & post-abortion services for women and girls, including those who are located in rural areas, unmarried, and women and girls with disabilities.
WGNRR is seeking the service of consultants from the Global South to conduct an independent study of WGNRR work over the past 40 years.
The Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR), stands in solidarity with the Palestinian people as they resist militarism, imperialism, and settler colonization. We firmly denounce the grave violation amounting to gross war crimes, including severe infringements on their human rights, among which are sexual and reproductive health and rights. We demand an end to Israel’s regime of colonial apartheid, inhumane siege, and blockade on Gaza. The time has come to put an end to the collective suffering inflicted upon civilians in Gaza.
The Oral Statement on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Justice was co-developed by the Center for Reproductive Rights, EnGendeRights, NoBox Philippines, NOVEL, Philippine Safe Abortion Advocacy Network, and STRAP Kababaihan. It was presented by WGNRR’s Youth SRHR Officer, Danica Shahana Magtubo on October 9, 2023.
Across the world, women human rights defenders (WHRDs) continue to be harassed, threatened, convicted, and killed by state and non-state forces, despite state obligations to ensure their protection and to create an enabling environment for their work. This is especially the case for WHRDs defending abortion rights, who face fundamentalist opposition forces and are targeted in […]
This #Sept28 – International Safe Abortion Day, around the world and in our communities we will mobilize as an #UnstoppableMovement, working in #AbortionSolidarity to fight for access to safe and legal abortions for all.
