December 20, 2024
There are 1.8 billion young people in the world right now, the largest generation of young people in history. That's why investing in young people’s and adolescent’s sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) is critical to building a better, healthier, equal future for all, where no one is left behind. As an intergenerational movement, SheDecides is committed to listening to and learning from young people, fostering meaningful youth engagement and ensuring youth leadership in the process. This year, SheDecides inaugurated a youth advisory panel. The panel, made up of dedicated youth leaders within the movement, guided and shaped SheDecides work on youth SRHR throughout 2024.News & Updates
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What You Need to Know About Project 2025’s Potential Global Impact on SRHR & 3 Actions You Can Take
October 31, 2024
Earlier this year, SheDecides Champion Malayah Harper authored a new report entitled: “Global Impacts of Project 2025”. The report, supported by RFSU, examines how the next Republican administration may impact U.S. foreign and development policy on SRHR and gender equality. In this blog, Malayah outlines the aims and plans of Project 2025 and suggests 3 things that SheDecides Champions and SRHR allies can do should Trump win the U.S. election next month.SheDecides Rally: A Force for Reproductive Rights at UNGA
October 16, 2024
Governments, political leaders, health experts, and UN officials gathered at SheDecides’ high-level abortion rights rally last week, to take part in a political journey reflecting on the struggle for reproductive freedom across time and across the world.
Here, on the sidelines of UNGA, world leaders and SRHR experts reaffirmed their commitment to safe and legal abortion as a fundamental human right for all people, everywhere. This timely event was held in the heart of New York ahead of the US election, where abortion rights are increasingly on the ballot.
The rally celebrated recent progress in abortion law reform, while also emphasising the urgent need for continued collective action. It provided a unique platform to introduce the new SheDecides initiative: Abortion Archives. Participants were treated to an exclusive sneak peek of POWER TO DECIDE, an exhibition which explores six decades of the global abortion rights movement through powerful photography and artefacts from 25 countries across five continents, covering the years 1970 to 2024 - an exhibition, created by the movement for the movement, that will be activated in different countries and around diverse political moments during 2025.
Power in Partnership: Reflections from the Global Safe Abortion Dialogue 2024
July 29, 2024
Authored by Katie Northcott, Communications Manager and focal point for the Global Safe Abortion Dialogue (GSAD) at AmplifyChange.Youth SRHR activists speak out at the #YouthDecides Reception in Benin
June 17, 2024
On the evening before the Global Youth Dialogue in Benin, SheDecides hosted the #YouthDecides high-level reception in partnership with SheDecides Champion The Government of the Kingdom of The Netherlands.7 ways to make SRHR services youth-friendly!
June 6, 2024
How can countries around the world make SRHR services more accessible for young people?What’s the state of SRHR for young people in Rwanda?
May 30, 2024
Diana Keza (pictured below, on the right) is Head of Capacity Building at AfriYAN Rwanda, a Plan International youth advocate and a member of SheDecides Youth Advisory Panel. We asked her about the youth SRHR landscape in Rwanda.