November 2019 News Review
Burkina Faso
Les résultats du 5e concours médiatique sur la PF sont disponibles, Sidwaya, 12 Nov 2019
Santé de la Reproduction – La société civile formée à l’analyse budgétaire, Sidwaya, 4 Nov 2019
Task sharing for family planning services, Burkina Faso, WHO Health Topics, November 2019
Cote d’Ivoire
Jeunesse et Planification familiale/Dr Yao N’dry Nathalie – «Les avancées ne sont pas énormes», Fratmat, 29 Nov 2019
Méthodes contraceptives: La Côte d’Ivoire s’engage pour le renforcement des capacités des plus jeunes., Fratmat, 15 Nov 2019
Bouaké/Planning familial – Le Réseau intégré d’apprentissage installé, Fratmat, 8 Nov 2019
DRC
Renforcement des capacités sur la santé sexuelle et reproductive à l’ISTM/Matadi, ACP, 29 Nov 2019
Tulane researchers awarded millions to increase family planning in Central African nation, Tulane University, 26 Nov 2019
Les jeunes blogueurs de « Amour Afrique Congo » exhortés à l’abstinence, ACP, 22 Nov 2019
L’UNFPA scelle un partenariat avec un réseau des journalistes, Digital Congo, 14 Nov 2019
11% d’avortements clandestins des adolescentes à Kinshasa, ACP, 12 Nov 2019
Ethiopia
Modern contraceptive methods knowledge and practice among blind and deaf women in Ethiopia. A cross-sectional survey, BMC Women’s Health, 29 Nov 2019
1st National Reproductive Health Symposium was held at SPHMMC, SPHMMC, 14 Nov 2019
Effect of integrating maternal health services and family planning services on postpartum family planning behavior in Ethiopia: results from a longitudinal survey, BMC Public Health, 4 Nov 2019
Postabortion contraceptive use in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study, Contraception and Reproductive Medicine, 4 Nov 2019
Gabon
Le gouvernement légalise l’avortement, Gabon Media Time, 5 Nov 2019
Gambia
‘Women Should Not Be Forced, Prevented From Family Planning’ UNFPA Country Representative, Foroyaa, 7 Nov 2019
Kenya
Kenya’s condom royalty gets to work, BBC, 29 Nov 2019
How Self-Care Interventions are Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health in Kenya, All Africa, 29 Nov 2019
Why Africa needs more investment in sexual, reproductive health, Business Daily, 28 Nov 2019
Why doctors should tell teens about contraceptives, The Star, 23 Nov 2019
As Nairobi Summit Ends, Time to Focus On Accountability, UNFPA, 20 Nov 2019
Let women, girls with disabilities enjoy sexual, reproductive health, Daily Nation, 19 Nov 2019
Population conference was more than abortion, birth control, The East African, 18 Nov 2019
ICPD25 – $8b Pledged to Support Women Health, The East African, 16 Nov 2019
Why ICPD25 concerns should not be ignored, Daily Nation, 16 Nov 2019
Rights groups push for safe abortion, Daily Nation, 15 Nov 2019
Reproductive health rights key to success of UHC: Experts, Daily Nation, 14 Nov 2019
Q&A: Putting feminism back into reproductive and sexual health, Devex, 14 Nov 2019
Young People at ICPD25: ‘ We Have the Right to Sexual and Reproductive Rights’, IPS, 14 Nov 2019
LGBT+ delegates say sidelined at ‘inclusive’ global sexual health summit, Openly, 14 Nov 2019
Kenya Listed Among 9 Nations on Track to Surpass Rights-Based Family Planning Goals, Capital FM, 13 Nov 2019
Women With Disabilities Speak Out Against Exclusion At ICPD25, IPS, 13 Nov 2019
Nakuru MCAs ‘shoot down’ abortion Bill, Daily Nation, Daily Nation, 12 Nov 2019
Culture, cost limit access to family planning services, Daily Nation, 12 Nov 2019
Kenya Hosts Global Sexual Health Summit Amid Protests From Catholics, Pro-Life Groups, Thomson Reuters Foundation, 11 Nov 2019
Bright future awaits Africa if it harnesses demographic dividend, Daily Nation, 11 Nov 2019
No abortion, homosexuality talks, Duale tells summit organisers, The Star, 10 Nov 2019
Women’s pain of birth control setbacks that just won’t end, The Standard, 10 Nov 2019
Mwalimu Rachel lands in trouble with KOT for rant over family planning, Nairobi News, 8 Nov 2019
Provide family planning services to teenagers, top researcher tells State, Daily Nation, 6 Nov 2019
Give women say in reproductive health rights, family planning, Daily Nation, 6 Nov 2019
Average family size has dropped to 4 in decade, Business Daily, 5 Nov 2019
Liberia
DKT launches awareness programs, New Dawn, 27 Nov 2019
Local NGO Educates Islamic Women on Family Planning and Menstrual Hygiene Management, Front Page Africa, 19 Nov 2019
Traditional Leaders Sign Declaration to Tackle Teenage Pregnancy, Daily Observer, 6 Nov 2019
Morocco
The Moroccan journalist arrested for a non-existent abortion, The Independent, 25 Nov 2019
Head of Government Condemns NGOs’ Calls for Decriminalizing Abortion, Morocco World News, 18 Nov 2019
Avortement, viol conjugal, relations hors-mariage… voici les recommandations du CNDH, 2M, 1 Nov 2019
Namibia
Namibia to Scale Up Youth-Friendly Family Planning – Iipumbu, New Era, 20 Nov 2019
Nigeria
Family Planning and Push for Human Capital Development, This Day, 28 Nov 2019
Cultural norms still inhibit family planning use – Ajah, New Telegraph, 28 Nov 2019
How barriers to family planning trigger rise in maternal mortality, The Guardian, 28 Nov 2019
Nigeria’s Maternal Mortality Rate Will Reduce If Child-Bearing Is By Choice – Marie Stopes, The Independent, 27 Nov 2019
Family planning and “out of school” children, Punch, 21 Nov 2019
Family planning: No longer women’s headache, as male birth control injection nears approval, Punch, 21 Nov 2019
Group advocates reduction in age of access to SRH services, The Nation, 20 Nov 2019
Expert Tasks Journalists on Family Planning Advocacy for Women, This Day, 19 Nov 2019
FG urged to integrate sexual, reproductive health into school curriculum, The Sun, 19 Nov 2019
Marie Stopes charges media practitioners on family planning, PM News, 17 Nov 2019
‘Women need legislation against unsafe abortion’, The Nation, 15 Nov 2019
Ex-UCH Provost Scores Nigeria Low On Sexual, Reproductive Health, The Independent, 15 Nov 2019
Family Planning: We Now Enjoy Free Access, Safer Sex, Good Health – Lagos Mothers, Independent, 13 Nov 2019
6.5 Million Women Now Use Modern Contraceptives in Nigeria – Report, Vanguard, 12 Nov 2019
Nigeria second slowest country adopting contraceptives, PM News, 11 Nov 2019
Assembly pledges to enhance family planning, The Sun, 11 Nov 2019
Stakeholders decry stigma against family planning, sex education , The Guardian, 7 Nov 2019
A decade of preaching, providing family planning services, New Telegraph, 5 Nov 2019
Ignore Myths, Misconceptions, Family Planning Saves Life, Leadership, 2 Nov 2019
The war on African women is supported by foreign activists, with no regard for our lives, Open Democracy, 1 Nov 2019
22% of Women Lack Access to Contraceptives – Marie Stopes, Vanguard, 1 Nov 2019
Rwanda
PM receives UNFPA Executive Director, The New Times, 29 Nov 2019
Imbuto, RBC draw new reproductive health plan, The New Times, 22 Nov 2019
Access to contraceptives for 15-year-olds stirs more debate, The New Times, 21 Nov 2019
Senegal
Santé de la reproduction en situation d’urgence – Les femmes oubliées, Sud Quotidien, 27 Nov 2019
Saint-Louis: 30 journalistes formés sur la santé de la reproduction, APS, 26 Nov 2019
CIPD – Les jeunes filles invitées à cultiver l’abstinence, APS, 14 Nov 2019
South Africa
Yes, sex education please, we’re in school, Daily Maverick, 21 Nov 2019
Fake News Hurting Debate On Comprehensive Sexuality Education – Department, News 24, 17 Nov 2019
Safe abortions: Government displays lack of urgency, MSN/Daily Maverick, 15 Nov 2019
‘Why do we not allow grieving parents to bury their unborn babies?’, IOL, 15 Nov 2019
Parents should have a choice to bury foetus, court hears, IOL, 14 Nov 2019
SA to continue to improve access to reproductive health services, South Africa Official News, 14 Nov 2019
Comprehensive Sexuality Education Lesson Plans Placed Online, SA News, 14 Nov 2019
SA to trumpet sexual and reproductive health at Nairobi conference, 7Q2, 12 Nov 2019
Comprehensive Sexuality Education – Why It Matters, Daily Maverick, 1 Nov 2019
Tanzania
Teenage Pregnancy Threaten Girls’ Education, Gender Links, 27 Nov 2019
Stigma a factor in unsafe abortions in Lake Zone, IPP Media, 19 Nov 2019
Negative Health Outcomes of Teenage Pregnancy, The Citizen, 19 Nov 2019
Uganda
Two Officials Suspended Over Release of Fake Condoms, Daily Monitor, 29 Nov 2019
Marie Stopes Ordered to Recall Life Guard Condoms in Uganda, Daily Nation, 19 Nov 2019
Experts urge African gov’ts to prioritize family planning to reduce crises, Xinhua, 19 Nov 2019
Over 3 million Ugandan women use modern contraception, The Observer, 12 Nov 2019
80% women believe contraceptives cause family conflict – study, Daily Monitor, 8 Nov 2019
Netherlands commits Shs15.8b towards reproductive health in Uganda, Daily Monitor, 8 Nov 2019
Uganda rolls out a self-injectable birth control method, Daily Monitor, 2 Nov 2019
Zimbabwe
Planned Parenthood Critical in Zimbabwe, 263Chat, 29 Nov 2019
UZ Student Abortion Tragedy – Are We Failing Our Young People?, 263 Chat, 5 Nov 2019
Research and Resources
Violinists, demandingness, and the impairment argument against abortion, bioethics, 29 Nov 2019
Births: Final Data for 2019, CDC NVSS, 27 Nov 2019
A forgotten group during humanitarian crises: a systematic review of sexual and reproductive health interventions for young people including adolescents in humanitarian settings, Conflict and Health, 27 Nov 2019
The politics of abortion: A featured collection in International Journal for Equity in Health, University of Bergen, 27 Nov 2019
Center for Reproductive Rights Releases New Brief of European Abortion Laws, Center for Reproductive Rights, 27 Nov 2019
Telemedicine in Sexual and Reproductive Health, KFF, 22 Nov 2019
Trends in utilisation and inequality in the use of reproductive health services in Sub-Saharan Africa, BMC Public Health, 21 Nov 2019
Litigation Challenging Title X Regulations, KFF, 21 Nov 2019
Abortion-Suicide Link Not Causal, MedPage Today, 19 Nov 2019; see also The association between first abortion and first-time non-fatal suicide attempt: a longitudinal cohort study of Danish population registries, The Lancet, 19 Nov 2019
The impact of underuse of modern methods of contraception among adolescents with unintended pregnancies in 12 low- and middle-income countries., Journal of Global Health, 18 Nov 2019
Six Sensational Reasons to Spell Abortions with an S, Women Help Women, 18 Nov 2019
What’s Driving Africa’s Population Growth. And What Can Change It, The Conversation, 17 Nov 2019
Emergency Contraception, Pediatrics, 17 Nov 2019
Exploring Contraception Use Among Women With Rheumatic Diseases, Physician’s Weekly, 15 Nov 2019
Beyond the Numbers: Access to Reproductive Health Care for Low-Income Women in Five Communities, KFF, 14 Nov 2019
Everything You Need to Know About Medical Abortion—the So-Called ‘Abortion Pill’, Health, 14 Nov 2019
‘Sexual and Reproductive Rights Are Not Up for Negotiation’, AllAfrica/UNFPA, 13 Nov 2019
Avert catastrophe now in Africa’s Sahel, Nature, 13 Nov 2019; The Demographic Dividend in the Sahel at the Nairobi Summit: Developing human capital to accelerate economic growth and population’s well-being, AllAfrica/UNFPA, 14 Nov 2019
Donor Government Funding for Family Planning in 2018, KFF, 11 Nov 2019
Family Planning 2020 looks toward next chapter, Devex, 11 Nov 2019; Millions of women still don’t have access to contraceptives – report, The Guardian, 12 Nov 2019
Few women with chronic conditions use highly effective contraceptives despite pregnancy risks, Healio, 7 Nov 2019; see also Multi-morbidity and Highly Effective Contraception in Reproductive-Age Women in the US Intermountain West: a Retrospective Cohort Study, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 7 Nov 2019
A Reproductive Justice Approach to Patient-Centered, Structurally Competent Contraceptive Care Among Diverse Sexual Minority US Women, AJPH, 6 Nov 2019
Rural–Urban Disparities in Pregnancy Intentions, Births, and Abortions Among US Adolescent and Young Women, 1995–2017, AJPH, 6 Nov 2019
Long-acting reversible contraception by effervescent microneedle patch, Science Advances, 6 Nov 2019; see also Will Microneedle Patches Be the Future of Birth Control?, Smithsonian, 6 Nov 2019
Can misoprostol and mifepristone be used for medical management of abortion after the first trimester?, Ibis Reproductive Health Later Abortion Initiative, November 2019
Adopting self-care interventions for sexual and reproductive health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal/WHO, November 2019
Environmental and medical and social factors in the quality of life, reproductive health of the population: Priamurye as a case study, IOP Science November 2019
Apple research app to begin tracking menstrual cycles for women’s health studies, Healio/Endocrine Today, November 2019
SHRH Index, CHANGE, November 2019
What If Roe Fell? Interactive Map, Center for Reproductive Rights, November 2019
Global and General
Mexico moves toward legal abortion, but women still face jail, CAN, 30 Nov 2019
Big-think story: What does religious faith have to do with slumping global birth rates?, Get Religion, 29 Nov 2019
Ohio bill orders doctors to ‘reimplant ectopic pregnancy’ or face ‘abortion murder’ charges, The Guardian, 29 Nov 2019
Slovakia mulling law that would force abortion seekers to listen to embryo heartbeat, Daily News, 29 Nov 2019
CDC: Abortion Down, Especially Among Teens, MedPage Today, 27 Nov 2019
Mixing Politics and Religion, the US Stalls UN Work on Women’s Rights, Pass Blue, 26 Nov 2019
Family Planning Centers Market Strategic Insights 2019, Market Research Feed, 26 Nov 2019
Washtenaw County gives Planned Parenthood $100K to help fund services, Michigan Radio, 22 Nov 2019
Argentine health chief quits in abortion fight with conservative president, Reuters, 22 Nov 2019
Everything You Need To Know About The Abortion Pill, Elle, 22 Nov 2019
Un projet de loi pour la liberté de conscience des médecins rejeté en Alberta, L’actualite, 22 Nov 2019
Slovaks rally against proposed abortion restrictions, Reuters, 21 Nov 2019
Most States Protect Doctors Who Refuse to Do Abortions Based on Religion, Medscape/Reuters, 21 Nov 2019
‘We Are Grabbing Our Own Microphones’: How Advocates of Reproductive Justice Stepped Into the Spotlight, Time, 21 Nov 2019
6 Activists Inspiring Change Towards Better Sexual and Reproductive Health in East and Southern Africa, UNFPA, 21 Nov 2019
Watered-Down Words Jeopardize Women and Girls, Global Health Now, 20 Nov 2019
A response to Sky News: There is no ‘right’ number of abortions, Medium/IPPF, 20 Nov 2019
Para garantizar los derechos sexuales y los derechos reproductivos de las mujeres en Chile: APROFA logra registro de Mifepristona y Misoprostol, un avance en derechos en nuestro país., APROFA (Chile), 20 Nov 2019
US must lead the charge on global reproductive rights — not stand in the way, The Hill, 18 Nov 2019
Slovakia: Joint Statement issued by Center for Reproductive Rights, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network, Center for Reproductive Rights, 18 Nov 2019
Bajura sees growth in access to safe abortion services, My Republica (Nepal), 17 Nov 2019
The clitoris isn’t just for sexual pleasure, contrary to popular belief. It also may be crucial for reproduction., Insider, 15 Nov 2019
DKT continues its partnership with World Vasectomy Day as they work to eliminate stigma surrounding male participation in family planning, Business Wire/Yahoo!, 15 Nov 2019
Brazil Cuts Sex Education Despite Boom in HIV and Syphilis, Newsweek, 15 Nov 2019
Family planning schemes must offer options other than abortion, says US, The Guardian, 14 Nov 2019
Youth parliamentarians tackle abortion, violence and climate change, Jamaica Observer, 14 Nov 2019
U.S. raps global health summit over abortion, sex education, Thomson Reuters Foundation, 14 Nov 2019
Q&A: Putting feminism back into reproductive and sexual health, Devex, 14 Nov 2019
What is comprehensive sexuality education? A life saver., UNFPA, 14 Nov 2019
The Serious Consequences of Poor Sexual Health Resources for Girls in Guatemala, Ms. Magazine, 12 Nov 2019
Pregnant people are being offered an unproven treatment to “reverse” abortions, Vox, 11 Nov 2019
The New Front Line of the Anti-Abortion Movement, The New Yorker, 11 Nov 2019
‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Pushes Abortion Propaganda, The Daily Wire, 11 Nov 2019
The Controversy Around Virginity Testing, NPR, 10 Nov 2019
Do-it-yourself abortion isn’t driving decline in rates, analysis finds. But that could change., The Philadelphia Inquirer, 9 Nov 2019
More Companies Are Openly Supporting Abortion Rights. That May Be Controversial, But It’s Also Good Business, Fortune, 8 Nov 2019
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: An Essential Element of Universal Health Coverage, UNFPA/Reliefweb, 8 Nov 2019
Du Caire 1994 à Nairobi 2019 : Réanimer le mouvement pour les droits et les choix pour tous, UNFPA/All Africa, 8 Nov 2019
Asian Moms Don’t Talk to Their Kids About Sex, MedPage Today, 7 Nov 2019
Universal health coverage will remain elusive for women and adolescents unless it includes sexual and reproductive health and rights, Thomson Reuters Foundation, 6 Nov 2019
Federal Judge Voids ‘Conscience Rule’, MedPage Today, 6 Nov 2019
Just one in three women would tell their family if they were considering abortion, Marie Stopes International, 6 Nov 2019
Pregnant Students in Africa Need Your Support, Not Rejection, All Africa, 5 Nov 2019
Nuns and monks break the silence on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Bhutan, UNFPA, 4 Nov 2019
How to Make Abortion Great Again, Harper’s Bazaar, 4 Nov 2019
What a new longer-lasting hormonal IUD means for women, Quartz, 2 Nov 2019
“Jane” – the underground abortion service, BBC World Service – The History Hour, 2 Nov 2019
What every member of Congress should know about vaginas, Washington Post, 2 Nov 2019
3 Women Around the World Share the Reproductive Health Challenges They’ve Faced, Global Citizen, 1 Nov 2019
