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The Battle of Reframing: How anti-choice groups manipulate language to try to control the narrative

Reframing is one of the most powerful tools we have. Anti-choice movements have nefariously hijacked terms like “life” and “choice,” but we must reclaim them with accuracy and power.

24 January 2024

On International Education Day, Aik Ahmed Easa, prominent youth advocate for sexual and reproductive health and lawyer, shares his thoughts on youth and sexuality in the Maldives.

24 January 2024

On International Education Day, Aik Ahmed Easa, prominent youth advocate for sexual and reproductive health and lawyer, shares his thoughts on youth and sexuality in the Maldives.

06 February 2023

We had the pleasure of interviewing Christine Alfons, founder and Executive Director of the Safe Engage Foundation, a youth-led organization in Kuria, Kenya, working to end female genital mutilation.

06 February 2023

We had the pleasure of interviewing Christine Alfons, founder and Executive Director of the Safe Engage Foundation, a youth-led organization in Kuria, Kenya, working to end female genital mutilation.

21 January 2022

There are more young people in the world than ever before. With this in mind, sex education is critical for young people to realizing and claiming their human rights.

21 January 2022

There are more young people in the world than ever before. With this in mind, sex education is critical for young people to realizing and claiming their human rights.

26 November 2021

SFHA, an IPPF Member Association, provides reproductive health and family planning services through a permanent clinic in the capital city of Apia, and a mobile unit which visits rural areas and the outer islands to provide educational and contraceptive services. 

26 November 2021

SFHA, an IPPF Member Association, provides reproductive health and family planning services through a permanent clinic in the capital city of Apia, and a mobile unit which visits rural areas and the outer islands to provide educational and contraceptive services. 

25 May 2021

Myths, misconceptions and misinformation about periods feed into stigma which can be hugely damaging for many girls, women and people who menstruate around the world.

25 May 2021

Myths, misconceptions and misinformation about periods feed into stigma which can be hugely damaging for many girls, women and people who menstruate around the world.

15 March 2021

1 in 3 women globally experience violence across the course of their lives – that’s around 736 million women who suffer physical, mental and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner or non-partner.

15 March 2021

1 in 3 women globally experience violence across the course of their lives – that’s around 736 million women who suffer physical, mental and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner or non-partner.

24 November 2020

This year, we are putting the spotlight on the links between gender-based violence and the world of work. This could mean the violence and harassment women face while working, or on their way to/from work, or the harm they face at home which has an impact on their working lives.

24 November 2020

This year, we are putting the spotlight on the links between gender-based violence and the world of work. This could mean the violence and harassment women face while working, or on their way to/from work, or the harm they face at home which has an impact on their working lives.

03 September 2020

Did your sex education include anything about masturbation? Ours neither! That’s why we’d love to talk to you about it – specifically, if you have a vagina.

03 September 2020

Did your sex education include anything about masturbation? Ours neither! That’s why we’d love to talk to you about it – specifically, if you have a vagina.

03 September 2020

It has been proven that masturbation is good for your health. If you have a penis, we can help you learn how to do it!

03 September 2020

It has been proven that masturbation is good for your health. If you have a penis, we can help you learn how to do it!

30 July 2020

In Ethiopia, getting young people’s attention about sexual and reproductive healthcare is no easy task. But at a youth centre in Jimma, groups of young people are getting vital messages about sexual health and contraception out to their peers through dance, song, and poetry.

30 July 2020

In Ethiopia, getting young people’s attention about sexual and reproductive healthcare is no easy task. But at a youth centre in Jimma, groups of young people are getting vital messages about sexual health and contraception out to their peers through dance, song, and poetry.

24 January 2024

On International Education Day, Aik Ahmed Easa, prominent youth advocate for sexual and reproductive health and lawyer, shares his thoughts on youth and sexuality in the Maldives.

24 January 2024

On International Education Day, Aik Ahmed Easa, prominent youth advocate for sexual and reproductive health and lawyer, shares his thoughts on youth and sexuality in the Maldives.

06 February 2023

We had the pleasure of interviewing Christine Alfons, founder and Executive Director of the Safe Engage Foundation, a youth-led organization in Kuria, Kenya, working to end female genital mutilation.

06 February 2023

We had the pleasure of interviewing Christine Alfons, founder and Executive Director of the Safe Engage Foundation, a youth-led organization in Kuria, Kenya, working to end female genital mutilation.

21 January 2022

There are more young people in the world than ever before. With this in mind, sex education is critical for young people to realizing and claiming their human rights.

21 January 2022

There are more young people in the world than ever before. With this in mind, sex education is critical for young people to realizing and claiming their human rights.

26 November 2021

SFHA, an IPPF Member Association, provides reproductive health and family planning services through a permanent clinic in the capital city of Apia, and a mobile unit which visits rural areas and the outer islands to provide educational and contraceptive services. 

26 November 2021

SFHA, an IPPF Member Association, provides reproductive health and family planning services through a permanent clinic in the capital city of Apia, and a mobile unit which visits rural areas and the outer islands to provide educational and contraceptive services. 

25 May 2021

Myths, misconceptions and misinformation about periods feed into stigma which can be hugely damaging for many girls, women and people who menstruate around the world.

25 May 2021

Myths, misconceptions and misinformation about periods feed into stigma which can be hugely damaging for many girls, women and people who menstruate around the world.

15 March 2021

1 in 3 women globally experience violence across the course of their lives – that’s around 736 million women who suffer physical, mental and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner or non-partner.

15 March 2021

1 in 3 women globally experience violence across the course of their lives – that’s around 736 million women who suffer physical, mental and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner or non-partner.

24 November 2020

This year, we are putting the spotlight on the links between gender-based violence and the world of work. This could mean the violence and harassment women face while working, or on their way to/from work, or the harm they face at home which has an impact on their working lives.

24 November 2020

This year, we are putting the spotlight on the links between gender-based violence and the world of work. This could mean the violence and harassment women face while working, or on their way to/from work, or the harm they face at home which has an impact on their working lives.

03 September 2020

Did your sex education include anything about masturbation? Ours neither! That’s why we’d love to talk to you about it – specifically, if you have a vagina.

03 September 2020

Did your sex education include anything about masturbation? Ours neither! That’s why we’d love to talk to you about it – specifically, if you have a vagina.

03 September 2020

It has been proven that masturbation is good for your health. If you have a penis, we can help you learn how to do it!

03 September 2020

It has been proven that masturbation is good for your health. If you have a penis, we can help you learn how to do it!

30 July 2020

In Ethiopia, getting young people’s attention about sexual and reproductive healthcare is no easy task. But at a youth centre in Jimma, groups of young people are getting vital messages about sexual health and contraception out to their peers through dance, song, and poetry.

30 July 2020

In Ethiopia, getting young people’s attention about sexual and reproductive healthcare is no easy task. But at a youth centre in Jimma, groups of young people are getting vital messages about sexual health and contraception out to their peers through dance, song, and poetry.