What's in a tampon? 🤔
This month we are talking about hidden ingredients of menstrual products.
All welcome! DM for joining details.
1pm in London and 3pm in Kampala! Check your timezones! Alison Gabrielle Perry Betty Najjuuko Lianne-research-midwife
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In UNFPA's 2024 State of the World Population report, the message is clear: 'To achieve the promise of universal SRHR we must root out inequalities from health systems and policies and prioritise the most marginalized women and young people.'

Read more here 👇🏾 #EmbraceOurRights

What lessons can be learned from overseas on how different countries support preterm births?

🗓️Monday 22 April 3pm we meet:

- Martine Jeukens-Visser Amsterdam UMC
- Prof John Newnham Australian Preterm Birth Prevention Alliance
- Prof Mikael Norman Karolinska Institutet

📺Watch live: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/17…

2 weeks to go until the Black Maternal Health Awareness Week #BMHAW24 that will be taking place 22nd -28th April 2024.

Theme for the week: Advancing Black Maternal Health

And at 4pm on Monday 22 April we will hear from two mothers who have written about their experiences raising preterm babies:

- Francesca Segal, Author of 'Mother Ship'
- Nadia Leake Nadia Leake, Author of 'Surviving Prematurity'

Join us here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/17…

UNFPA hosted the annual State of the World Population Report launch and panel discussions today. Championing the rights of marginalised groups is fundamental to achieving universal access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for all. #RightsFreedomChoice

📢 #BREAKING we welcome the Church of England's position that women should not be criminalised for having an abortion. Diana Johnson DBE MP 🇬🇧🇺🇦🌈's amendment focuses only on women who are being increasingly targeted by the current outdated law. Women deserve compassion, not a conviction.

Delighted to be able to attend the Launch of the UNFPA State of the World Population Report on ending inequalities in #SRHR today unf.pa/toh Andrew Saberton Ian McFarlane UK Network on SRHR UN in UK and Ireland Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office UNFPALondon Apsana Begum MP unf.pa/toh

Italy has passed a measure that will allow anti-abortion activists to enter abortion consultation clinics. This jeopardises pregnant people's ability to make informed decisions.

Full story: buff.ly/3vYyuvV

At UK Parliament for the launch of UNFPA State of the World Population Report

Some important new data sets showing huge progress but also worrying trends of stagnation & in some contexts regression on #BodilyAutonomy #SWOP

UK Network on SRHR Monica Ferro APPG on PDRH Apsana Begum MP

🚨 800 women die every day while giving birth.

Nearly every one of those deaths is preventable.

See the #ThreadsOfHope with UNFPA and learn why the violation of women’s reproductive health triggers a rise in preventable deaths: unf.pa/vwh

🗞via UN News

A more equitable future for all is possible.

See the #ThreadsOfHope and let @‌UNFPA explain why we must end inequalities in sexual and reproductive health and rights: unf.pa/toh

#ICPD30

We're delighted to be at the UNFPA London State of the World launch today, sharing #ThreadsOfHope .

As Apsana Begum MP said at the event, 'we need to place dignity and rights at the heart of development', and that should always include #ReproductiveChoice .

The APPG on PDRH was represented today at the Birth Companions webinar 'Reproductive Justice and the Climate Emergency in the UK' to discuss the impact of the climate crisis on safe parenting.

Italy has passed measures that will allow anti-choice groups to enter abortion clinics ❌

Abortion is healthcare and a human right. No one should face fear or harassment when accessing or providing care.

Angela Giuffrida reports in the The Guardian ⤵️
theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

“Life or death is a political decision” – Parliamentarians from over 100 countries reaffirm commitment to universal sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Ending inequalities benefits all of humanity.

The latest UNFPA State of World Population report highlights that 30 years of progress in sexual and reproductive health rights has largely overlooked the most marginalized communities. unf.pa/toh #ThreadsOfHope

Last week the Oslo Statement of Commitment was drafted and adopted at IPCI by 172 parliamentarians from 112 countries confirming their commitment to upholding universal sexual and reproductive health and rights. bit.ly/49GXANs #SRHR

Delighted to reconnect with wonderful House of Lords Baroness-Parliamentarians Lindsay Northover Meral Hussein-Ece at IPCI #ICPD30 here in Oslo for #IPCI2024

Join Birth Companions, Wen. (Women’s Environmental Network), and our exciting guest speakers online tomorrow, for our Lunchtime Webinar exploring the implications of the #climateemergency for #reproductivejustice in the UK.
Wednesday 17th April, 12:30 - 1:45pm.
Book your place now: tickettailor.com/events/womense…