In consultation with partners in the field of SRHR and abortion research, advocacy and policymaking from across the globe, we have identified priority topics which reflect strategic knowledge gaps and regional priorities. We are encouraging community members, researchers, policy makers, service providers and human rights advocates to submit articles, especially those addressing the priority areas.
The deadline for submissions to be considered for the special collection is 31 August 2025. | | | ONLINE NOW Open issue 2025 The papers in the open issue are published throughout the year on a continuous basis and alongside themed issues and special collections.
We publish a wide range of article types from across the spectrum of SRHR. | | RECENTLY PUBLISHED Midwives as agents of change: a qualitative analysis of midwives' experiences with abortion care provision in Canada CA Mattison, V Perrault, A Hibbert, F Pittson & J Robinson Embracing complexity to challenge stigma: a qualitative analysis of representations of abortion in a Polish storytelling initiative Alina Paczesna Capturing pregnancy recognition trajectories: a critical reflection of new quantitative measures tested in Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria and Zambia Joe Strong, Ann M. Moore, Ernestina Coast, Onikepe Owolabi &Tamara Fetters Association between Chinese youth's sources of sexual knowledge and sexual and reproductive health: a mediation analysis of sexual knowledge level Xinye Zou, Kefan Xue, Siyu Zou, Angela Y. Xiao, Wenzhen Cao & Kun Tang Stated preferences of adolescents and young adults for sexual and reproductive health services in Africa: a systematic review Melaku Birhanu Alemu, Richard Norman, Jaya Dantas, Daniel Gashaneh Belay, Tsegaye G. Haile, Gavin Pereira & Gizachew A. Tessema Lessons from Catalonia: advancing sexual and reproductive rights through feminist policymaking and governance Tània Verge & Montserrat Pineda-Lorenzo Full, free, and informed: defining and operationalizing informed choice for menstrual supplies Lucy C. Wilson & Tanya Dargan Mahajan "She was totally desperate": understanding the pathway to abortion in Germany through a qualitative study among service providers in Berlin and Brandenburg Talia Meer, Mascha Kern, Alex Müller, Bornice Biomndo, Yagmur Demirpehlivan, Muhammad Helmi Barghouth & Stefanie Theuring Supporting self-managed abortion care in "practice not premise":
a qualitative study of provider perspectives, roles, and information pathways to care in India Laura E. Jacobson, Caila Brander, Balasubramanian Palanisamy, Sruthi Chandrasekaran, Blair G Darney, Julia M Goodman, Ruvani Jayaweera & Caitlin Gerdts Rising to the challenge: lessons learnt from the Global Women's Research Society (GLOW) conference for women's and newborn health in the context of global crises Clara Calvert, Sagarika Kaushal, Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Zeina Jamaluddine, Brian Matovu, Jennifer Riches, Robert Ssekitoleko, Wendy Graham & Rosemary Townsend | | | Decolonizing SRHR Research: Reclaiming Epistemic Sovereignty in Global Health Jessica Oga (PhD),
Head of Regionalism,
Afya na Haki, Kampala, Uganda
| | | "If our lives are worthy of study, then our knowledge is worthy of authority. If our pain is used to justify funding, then our theories must inform the solutions. And if our stories are continuously told, they must finally be told on our terms". | | | The Centre for Justice, Law and Society (CJLS) and the CommonHealth-Coalition for Reproductive Health and Safe Abortion are delighted to invite you to the launch of Judicial Milestones: The Road to Decriminalising Abortion in Five Countries.
TODAY | 20 AUGUST | 5:30PM-7PM IST
This handbook examines landmark court rulings in Canada, Colombia, Mexico, South Korea, and Thailand, tracing how Constitutional Courts have safeguarded reproductive autonomy, advanced sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR), and shaped access to abortion — all within an anti-carceral framework.
The launch will feature a panel conversation with activists and scholars from across the five countries who contributed to the report, moderated by SRHM Chief Executive Eszter Kismödi. They will share insights into the legal reasoning, advocacy strategies, and broader movements that paved the way for these judicial milestones.
| | | Tuesday 9 September 2025
09:30 EDT, 14:30 UK,15:30 CET, 16:30 EAT
Despite increasing legal prohibitions, female genital mutilation (FGM) continues to affect an estimated 92 million women and girls aged 10 and above across Africa. This SRHM webinar explores Female Genital Mutilation in Africa: Politics of Criminalisation, a new book edited by Satang Nabaneh and published in February 2025, that confronts the persistent gap between legal reform and lived realities. The book asks: Why has criminalisation become the dominant response, despite its limited impact? And how do African governments navigate the global pressure to legislate versus local resistance? As the book highlights, "a critical analysis of dominant discourses surrounding criminalisation is imperative" in order to move beyond superficial legal fixes towards strategies rooted in context, community, and complexity. With opening remarks by SRHM Chief Executive Eszter Kismödi, the conversation will feature a discussion with three contributing authors: Angela J Dawson, Samuel Kimani, and Laura Nyirinkindi, hosted by Satang Nabaneh, each offering grounded, regionally diverse, and interdisciplinary perspectives.
The book is available open access from Pretoria University Law Press (PULP) here.
| | SRHM at FIGO 2025
We are excited to be at this year's World Congress of Gynaecology and Obstetrics in Cape Town, 5-9 October 2025.
Stop by booth #77 to learn about our recent publications, call for papers and ongoing advocacy initiatives. | | Every Friday we bring you thought-provoking discussions with leading experts in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights. Together, we'll dive into the latest research, pressing current events, and the powerful movements shaping SRHR around the world. The SRHM Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify as well as other podcast platforms. | | | Dr. Faysal El Kak:
Vision as the new President of the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS)
A conversation with Dr. Faysal El Kak, hosted by Eszter Kismödi | | | In this episode, SRHM Chief Executive Eszter Kismödi speaks with Dr Faysal El Kak, newly elected President of the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS). He shares his vision of WAS as a powerful convening force, uniting organisations, agencies, and advocates to protect and promote sexual health, dignity, and rights across the life course. | | | Telehealth abortion services in Kenya via Women on Web
A conversation with Kenneth Juma, Hazal Atay and Céline Miani, hosted by Julia Hussein | | | In this episode of the SRHM Podcast, we explore how people in Kenya are accessing safe abortion care online in the face of restrictive laws and limited health system support. Julia Hussein speaks to three of the authors of the recent research article published in SRHM, Telehealth abortion services via Women on Web in Kenya (2013–2019): a descriptive analysis of the characteristics and motivations of the care seekers. | | | The Acceptability of Misoprostol-Only Abortion Through Mail and Pharmacies in the U.S
A conversation with Dana Johnson, hosted by Nina Sun | | | No Justice in a Genocide: Sexual and reproductive health and rights in Gaza
A conversation with Cordelia Freeman and Hala Shoman, hosted by Laura Ferguson | | | In this powerful conversation, host and SRHM Editorial Board member Laura Ferguson is joined by reproductive justice scholars Cordelia Freeman and Hala Shoman, authors of "No justice in a genocide: sexual and reproductive health and rights in Gaza", to explore the devastating impact of war on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Gaza. | | | |
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