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Join the Scarfazo!

Using green bandanas, a symbol of abortion rights, Argentinian activists launched a “green wave” throughout the bill’s evaluation in their country and, in turn, have launched an international movement. Let’s join scarfs with them and wear green bandanas on September 28! Share your photos with the hashtag: #Letstalkabortion

RFSU launched a digital campaign on abortion rights

RFSU (The Swedish association for Sexuality Education) launched a digital campaign on abortion rights. The aim was to show how abortion rights is closely interlinked to development and the possibility to decide over one’s own body, future and health. We asked well known influencers (persons on social medias with a big following), organisations and politicians […]

Campaign Materials

On this page you will find the materials that can be used for your mobilisation for September 28. WGNRR team has developed specially for this day of action banner posters and stickers with the slogan “Diverse Actions, Different Places, One Demand!” reflecting the massive mobilisation by activists around the globe for the right to access to safe and legal abortion as a human right.

Support the joint statement on abortion rights for the Human Rights Council

(Please find the content in Spanish, French and Russian below) In support of the September 28 “Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion” Sexual Rights Initiative (SRI), Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), Ipas, the Asia-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), AWID, the Youth Coalition and the Swedish Association for Sexuality and […]

TAKE ACTION!

September 28 is an Action Day! This day is an excellent opportunity for mobilising communities and staging rallies so that from different places in the globe our one demand is clearly heard – access to safe, legal and accessible abortion! When #IResistWePersist!

Campaign updates

WGNRR & IPAS GLOBAL Launch “Resist & Persist: A Short Booklet on Global Abortion Advocacy Achievements”

WGNRR & IPAS GLOBAL worked with partners from the different regions and volunteer illustrators in the creation and design of comic strips that ultimately formed a Booklet. The goal of this project is to provide an accessible, user-friendly tool for individuals, activists and allies to: Learn about the diverse ways and strategies that groups, organizations […]

Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights launches 2017 International Safe Abortion Day Watchdog!

To mark September 28, the Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion, Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights is proud to launch their 2017 International Safe Abortion Day Watchdog! This year, the YCSRR joins the Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights’ Global Campaign, “Resist and Persist” because they believe that […]

Safe abortions for all women who need them – not just the rich, say UN experts

United Nations human rights experts has called on States across the world to repeal laws that criminalize and unduly restrict abortion and policies based on outdated stereotypes, to release all women in prison on abortion charges and to counter all stigma against abortion. The experts also called for 28 September to become an official UN […]

#IresistWePersist: Advocating and Reducing Stigma in restrictive settings; Philippines

Click on image to download and share via Social Media. Illustrations by: Valentino Roman Learn more about PINSAN here.

#IresistWePersist: Resisting and Persisting by setting up Funds for Abortion Access in Mexico

Click on image to download and share via Social Media. Illustrations by: Deanna Zandt Learn more about Fondo MARIA here.

Decriminalize and Allow Abortion in Certain Cases, Philippines Told by Advocates at the UN

(Geneva) – The Philippines should allow abortion in certain cases, said a spokesperson of the Philippine Safe Abortion Advocacy Network (Pinsan) at the UN. Ana Maria “Princess” Nemenzo, who also spoke on behalf of the Center for Reproductive Rights, Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR), and PINSAN, and is currently the national coordinator of […]

#IresistWePersist She Decides: A Global Movement for Bodily Autonomy

Click on image to download and share via Social Media. Illustrations by: Amy Everson Learn more about She Decides here.

#IresistWePersist Mobilizing at a National Level in Poland

Click on image to download and share via Social Media. Illustrations by: Jamie McLendon Learn more about Astra Network here.

#IresistWePersist: Resisting challenges to abortion access; mapping service clinics in India

Click on image to download and share via Social Media. Illustrations by: Kristin Swanson Learn more about Hidden Pockets here.

#IresistWePersist: Movement Building in South Africa; resisting via artivism

Click on image to download and share via Social Media. Illustrations by: Niall Boyd Learn more about the Sexual and Reproductive Justice Coalition’s work here.

September 28 has been a regional campaign for the decriminalization of abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean for over twenty years before being taken on by SRHR activists all over the world in 2011.