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Birth Trauma Association @birthtrauma.bsky.social · 14d

Join us for a day of discussion with policy makers, clinicians and those with lived experience. Let's work together to make birth safer for mothers and babies. www.tickettailor.com/events/birth...

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APPG on Global SRHR @appgonglobalsrhr.bsky.social · 14d

Access to safe abortion is a matter of health, rights, and equality.

The UK has made the top 10, but at 73% we're a whole 21% behind the leader!

Where does your country stand? 🗺️
🔗 Check the @epfsrr.bsky.social Abortion Atlas to find out: www.epfweb.org/node/1156 #abortionatlas

European Abortion Policy Atlas 2025

The European Abortion Policies Atlas 2025 is a comprehensive mapping of abortion laws, policies, and access across 49 countries and territories in Europe. It serves as a critical tool for policymakers...

www.epfweb.org

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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 22d

We are 19% funded – 40% down on last year. Millions going without food, healthcare, protection. Aid workers killed at record levels.

This is an age of indifference – we must reform, regroup, renew. #UNGA80

Briefed journalists on headline crises:

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Alliance for Choice @all4choice.bsky.social · 21d

LGBT+ people face additional barriers when accessing sexual and reproductive healthcare. This study by the Guttmacher Institute explores contraceptive use and method within the LGBT+ community. Check out the findings here: www.guttmacher.org/article/2025...

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Birth Trauma Association @birthtrauma.bsky.social · 21d

"It is this 'toxic' culture that will be the hardest to tackle, especially in the short lifespan of the government’s maternity and neonatal investigation." This is absolutely true. www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...

Will the government’s maternity review let families down again?

The department of health has announced 14 hospital trusts it will investigate

www.newstatesman.com

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Devex @devex.com · Sep 8

Aid cuts have shuttered clinics, disrupted contraceptive supply chains, and left adolescent girls without critical services. Local initiatives are stepping up — but without stronger domestic policies and financing, millions remain at risk.

How aid cuts are unraveling family planning progress in Mozambique

www.devex.com

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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · Sep 3

In DRC's conflict zones, access to sexual and reproductive health care has become extremely limited, if not absent, in some areas. Ipas DRC has doubled its efforts to continue providing essential sexual and reproductive health services where they are most needed.

Crisis and care: Navigating reproductive health in DRC’s conflict zones - Ipas

Despite logistical, political and humanitarian obstacles, Ipas DRC has continued showing up for women and girls. We have doubled our efforts to continue providing essential sexual and reproductive hea...

www.ipas.org

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DSW - International @dsw-intl.bsky.social · Sep 3

Men have just two contraceptive options: condoms or vasectomy.

Meanwhile, 121 million unintended pregnancies happen every year - roughly half of all pregnancies worldwide.

It's time for new options. FOR EVERYONE.

🔬Our publication on #MaleContraceptives is coming soon!

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Countdown 2030 Europe @c2030europe.bsky.social · Sep 1

#WeekInReview
📉 ODA cuts in Mozambique close clinics, fuel child marriage, and disrupt contraceptives: bit.ly/4mI3Qfu
📜 Rwanda passes law easing adolescents' access to SRHR care: bit.ly/3JEyszP
✨ Botswana slashes mother-to-child HIV transmission to 1.2% - an incredible feat: bit.ly/4oZErz9

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Alliance for Choice @all4choice.bsky.social · Sep 3

Mayday Health continues its innovative advertising to inform people in the Southern and Midwestern U.S. about accessing abortion services. Their latest effort includes a boat in the Gulf of Mexico displaying pro-choice slogans. More details are available at msmagazine.com/2025/08/22/a....

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UNs Special Programme in Human Reproduction @hrpresearch.bsky.social · Sep 3

📅 Save the date!
23 Sept, 14:00–15:30 CET

Virtual event: Securing the future of SRHR: preserving progress and driving sustainable financing

Join us with @who.int, @unfpa.org & The deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung for a discussion on #SRHR funding.

🔗 bit.ly/4p2mnVe

#healthforall #hopefulfutures

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International Confederation of Midwives @internationalmidwives.org · Aug 29

The UK underperforms on infant and newborn mortality and deep disparities persist.
In response, the government has launched a 10-year Health Plan, including a commitment to co-produce a national maternity and neonatal action plan with bereaved families.

Read the full report: zurl.co/gzzxd

Maternal, newborn and infant health: priorities for improved outcomes

The UK has shown significant disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes, particularly for different communities in England. How can policy interventions ensure safety and improved equitable outcomes?

post.parliament.uk

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Guttmacher @guttmacher.org · Aug 22

The current US administration has undertaken a sweeping & ideologically driven rollback of human rights protections, with particularly grave consequences for #SRHR globally.

Explore our latest analysis: gu.tt/3HbVMnG

Six Months In: How the Trump Administration Is Undermining Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Globally

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Hannah Hall @hannahlhall.bsky.social · Aug 26

New article: In it, I propose a novel framework for contraceptive autonomy in adolescent SRHR. Using the case study of Venezuelan migrant girls in Colombia, I look at what that means for policy & programming.

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#GlobalHealth #MigrationStudies #SRHR #Adolescent

“This is the first time somebody has asked me …“: How can actors realize the dimensions of contraceptive autonomy for adolescent migrant girls? A case study of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia

This article examines how service providers and policymakers include and consider autonomy in providing contraceptive consultation, methods, and servi…

www.sciencedirect.com

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AmplifyChange @amplifychange.org · Aug 26

How can tech help shift social norms? 📱✨ FEHD in Nigeria built an app to raise #SRHR awareness, educate communities & spark change with accessible, culturally sensitive content. Learn more: https://amplifychangelearn.org/guides/how-to-build-an-app-for-transforming-social-norms/

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Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project @ctaop.bsky.social · Aug 26

YAS @msmagazine.com!!!!

Dispelling myths and misinformation disarms stigma. Knowledge saves lives––PERIOD. This is why sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) is so important, and a critical part of our funding efforts.

msmagazine.com/2025/08/14/a...

Explainer: No, Contraceptives Don't Cause Abortion

Dispelling dangerous myths: how contraception works, why it’s not an abortifacient or cause abortion, and how it saves women's lives.

msmagazine.com

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APPG on Global SRHR @appgonglobalsrhr.bsky.social · Aug 26

Climate resilience can’t be achieved without addressing sexual and reproductive health and rights, new study shows www.ipas.org/news/climate...

Climate resilience can’t be achieved without addressing sexual and reproductive health and rights, new study shows - Ipas

A qualitative study by Ipas Bangladesh reveals how extreme weather events (EWEs) caused by climate change worsen sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) outcomes for women and girls in coasta...

www.ipas.org

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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · Aug 18

Research by Amnesty International UK has tracked the growth and funding of what it calls a “fast-growing and well-funded” network of “anti-rights” groups “determined” to roll back existing human rights protections for women and LGBTQ+ people in the United Kingdom.

US Christian conservative groups escalate support for UK ...

Network of well-funded bodies backs cases in UK after JD Vance’s challenge on buffer zones outside abortion clinics

observer.co.uk

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · Aug 18

Oropouche virus could have 'severe consequences' for pregnant women

Enny Paixao warns #Oropouche should 'not be underestimated' particularly for expectant mothers, after @ukhsa.bsky.social confirms virus found in UK for the first time linked to trips to Brazil.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/deadly-...

Urgent warning for pregnant women as deadly new virus hits the UK

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed three instances of oropouche virus linked to trips to Brazil were found in the UK amid fears the disease "should not be underestimated"

www.mirror.co.uk

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International Confederation of Midwives @internationalmidwives.org · Aug 18

⏰ Don’t forget to register!
📆 Join ICM and ICFP for a webinar happening tomorrow on how midwives are responding to the impacts of climate change and humanitarian crises - delivering essential SRHR and family planning services in the most fragile settings.

👉 Register now: zurl.co/VV2xO

Midwives in a Changing Climate: Centering SRHR in Climate and Humanitarian Action | International Confederation of Midwives

As climate change intensifies and humanitarian crises grow more frequent, midwives are at the forefront, delivering life-saving sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and family planning (FP) services in the most challenging environments. This timely and solution-focused webinar, hosted by ICFP and ICM, will spotlight their leadership, lived experiences, and the critical intersections between climate, crisis response, and SRHR. It will also explore how stronger collaboration across sectors can support more resilient, equitable, and rights-based health systems.

internationalmidwives.org

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Louise Knights-McCudden @louknightsmccudden.bsky.social · Aug 17

"Since opening a London office in 2017, ADF’s UK branch has received more than £4.9m in unrestricted donations, largely from its US arm. Between 2019 and 2023, ADF increased its UK spending by 187% to more than £1.13m."

Great reporting from @phoebeivy.bsky.social

observer.co.uk/news/interna...

US Christian conservative groups escalate support for UK ...

Network of well-funded bodies backs cases in UK after JD Vance’s challenge on buffer zones outside abortion clinics

observer.co.uk

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Action for Global Health @afghnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 31

#Lesotho mothers fear passing #HIV to their babies as US aid cuts halt testing

“I felt helpless. I sat there thinking about my baby – what if I had contracted HIV since the last test?”

Pascalinah Kabi for @telglobalhealth.bsky.social ✍️

www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Lesotho mothers fear passing HIV to their babies as US aid cuts halt testing

A programme preventing mother-to-child transmission has become a casualty of Donald Trump’s decision to sharply cut back Pepfar

www.telegraph.co.uk

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APPG on Global SRHR @appgonglobalsrhr.bsky.social · Jul 29

"Arming young people with facts isn’t a luxury. It’s a matter of survival." Interesting article from Rewire News Group says that one-third of young women who don't take birth control say they fear its side effects and that misinformation plays a large role...

Rewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · Jul 28

Opinion: Contraception Gives Young Women Control of Their Bodies—So Why Are So Many Girls Afraid to Use it?

One-third of young women who don't take birth control say they fear its side effects. Misinformation plays a role, a health expert says.

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MSI Reproductive Choices UK @msichoicesuk.bsky.social · Jul 28

"Women, having agency to make informed decisions, take the prospect of motherhood very seriously."

@evawiseman.bsky.social in @theobserveruk.bsky.social about recently released statistics on conceptions in England & Wales, which show a record high number of abortions in 2022: shorturl.at/OCh3e

The high abortion rate is not due to carelessness. Quite ...

The latest stats reveal that women, having agency to make informed decisions, take the prospect of motherhood very seriously

observer.co.uk

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Action for Global Health @afghnetwork.bsky.social · Jul 24

💬 Lisa Wise, Director of Global Policy, Advocacy & Research at @savechildrenuk.bsky.social:

“The government has confirmed our worst fears – significant reductions in aid spending will result in deaths of the world’s most vulnerable, including children.”

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

UK’s aid cuts ‘will hit children’s education and raise risk of death’

Cutting aid budget to 0.3% of national income will hurt many African countries, says FCDO impact assessment

www.theguardian.com

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