Jovana Ríos Cisnero is the Executive Director of Women's Link World Wide and is a SheDecides Champion.

To mark Human Rights Day 2023, we spoke to Jovana about the work of Women's Link and how the organization is unleashing the power of women and girls protect and advance their human rights, and asked her to give her thoughts on how abortion rights are human rights.

Authored by Memory Zonde-Kachambwa and Sonali Silva, SheDecides Guiding Group Co-Chairs

How is the climate emergency a sexual reproductive health and rights emergency?

Authored by Maria Antonieta Alcalde, Director of Ipas Latin America and the Caribbean, and Sivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director of ARROW. First published on Context on 28 September 2023.

World leaders and ministers gathered last week at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, to discuss how the 17 global goals on Sustainable Development can be reached by 2030 - leaving no one behind. 

Last week SheDecides, in partnership with the Global Safe Abortion Dialogue, hosted a concurrent session at Women Deliver 2023. The session, titled “Abortion is Healthcare: UHC Best Practices, from Politics to Provision” explored best practices, progress and innovations on delivering abortion as essential healthcare.

Authored by Sonali Silva, SheDecides Guiding Group Co-Chair.

With the target of achieving the SDGs just a few years away, many are looking at how Universal Health Coverage (UHC) can help achieve global goals on gender equality and health. Isn't it time we prioritize abortion care as an essential part of women and young people’s health and human rights? Guiding Group Co-Chair Sonali Silva explores.

SheDecides is excited to attend Women Deliver 2023 in Kigali this July. The moment presents an opportunity to come together, connect with allies and speak out for bodily autonomy and for a world all people can decide what to do with their bodies, lives and futures.

We are delighted to welcome four new SheDecides Champions to the movement, each committing to taking action so women and girls everywhere can decide about their bodies, lives and future. Read more about them here.

14 Ministers from 10 countries plus 40 leading health & gender equality experts from across the world sign joint SheDecides statement on CSE and its vital role in building a gender equal world for all. 

Read the Aljazeera article here