#MyBodyMyChoice
#MyBodyMyChoice is a partner-driven social and community media campaign that aims to break the silence and end the stigma around a critical sexual and reproductive health issue: access to safe abortion. This campaign is running from May 28 to September 28 2019. Click on the link below for more information about the campaign and partners. […]
HRC41 joint statement on adolescent & youth SRHR
HRC41 joint statement on adolescent & youth SRHR The Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), AWID, Centre for Reproductive Rights, CHOICE for Youth and Sexuality, Hivos, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), Plan International, Rutgers, Sexual Rights Initiative, Swedish Association for Sexuality and Education, and Youth Coalition have developed a joint statement on adolescent and youth sexual […]
Inside the ECHO chamber: Reproductive justice must be prioritised
Inside the ECHO chamber: Reproductive justice must be prioritised More contraceptive options, a constant supply in clinics and, among many other things, building a culture of consent will get South Africa closer to achieving a just society for women. On 13 June 2019 — more than 30 years after these issues were first raised — […]
Elevated Risk: Injectable Contraceptives and HIV — a Reproductive Justice Perspective from South Africa
Elevated Risk: Injectable Contraceptives and HIV —a Reproductive Justice Perspective from South Africa. Marion Stevens “The new guidance is that women at high risk of acquiring HIV can use progestogen-only injectables but should be advised about concerns that these methods may increase risk of HIV acquisition, about the uncertainty over whether there is a causal […]
**New** U of OxHRH J-Abortion, Reproductive Justice and the Possibilities of Reproductive Justice in South African Courts
*Source: Oxford Human Rights Hub **New** U of OxHRH J-Abortion, Reproductive Justice and the Possibilities of Reproductive Justice in South African Courts Catherine Albertyn, ‘Abortion, Reproductive Rights and the Possibilities of Reproductive Justice in South African Courts’ (2019) U of OxHRH J 88 Abstract Women’s ability to control their reproductive destiny and choose to terminate […]
Reproductive Justice: Where Do The ANC, DA, EFF Stand?
Reproductive Justice: Where Do The ANC, DA, EFF Stand? Reproductive Justice is an important political movement which brings together reproductive rights with social justice. The movement has three main principles. They are the right not to have a child and the right to have a child. Lastly, it is the right to parent children in safe and […]
CHALLENGES FOR ACHIEVING SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE IN SOUTH AFRICA
*Published on Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Journal CHALLENGES FOR ACHIEVING SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE IN SOUTH AFRICA Written by Marion Stevens, Director, Sexual and Reproductive Justice Coalition Reproductive Justice is defined by three principles: The right to have child; the right not to have a child; and the right to parent children in safe and healthy […]
2019 Elections: What do the top three parties say on sexual and reproductive justice?
Do you know what your favourite political party’s stance is on sex work, gender-based violence and abortion? So, what do the ANC, EFF and DA all have in common when it comes to sexual and reproductive justice? All three political parties have an “unclear” stance on supporting and advocating for the decriminalisation sex work in […]
A Genealogy of Puberty Science Monsters, Abnormals, and Everyone Else, 1st Edition
Congratulations to Pedro Pinto, Catriona Ida Macleod. Read more about the book: A Genealogy of Puberty Science Monsters, Abnormals, and Everyone Else, 1st Edition By Pedro Pinto, Catriona Ida Macleod Routledge Description A Genealogy of Puberty Science explores the modern invention of puberty as a scientific object. Drawing on Foucault’s genealogical analytic, Pinto and Macleod […]
Gender Dynamix list of gender affirming health professionals in SA
Gender Dynamix list of gender affirming health professionals in SA updated 19 August 2018 Western Cape General Practitioners Dr Carol Goedhals (Melkbosstrand)- 021 553 1030 Dr Steven Cornell (Rondebosch) – rccsteve@viamediswitch.co.za – 021 689 5141 Dr Irma Louw – 021 686 6130 (Rondebosch) Dr Lindy Dickson (Wynberg) – Lindy.Dickson-Hall@uct.ac.za / www.dicksonhall.co.za Dr Anthony Smith (Seapoint) […]
