As world leaders gather at the 81st session of the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA 81), experts in a special collection of articles published by The BMJ warn that the proposed merger of U.N. Women and the ...

These services – such as maternal and newborn care, clinical and psychosocial support for survivors of gender-based violence, and tailored HIV prevention, treatment, and care - are essential for ...

Put global south communities at the centre of sexual health decision-making. Support community-led understandings of pleasure ...

Six of the countries of the East African Community – Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania – recently concluded public hearings on a new sexual and reproductive health bill.

Whoever you are, wherever you live, you have the right to make choices about your body, health, and sexual life without fear, violence, or discrimination. Learn more. Being able to make our own ...

Mayer is medical research director and co-chair of The Fenway Institute as well as a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Every day, there are 1 million new cases of potentially curable ...

What Are Reproductive and Sexual Health Rights? In a nutshell, these are your basic human rights to control your sexual and reproductive health. Laws where you live may or may not protect these rights ...

When Nina became pregnant at 19, she wanted an abortion. Her family doctor told her that his hospital did not provide abortions on request, so she should search online for a provider. When she Googled ...

Human Rights Watch is pleased to have the opportunity to offer input for the special rapporteur’s upcoming thematic report on the right of everyone to sexual and reproductive health—challenges and ...

The World Health Organization defines sexual health as a "state of physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being in relation to sexuality." Basically, sexual health encompasses the different ...