by: Maurice Angeli, member of the Young Advocates for SRHR (YAS) People mostly call me ‘Mau’ in our community, and I started my youth advocacy journey at age 15. As a youth leader and a campus journalist, I was immersed in working with children and young people. My background exposed me to the lived realities […]
#Sept28 International Safe Abortion Day is just a month away. To mark our countdown, we bring you the 2022 Campaign Toolkit and Resources – tools to help advocates take action and speak out for access to safe and legal abortions around the world! Each year, on September 28 – International Safe Abortion Day activists around […]
The Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights stands in solidarity with women and reproductive justice activists in Turkmenistan that are fighting against regressive abortion laws that impose a virtual ban on nearly all abortions. May 2022 – overnight, with no notice nor public consultation, the Turkmenistan government covertly passed a ruling that virtually bans all […]
WGNRR is currently seeking a consultant to assist its Board and Executive Director in assessing the current strategic plan and facilitate the development of a new Strategic Plan. Consultant/s who are experienced in evaluation, strategic thinking and planning are invited to submit their proposals in accordance with the terms of reference to support our strategic planning efforts.
On May 28, the International Day of Action for Women’s Health, activists around the world will take action, mobilize, and highlight demands towards the fulfillment of women’s right to health. This year, we call on everyone to once again assert that #WomensHealthMatters and #SRHRisEssential amid crises and global uncertainty.
Within the context of the post-pandemic recovery, we continue to hold governments accountable to the gendered impacts of the pandemic that remain unaddressed to date. Some of these impacts include loss of livelihood, increased unpaid care burdens on women and girls, heightened risks to gender-based violence, and barriers to accessing essential sexual and reproductive health services, including safe abortion and post-abortion care.
We also escalate the need for accountability at the global level as we recognize that the multiple crises we face – economic, political, humanitarian, climate, disinformation crises – require no less than concerted global effort to be adequately addressed.
Join us. Make a stand. Take action.
This statement was presented by WGNRR’s SRHR Advocacy Officer, Shiphrah Gold Belonguel on April 27, 2022. A recording of the statement delivery is available here with Shiphrah’s participation at 01:19:52.
The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day and Women’s Month is “gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”. This emphasis on sustainability is in line with the theme of the 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, also happening this month: “Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and […]
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.
