July 1, 2026

As anti-rights movements become increasingly coordinated across borders and attacks on gender equality intensify, one message emerged clearly from the Fifth Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policy in Madrid: sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are not a side issue. They are central to democracy, human rights and feminist foreign policy itself.

June 5, 2026

La semaine dernière, en marge de la 79e Assemblée mondiale de la Santé tenue à Genève, une réunion parallèle de haut niveau a mis en lumière une question cruciale mais souvent négligée dans le domaine de la santé mondiale : l'accès à des soins d'avortement sans risque. Seul événement de cette Assemblée consacré à l’avortement, la session intitulée « Des droits à la réalité : améliorer les résultats et les systèmes de santé grâce à des services d’avortement sans risque en Afrique de l’Ouest et en Afrique centrale », a lancé un message clair : la santé pour tous est impossible sans accès à des services d’avortement sans risque.

June 5, 2026

Last week on the sidelines of the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva, a high-level side event brought attention to a critical but often sidelined issue in global health: access to safe abortion care. As the only abortion-focused event at this year’s assembly, the session, “From Rights to Reality: Strengthening health outcomes and systems through safe abortion care in West and Central Africa”, sent a clear message: health for all is impossible without access to safe abortion care.

June 2, 2026

Last month, The Government of South Africa, a SheDecides governmental Champion, hosted a side event at the 59th session of the Commission on Population and Development at UN Headquarters in New York. The event, titled “Roadmap to the Realisation of Sexual and Reproductive Justice: Reframing Population Policy through Evidence, Technology and Community Agency”, featured SheDecides Executive Director Karin Nilsson as a key speaker, and was moderated by Levi Singh from SRHR Africa Trust and part of the South African delegation. We caught up with them to get their read-out.

April 28, 2026

Last week, UN Member States, civil society, researchers and youth leaders gathered for the 59th session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD) to advance the ICPD Programme of Action. This year’s focus - Population, technology and research in the context of sustainable development – sparked both optimism and tension. SheDecides followed the discussions taking place at the UN in New York.

March 24, 2026

Last week, as government representatives and civil society convened in New York for the 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70), SheDecides was on the ground to ensure sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) remain at the heart of the conversation.

February 4, 2026

As a movement, SheDecides is fueled by collective power. We counter opposition by taking coordinated action toward a shared vision: a world where every person has the right to decide what happens to their body. Authored by Lewis Emmerton and Angie Windle.

January 30, 2026

Around the world, a well-funded and highly organised “anti-choice” movement is finding a new face. Increasingly, anti-rights narratives are being packaged for a younger generation, spreading through slick social media campaigns, campus recruitment, and religious-political youth wings.

January 16, 2026

We are under no illusions about the news headlines or the context surrounding us as 2026 begins. The global landscape for bodily autonomy remains fraught.

October 27, 2025

Last month, during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), SheDecides hosted a Masterclass in partnership with Champion organisation the Population Council, a global research organisation dedicated to improving the lives of underserved populations.

August 12, 2025

Young people are at the forefront of driving change. With persistent and new challenges impacting their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), they are navigating the storm in innovative and impactful ways. This International Youth Day, we’re speaking with three members of SheDecides Youth Advisory Panel – David, Dina and Joweri - about what it will take to realise meaningful progress for youth SRHR.

August 8, 2025

In early July , SheDecides joined global leaders in Seville, Spain, for the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4). The conference served as a vital platform to reshape how we finance global development, especially crucial investments needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.