What you need to know about abortion restrictions on U.S. global health assistance
Posted on February 15, 2018 at 9:49 am
If your organization receives global health assistance (monetary and non-monetary) from the U.S. government, there may be certain types of abortion-related work that you cannot perform—and these restrictions can even limit work funded from sources other than the U.S. government. ...
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‘Reframing SRHR in a Time of Growing Populism’. An Interview with Anne Blanksma Çeta, Senior Research Consultant at Glocalities
Posted on February 15, 2018 at 9:28 am
Share-Net Netherlands: Thank you for this opportunity. Share-Net Netherlands is very interested in learning more about your work as we believe that some of the insights you have gained can be extremely relevant for our members. You are a Senior ...
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Not a Reduction to the Absurd—Necessary Adjustments to Trump’s Global Gag Rule Policy Contained in Six-Month Implementation Review
Posted on February 13, 2018 at 10:32 am
On February 7th, the Department of State released its Protecting Life in U.S. Global Health Assistance Six-Month Review detailing the implementation of the Trump-Pence administration’s dramatic expansion of the Global Gag Rule to virtually all of the U.S. government’s global ...
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How many foreign NGOs are subject to the Expanded Mexico City Policy?
Posted on December 7, 2017 at 11:04 am
A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that at least 1,275 foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and approximately $2.2 billion in global health funding could be subject to the expanded Mexico City Policy. In addition, at least 469 U.S. NGOs could ...
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Everybody Matters – Good practices for inclusion of people with disabilities in SRHR programmes
Posted on November 30, 2017 at 2:48 pm
On November 23 DCDD and Share-Net International presented the book ‘ Everybody Matters ’ in the ‘Making inclusion work! Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights’ expert meeting. In the book, you can find cases, interviews and recommendations on SRHR and disability. ...
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Central African Republic: Sexual Violence as Weapon of War; Widespread Rape, Sexual Slavery by Armed Groups
Posted on October 9, 2017 at 12:33 pm
Armed groups in the Central African Republic have used rape and sexual slavery as a tactic of war across the country during nearly five years of conflict, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Commanders have tolerated widespread sexual violence ...
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WHO GUIDELINE ON SYPHILIS SCREENING AND TREATMENT FOR PREGNANT WOMEN
Posted on October 9, 2017 at 11:58 am
Syphilis is a bacterial STI caused by Treponema pallidum that results in substantial morbidity and mortality. Syphilis is transmitted through sexual contact with infectious lesions of the mucous membranes or abraded skin, via blood transfusion, or transplacentally from a pregnant ...
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Global Gag Rule: PAI’s What You Need to Know Guide
Posted on October 9, 2017 at 7:57 am
We are pleased to share with you PAI’s unofficial guide, “What You Need to Know About the Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance Restrictions on U.S. Global Health Assistance” to educate about what is permissible under the expanded Global Gag ...
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Fertility intentions and contraceptive practices among clinic-users living with HIV in Kenya: a mixed methods study
Posted on October 2, 2017 at 10:06 am
Background Preventing unwanted pregnancies in Women Living with HIV (WLHIV) is a recognised HIV-prevention strategy. This study explores the fertility intentions and contraceptive practices of WLHIV using services in Kenya. Methods Two hundred forty women self-identifying as WLHIV who attended ...
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We must acknowledge adolescents as sexual beings
Posted on October 2, 2017 at 7:07 am
I grew up in India. While in my late teens and studying to be a doctor, I met the girl whom I married some years later. A year or so into our relationship we started to have sex. We decided ...
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