| What's new from SRHM?
Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
Knowledge to Action | | | | Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters moves to
self-publishing | | SRHM has taken an important strategic step to bring Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters fully under its own direction through self-publishing, strengthening its commitment to independent and ethical publishing.
| | EDITOR'S CHOICE
Perceptions of women on seeking sexual healthcare in Beirut:
a qualitative study
Diana Sabbagh, Jessie V. Ford, Sohayla El-Fakahany & Faysal El-Kak | | | RECENTLY PUBLISHED IN SRHM Reproductive coercion experienced by women living with HIV –
a global scoping review Althea Wolfe, Keren Dunaway, Gnilane Turpin, Danielle Lonbong Nijometio, Uma Bhatt, et al. The African coalition for research and communication on abortion: shifting power, building capacity, defending rights Naa Dodoo, Akanni Akinyemi, Pierre Akilimali, Wina Sangala, Oladimeji Ogunoye, et al. Abortion stigma amongst the public in high-income countries:
a mixed-method systematic review Jana Niemann, Marie Bernard, Dennis Jepsen, Nadja Freymüller, Laura Weinhold, et al. "To me, it was overwhelming": a mixed methods study of maternal healthcare in a marginalized community in New York City, guided by the Person-Centered Care Framework for Reproductive Health Equity Khadija R Jones, Nandini Choudhury, Mary Archana Fernandez, George Hagopian, Rachel Schwartz, et al. Who receives abortions at 6- or 16-weeks' gestation?
A case study from Ohio Pragi Patel, Payal Chakraborty, Bucky Foster, Jacob Kepes, Danielle Bessett, Alison H. Norris & Mikaela H. Smith The "architecture of distancing": a mode of abortion governance illustrated by the Italian case Debra Lanfranconi A complex legacy:
USAID, population control, and reproductive justice in Africa Nimrod Muhumuza & Nana Koomson A systematic review of the effectiveness of participatory, health system-based interventions to improve the sexual and reproductive health and rights of adolescent girls and young women in Sub-Saharan Africa Carol Vlassoff, Fahimeh Abdollahi, Peter Farrell, Lauren Davies, Prithi Ravichandran, et al. | | | | 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. More information coming soon. | | | Imbalances in authorship, geographic and institutional contexts, and funding sources in research on gender approaches to sexual and reproductive health in Africa | | In this episode of the SRHM Podcast, Sapna Desai, Editor-in-Chief of SRHM, speaks with researchers Woldekidan Amde and Kéfilath Bello about their recent scoping review examining authorship, geography, and funding in research on gender approaches to SRHR across Africa.
| | Analysing 45 publications from 2012 to 2022, the study reveals striking imbalances. Most first and senior authors were based outside Africa, funding overwhelmingly came from high income countries, and over one fifth of papers had no local authors at all. These patterns raise critical questions about power in knowledge production, the credibility and relevance of research, and the ability of evidence to influence policy and practice locally. Together, the speakers reflect on how more locally led, contextually grounded research is essential not only for equity, but for better quality knowledge and meaningful change in sexual and reproductive health. | | | Reconnecting SRHR and development justice | | The Global South Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Development Justice emerges in response to escalating attacks on gender equality and SRHR and widening global inequalities that undermine the right to development. Join the launch of the coalition on 31 March 2026 through a multilingual virtual event with interpretation in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese, featuring a panel moderated by Gita Sen. | | | Intersecting Crises and Cross-sector Solutions: Environmental Justice and SRHR | | | On 18 March 2026, in the context of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), SRHM and the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health at Columbia University (PopFam) brought together leading experts to explore the intersections between environmental justice and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). | | | The discussion examined accountability gaps and structural barriers to justice, while also highlighting pathways toward evidence- and rights-based responses that advanced equality, sustainability, and the wellbeing of communities.
The recording of this webinar is available on the SRHM website or on the SRHM Podcast. | | | Accountability to Women and Girls:
Upholding Sexual and Reproductive Health Standards in Humanitarian Response | | IAWG and the Global Health Cluster SRH Task Team recently convened a high-level session on protecting SRHR within humanitarian response, moderated by SRHM's Chief Executive, Eszter Kismődi.
The session brought together global stakeholders to address funding constraints, rising prioritization pressures, and challenges to women's rights in humanitarian settings. | | | The speakers highlighted practical strategies to strengthen accountability to women and girls, support locally led services, and sustain quality SRH care across the humanitarian-development continuum. | | | WHO HRP Programme Coordinating Committee (PCC) Annual Meeting | |  | |
SRHM participated in the 39th meeting of the Policy and Coordination Committee (PCC) of the World Health Organization Human Reproduction Programme (HRP) in April 2026, contributing to discussions on global priorities, governance, and evidence-informed approaches in sexual and reproductive health and rights.
As the governing body of HRP, the PCC brings together Member States, UN agencies, and civil society partners to review strategic directions, research priorities, and programme implementation, playing a key role in shaping the global SRHR evidence agenda.
| | | SRHM on International Women's Day | | | International Women's Day 2026 comes as global politics around rights, health, and justice shift rapidly, with ongoing conflicts and crises intersecting with major changes in funding and power that reshape how responses are supported and governed, while environmental and economic injustices place growing pressure on communities and livelihoods. | | These are not separate challenges. Conflict, displacement, extractive economies, climate change, and ideological attacks on gender equality intersect in ways that directly shape people's ability to exercise bodily autonomy and access health, dignity, and justice. On International Women's Day 2026, SRHM calls attention to these interconnected realities and to the collective accountability required to address them. Evidence must inform action. | | 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. | | Transactional sex in contexts of forced displacement is widely discussed, yet too often framed through narrow lenses.
It is frequently conflated with terminologies such as trafficking, exploitation, or sex work, and approached through moralised or criminalised narratives that obscure lived realities.
| | In this episode of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) Podcast, Eszter Kismődi speaks with Shirin Heidari, Principal Investigator and Coordinator of the Liminality Research Consortium hosted by the Gender Centre at the Geneva Graduate Institute, and Monica A. Onyango, Co-Principal Investigator at the Boston University School of Public Health, about the recent multi-country study, Survival Strategies and Health Repercussions in Forced Displacement, with Transactional Sex in focus.
| | On Valentine's Day and World Condom Day 2026, SRHM turned to pleasure.
In this episode, we spotlight the editorial of the SRHM Sexual Pleasure Collection, developed in collaboration with The Pleasure Project and Agents of Ishq, written by Anne Philpott and Paromita Vohra.
| | Featuring a reading by Anne Philpott and Elena Ascione from The Pleasure Project, this episode is also an open invitation. Send us your love letters. Send your papers, blogs, poetry, podcast ideas, art, as we celebrate sexual pleasure as a key aspect of sexual and reproductive health and rights for all. Because pleasure is progress. Pleasure matters. | | | |
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