February 2019 News Review
For the online version with images, click here. In these times when access to contraception and safe abortion services seems under threat all over the world, promoting reproductive rights comes in many forms. Government...
Tagged: Nigeria
Challenge and progress in the year ahead – January 2019 News Review
Angola EU releases 65 million Euros to aid family farming, ANGOP, 10 Jan 2019 Benin Prof Béatrice Ahyi Aguessy, 1ère femme agrégée n’est plus (ép. d’Honorat Aguessy), La Nouvelle Tribune, 13 Jan 2019 Burkina...
A year of challenge and progress – December 2018 News Review
Angola La mortalité maternelle estimée à 239 pour 100 000 naissances vivantes, ANGOP, 1 Dec 2018 Cote d’Ivoire Prévention des grossesses précoces: Un foyer de jeunes filles bientôt construit à Adiaké, Fratmat, 23 Dec...
Elections and Policies Matter – November 2018 News Review
(For online email version, click here) The US midterm elections saw a “Blue Wave” of Democrats taking over the US House of Representatives and many state legislatures and governorships. How that will affect reproductive...
Moving forward / Moving sideways / Moving backwards – October 2018 News Review
(For online email version, click here) Forward: In Benin, communities are working together to “tackle abortion stigma” and engage civil society in a broad discussion about family planning. The government in DRC, where complications...
CIRHT News Review: Global Days salute Contraception and Abortion Care
A Month of Days September saw international days devoted to Contraception and to Safe Abortion. In many African countries, debate continued on all sides of the issues – from legal battles to healthcare initiatives...
August 2018 News Review
Access to Contraception Guaranteeing accessing Contraceptive Commodities – condoms, implants, IUDs, or pills – is a complicated task with many variables. Funding, administrative approvals, supply chain management, provider and end-user training and counselling, communication...
July 2018 News Review
For full email version click here World Population Day Generates dialogue about Family Planning as a Human Right The theme of this year’s World Population Day was “Family Planning is a Human Right”, which “means...
June 2018 News Review
For full email click here Debates over Sex Education and Abortion Rights Education is the first step in providing women and girls (and men and boys) with adequate tools to manage reproductive choice. Debate...
May 2018 Monthly News Review
Online newsletter version available at: https://conta.cc/2Kt9OyD Anniversaries Good and Bad May marked the 50th anniversary of the declaration at the 1968 International Conference on Human Rights that “Family planning is a human right!”. Amid calls...
