February 5, 2021
<p>Women and girls are subject to harmful practices because they do not have the right to decide what happens to their bodies.</p><p>Today, there are more than 200 million survivors of FGM/C, many facing serious long-term physical and mental health consequences as a result of this trauma.</p>News & Updates
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Our Bodies, Our Rights.
January 20, 2021
<p>Written by <a href="https://www.shedecides.com/champions/lina-abirafeh/">Lina Abirafeh</a>. </p><p>Four years ago, on January 23, 2017, in a room filled only with men, US President of three days, Donald J. Trump reinstated the “Global Gag Rule”, more formally known as the Mexico City Policy, to restrict women’s lives and deny them the freedom of choice over their own bodies. Trump did not invent this regressive policy. President Ronald Reagan first enacted it in 1984, and every Republican president since has enacted or expanded this policy, with each Democrat revoking the policy, turning women’s bodies into political pawns between parties.</p>We’re living through a global emergency. Why is emergency contraception still so inaccessible?
July 10, 2020
<p>Written by <a href="https://www.shedecides.com/25x25/kazuko-fukuda/">Kazuko Fukuda</a>, SheDecides 25x25 Young Leader Japan.</p>UNSAFE ABORTIONS DURING COVID-19 LOCKDOWN
June 17, 2020
Written by Tshiamo Wilson, Founder of SheSpoke Organisation and <a href="https://www.shedecides.com/25x25/saidy-brown/">Saidy Brown,</a> SheDecides 25x25 Young LeaderCOVID19 AND RAPE THROUGH A CULTURAL LENSE
June 16, 2020
<p>Written by <a href="https://www.shedecides.com/25x25/mamello-makhele/">Mamello Makhele</a>, SheDecides 25x25 Young Leader and Midwife, Lesotho </p>Time for Action: How COVID-19 is Threatening Girls and Young Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
June 11, 2020
By Sabina Pokhrel, SheDecides 25x25 Generation of Change Young Leader and AB Albrectsen, CEO of Plan International and SheDecides ChampionCovid19 and Reproductive Health in West Africa
June 9, 2020
By Christine Sarr, SheDecides 25x25 Young Leader, Senegal.Crossing Perspectives: Toward a Sustainable, Inclusive and Feminist Future After Covid19.
June 9, 2020
By M-C Garin, SheDecides 25x25 Young Leader and Memory Zonde-Kachambwa, Executive Director of FEMNET, SheDecides Champion.</span></p>Overcoming Our Echo Chamber and Expanding Our Debate During the Pandemic
June 8, 2020
<p>Written by <a href="https://www.shedecides.com/25x25/gisela-foz/">Gisela Foz</a>, SheDecides 25x25 Young Leader</p>A Heart Wrenching Story amidst the Covid19 Pandemic
June 4, 2020
By <a href="/25x25/evans-ouma/">Evans Ouma,</a> Programs Manager at Stretchers Youth Organization and SheDecides 25x25 Young Leader.An Island, Two Nations: The Impact of the Pandemic on Caribbean Women and Girls
June 2, 2020
<a href="/25x25/esther-giron/">Esther Giron</a>, SheDecides 25x25 Young Leader, Dominican Republic and <a href="/25x25/jesula-raphael/">Jesula Raphael,</a> SheDecides 25x25 Young Leader, Haiti.</p>