| Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) is moving to a new journal platform
SRHM is excited to announce that its peer-reviewed open access journal, SRHM, is moving to a new submission-to-publication platform. While the platform is being finalised over the next couple of weeks, new submissions to the journal are paused. However, revised manuscripts can be submitted as normal via Taylor & Francis' submission portal and will continue to be processed by the SRHM editorial team. If you have any queries about an in-progress submission or anything related to this message, please contact the
Managing Editor at pete.chapman@srhm.org.
Please check the SRHM website or follow us on social media for updates on when the new journal platform goes live. | | SRHM is launching a themed issue on Trans and Gender Diverse Healthcare. This themed issue will be guest edited by Mauro Cabral Grinspan, in close collaboration with SRHM's editorial team. We are welcoming emailed proposals for submissions to this themed issue on any of the topics found on our website as they relate to trans and gender diverse healthcare.
Following assessment of the initial proposals, selected authors will be directly invited to submit their full manuscripts to the issue. Mentoring will be available for less-experienced authors, where required. | | | THE GLOBAL GAG RULE EXPANDED
How Anti-Rights Ideology Is Governing
U.S. Foreign Aid | | Recent changes to U.S. foreign assistance policy mark a significant escalation in how anti-rights ideology is shaping global health and development funding.
| | In a new episode of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) podcast, SRHM convenes leading experts and advocates to unpack the implications of three newly issued U.S. foreign assistance rules and what they mean for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) worldwide. To explore the nature, scope, and consequences of these rules, SRHM Chief Executive, Eszter Kismődi, is joined by Elizabeth Sully, Director of International Research at the Guttmacher Institute; Amy Friedrich-Karnik, Director of Federal Policy at the Guttmacher Institute; and Mina Barling, Director of External Relations at the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). Together, they bring complementary perspectives spanning policy analysis, evidence generation, and frontline service delivery and advocacy. | | | ONLINE NOW Open issue 2025 Articles are published in the open issue on a continuous basis throughout the year, alongside the launch of themed and special issues.
We publish a wide range of article types from across the spectrum of SRHR. | | EDITOR'S CHOICE
Imbalances in authorship, geographic and institutional contexts, and funding sources in research on gender approaches to sexual and reproductive health in Africa: a scoping review
Woldekidan Amde, Kéfilath Bello, Tanya Jacobs, TK Sundari Ravindran & Asha S. George
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National research leadership is critical for generating locally responsive knowledge, especially grounded in gender approaches, given its engagement with local social contexts.
In this paper, the authors conducted a focused analysis of a scoping review to examine patterns in authorship, geographic and institutional contexts, and funding sources, in studies that apply gender approaches to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) across Africa.
The authors call for ensuring local ownership and leadership of research in Africa, and increasing domestic investment and addressing disparities across sub-regions. | | | RECENTLY PUBLISHED Exploring pharmacy provision of medication abortion pills in Nepal:
a mixed-methods study of pharmacy workers' knowledge and practices Nished Rijal & Angel M. Foster "It was like climbing a mountain and not reaching the top":
experiences of South African youth living with HIV who became parents during COVID-19 lockdowns Lesley Gittings, Jane F. Kelly, Nokubonga Ralayo, Sally Medley, Jenny Chen-Charles, Lucie Cluver & Elona Toska Balancing pragmatism, norms and power relations:
a qualitative study among post-abortion intrauterine device users in central Uganda Emelie Looft-Trägårdh, Herbert Kayiga, Othman Kakaire, Josaphat Byamugisha, Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson
& Amanda Cleeve The discontinuation, switching, and contraceptive failure patterns of long-acting reversible contraceptive users in Kenya:
a quantitative study Midanna de Almada Contraceptive access in displacement settings:
a quantitative study of Syrians displaced to Türkiye Rosanna Le Voir From conception to care: a systematic review of the impact of the climate crisis on reproductive justice Martina Yopo Díaz, Valentina Gómez Aguirre & Loreto Watkins | | | | CALL FOR PROPOSALS COMING SOON In partnership with the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, we will soon launch a call for proposals for a themed issue of SRHM on Queering Health Policies and Systems On 21 February, SRHM and UWC hosted an online consultation with organisations and experts working on this topic.
The discussion aimed to shape the conceptual framing, thematic priorities, and contextualisation of the themed issue and a related Knowledge Platform. More information coming soon. | | 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. | | Extractivism, Gold Mining, and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Kenya:
Community Realities and Wider Implications
| | Eszter Kismődi, Chief Executive of SRHM, is joined by Allan Maleche (KELIN), Mercy Kalemela and Audrey Bigeti (Girls to Women Kenya) to explore how extractive industries are reshaping land, power and sexual and reproductive health and rights in Kenya.
Focusing on gold mining in Kakamega County, the episode examines land dispossession, mercury exposure, gender-based violence and the everyday health risks faced by women and girls, while situating these harms within a broader global pattern of extractivism.
A timely conversation on development, justice and why SRHR must be central to debates on land and resource extraction.
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