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2022 Theme: Abortion in Uncertain Times

July 4, 2022

In spite of more than 100 years of campaigns in country after country around the world for the right to safe abortion, the continuing criminalization of abortion kills and harms countless thousands of women every year, especially young and single women and those without the contacts and resources to obtain a safe abortion. This situation is often grounded in colonial laws that have never been abolished, and are supported by right-wing and anti-women governments, politicians, judges and religious leaders.

First call to action

June 28, 2022

On 28 May, we will commemorate the International Day of Action for Women’s Health and join with activists around the world to highlight our demands for the right to access safe abortion. Amid growing global crises and uncertainty, we assert that continuing rollbacks, shrinking civic space and proliferation of false narratives have a negative impact on sexual and reproductive health and rights, especially among disenfranchised and marginalised communities. We come together to combat the multiple crises we face by calling on our governments to recognise that access to safe abortion is essential health care and central to all crisis responses.

Primer llamado a la acción

June 28, 2022

El 28 de mayo conmemoraremos el Día Internacional de Acción por la Salud de la Mujer y nos uniremos a activistas de todo el mundo, a fin de resaltar nuestras demandas por el derecho al acceso al aborto seguro. En medio de las crecientes crisis e incertidumbre globales, afirmamos que los continuos retrocesos, la reducción del espacio cívico y la proliferación de narrativas falsas, tienen un impacto negativo en la salud y en los derechos sexuales y reproductivos, especialmente entre las comunidades marginadas y negadas de derechos. Nos unimos para combatir las múltiples crisis que enfrentamos, para hacer un llamado a nuestros gobiernos para que reconozcan que el acceso al aborto seguro es una atención de salud esencial y fundamental, que tiene que estar presente en todas las respuestas a las crisis.

Premier Appel à l’Action

June 28, 2022

Le 28 mai, nous commémorerons la Journée Internationale d’Action pour la Santé des Femmes et joint par les militants du monde entier pour souligner nos revendications pour le droit d’accéder à un avortement sécurisé. Au milieu des crises mondiales et de l’incertitude croissantes, nous affirmons que les reculs continus, le rétrécissement de l’espace civique et la prolifération de faux récits ont un impact négatif sur la santé et les droits sexuels et reproductifs, en particulier parmi les communautés privées de leurs droits et marginalisées. Nous nous unissons pour combattre les multiples crises auxquelles nous sommes confrontés en appelant nos gouvernements à reconnaître que l’accès à l’avortement sécurisé est un soin de santé essentiel et au cœur de toutes les réponses aux crises..

Visual Notes of the #MakeUnsafeAbortionHistory: A Global South Conversation on Safe Abortion.

October 26, 2021

How can we Make Unsafe Abortion History? Partners and allies gathered at the online #MakeUnsafeAbortionHistory: A Global South Conversation on Safe Abortion last September 24, 2021, 8:00PM – 9:30PM (GMT+8). Each speaker was able to engage a conversation on the various contexts of safe abortion rights. The regional discussions were conducted by Sai Jyothirmai (Asian-Pacific […]

Listening to Women: Impact of COVID-19 on Abortion Services in India

September 30, 2021

Report of a multi-centric qualitative study in eight states conducted after the first phase lockdown in 2020 This research stemmed from the anecdotal experiences reported by CommonHealth members related to women’s struggle to meet their abortion service needs during the pandemic. In a world trying to cope with a pandemic with unprecedented speed of spread, […]