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Tag: Sexual and Reproductive Rights (en)

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Geneva Consensus Declaration Fact Sheet, by GPAHE – 12 August 2026

The Geneva Consensus Declaration is part of a growing international campaign to roll back women’s and LGBTQ+ rights. Framed as a defense of women’s health,

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Debunking Soviet Myths Part 2: “The Soviet Union Was at the Vanguard of Feminism”, by radical dumpling – 22 July 2026

If you solely look at policy, it’s pretty easy to see why the Soviet Union is often described at being at the vanguard of feminism.

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The Politics of Demography, by Shreya Parikh – 22 July 2026

Behind Tunisia’s panicked headlines about falling birth rates is the darker demand that reproduction itself be policed in the name of racial purity. Over the

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Liberia’s Abortion Law Reform: A New Front in the Global Culture Wars, by Obi Anyadike and Tina Mehnpaine – 2 July 2026

The following article is part of a series of reports in The New Humanitarian exploring the influence of the US Christian nationalist movement on both

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Fujimorismo Returns to Peru’s Presidential Palace, by Dacil Lanza – 2 July 2026

Keiko Fujimori’s presidency will put Peru’s fragile democracy to the test The inauguration of right-wing politician Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of dictator Alberto Fujimori, as

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The Next Wave: How Religious Extremism Is Regaining Power – 19 June 2026

In this episode of the SRHM Podcast, Eszter Kismődi and Neil Datta, Executive Director and founder of the European Parliamentary Forum on Sexual and Reproductive

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How the US Christian Right Built an Interfaith Coalition Against LGBTQ Rights in Africa, by Caleb Okereke – 3 June 2026

In December 2022, Sharon Slater, president of an Arizona-based conservative Christian organisation called Family Watch International, signed a memorandum of cooperation with the International Islamic Fiqh

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Why We Must Fight the Draft Charter on Family Sovereignty and Values, by Sikhander Coopoo – 16 March 2026

From Conviction The draft African charter on family sovereignty and values is presented as cultural protection, but critics warn it functions as a coordinated anti

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“A Man of Dagestan Would Rather Die on His Feet Than Become a Woman”, by Yekaterina Neroznikova – 11 March 2026

Why have misogynistic public narratives become so prevalent in Russia in recent years? What does the war in Ukraine have to do with it? Yekaterina

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Interviews Podcasts

Birth Control, Bathrooms & Biblical Patriarchy. Interview with Sarah Jones – 5 March 2026

Sarah Posner sits down with New York Magazine senior writer Sarah Jones to unpack the accelerating assault on transgender rights in Kansas and beyond. They

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Resisting State Control over Reproductive Health Rights in Indonesia, by Perempuan Mahardhika – 25 February 2026

Ahead of the 115th International Women’s Day, Perempuan Mahardhika [1] and Amnesty International Indonesia held a public discussion on 24 February 2026 in Jakarta, entitled “Resisting

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Weaponising Gender, by Aminah Jasho, Esme Abbott, Julisa Tambunan – 3 February 2026

Anti-gender politics has become integral to the far-right organising globally, because it offers emotionally charged justifications for centralising power and suppressing civil society. Behind it

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Interviews Podcasts

The Global Gag Rule Expanded: How Anti-Rights Ideology Is Governing U.S. Foreign Aid – 30 January 2026

In a new episode of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) podcast, SRHM convenes leading experts and advocates to unpack the implications of three newly

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Latest US Restrictions on Aid ‘Bully’ Recipients to Accept ‘Extremist Ideology’, by Kerry Cullinan – 29 January 2026

Global health organisations have reacted with anger to the new US foreign aid policy, which prohibits all aid recipients, bar military, from performing or promoting

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A Feminist Perspective on Costa Rica’s Upcoming Vote, by Laura Álvarez Garro, Vanessa Beltrán Conejo, María José Cascante Matamoros & María José Guillén Araya – 29 January 2026

On Sunday, February 1, Costa Rica will hold elections amid the most tumultuous and uncertain political climate in decades. Conservative and right-wing political forces are

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Population ‘Explosion’ to Low Fertility: India’s Demographic Anxieties Play Out on Women’s Bodies, by Sarojini Nadimpally – 2 January 2026

Women continue to be treated as instruments to serve demographic goals rather than as individuals who have personal freedom. The debate about population in India

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A Bizarre New Alliance Is Coming After Sexual Freedoms. We’re Ready, by Maya Linstrum-Newman – 24 November 2025

Regular readers of ‘Beyond Trafficking and Slavery‘ will be familiar with the stark divide amongst women’s rights organisations on the issue of sex work and

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Women’s Autonomy in an Era of Pro-Natalist Policies, by Souvik Pyne and Alka Barua – 21 November 2025

Pro-natalist policies, now acquiring traction in India, are tools of social control reinforcing gender norms. These agendas undermine reproductive justice by prioritising demographic goals over

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Podcasts

Surrogacy and Bodily Autonomy as a Matter of Sexual and Reproductive Justice – 20 October 2025

On 8 October 2025, Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) co-hosted a global webinar titled Surrogacy as a Matter of Sexual and Reproductive Justice in partnership with

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The Rise of Neoliberal Public Finance, by Melinda Cooper – 2 September 2024

This post introduces a symposium on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Read the rest of the symposium here. How did the American state come to

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Pro-Natalism – 27 August 2024

The ‘In Bed with the Right’ podcast, hosted by Adrian Daub and Moira Donegan, examines right-wing ideas about sex and gender.  In this episode of In

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