
4 August 2021
Hello world, I’m Mirembe Mariam from Uganda. I work as Programs Manager at an organization called COHERINET, with five years’ experience working on abortion related projects. COHERINET is a non-profit organization…
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4 June 2021
Legal Yet Stigmatized: Abortion Care in Nepal
Nepal legalized abortion in 2002. With the recent adoption of “The Right to Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Act” in 2018, the country has taken huge strides for the fulfilment…
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17 May 2021
How to Protect and Respect the Reproductive Rights of LGBTI+ Individuals
Today is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. A day when the world acknowledges the ongoing discrimination faced by LGBTI+* people around the world, but also offers solidarity and hope for positive change. As a global…
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5 May 2021
Current Threats to Safe and Legal Abortion in South Africa
South Africa’s Choice of Termination of Pregnancy Act (CTOPA) was enacted 25 years ago. It aims to repeal restrictive and inaccessible abortion laws and promote reproductive rights and freedom of…
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20 April 2021
Fighting Unsafe Abortion and Abortion Stigma in Sierra Leone
This blogpost speaks to the national burden of unsafe abortion in Sierra Leone. Those who are most vulnerable and least able to access safe services largely bear the cost. Millions…
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3 March 2021
How We’re Improving Safe Abortion Access in Kyrgyzstan
In Kyrgyzstan, the law says you can have an abortion on request up to 12 weeks of pregnancy. After that, it’s still available but for ‘social reasons’ which need to…
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26 January 2021
Girls Break the Silence About Sexual Assault and Abortion in Somalia
Content warning: r*pe, sexual assault I love Puntland, in its little corner of Somalia. I love the people who fight through famine, war and division. The ocean that laps its…
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15 December 2020
How COVID-19 is Affecting Access to Abortion in Georgia
If you Google “abortion in Georgia” you may see news about the State in the U.S – where there are often threats to provision of abortion care. Here in Georgia the…
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9 December 2020
The Abortion Law in Thailand is Being Improved, But It’s Not Enough
As feminist campaigners we are glad that the abortion law in Thailand will be liberalized early next year, and proud that our organization has been a part of this. However, if it…
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