Anti-choice activists at the United Nations argue that rural women need food, not reproductive choice. But unsafe abortions kill women.
Pregnant teenagers face expulsion from school, arrests, even death. The backlash against sex education in Africa is punishing our girls, and must end now.
In 1993, the Polish government took away our right to abortion – starting a war on women’s bodies which continues to this day.
Laura Lee died on 7 February 2018. She was a leading activist who campaigned fearlessly for the decriminalisation of sex work in the UK.
FGM is a deeply-rooted and widespread practice in the country. Can its locally-powerful practitioners help curtail it?
Anti-choice activists are increasingly active in Mexico’s capital city, strategically targeting and “inciting fear” in women accessing services that were decriminalised a decade ago. Español, RU
Christian extremism as a motivator for violence is often overlooked, while clinics providing abortion services are facing growing threats.
This gender-based violence, perpetrated by health workers, is widespread In Italy. A recent survey said it impacts one in five mothers.
