Resilience or detachment? Coping strategies among termination of pregnancy health care providers in two South African provinces
Resilience or detachment? Coping strategies among termination of pregnancy health care providers in two South African provinces Abstract There is global recognition that competent and willing health care providers remain the most important determinant of safe abortion or termination of pregnancy services. The psychosocial well-being of providers is critical to the provision of responsive termination […]
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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 […]
Assessing the Impact of the Expanded Global Gag Rule in South Africa
CSSR’s latest publication Critical Studies in Sexualities and Reproduction Rhodes University Assessing the impact of the expanded Global Gag Rule in South Africa’ compiled by Ulandi du Plessis, Dumisa Sofika, Catriona Macleod and Thobile Mthethwa. IWHC_Report
ABORTION PROVIDERS APPRECIATION DAY: SOUTH AFRICA
Today, 12 March 2019, the SRJC hosted an event in Lentegeur Hospital in partnership with the Western Cape Department of Health, to celebrate abortion providers, along with Triangle Projects, Mothers4Future, medical students and abortion providers from the Western Cape. Some 70 providers, mostly nurses, attended. Provincial Minister of Health, Nomafrench Mbombo, spoke and said abortion should be […]
*Article published by e-Health News Top three parties’ position on sexual & 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 […]
Abortion Provider Appreciation Day clinic visits
Abortion Provider Appreciation Day clinic visits March 10 is Abortion Provider Appreciation day, a day that began in 1996 in memory of Dr David Gunn, the first abortion provider to be murdered (on that day in 1993) in the United States. It is a day to honour every provider who dedicates his or her life […]
Elect to protect reproductive Justice
We are calling on the 3 major political parties to support an increase in the sexual and reproductive health budget for 2020 and use their power as members of parliament and the political party leader to lobby for an increase before voting day on 8 May. Why is this important? YOUR CALL TO REPRODUCTIVE […]
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Abortion stigma still rife
Article by The City Press. “Child abandonment remains a legacy in a context of social and economic inequalities and patriarchy in society. Studies have suggested that some key reasons for abandonment include a sense of desperation because of abject poverty and unemployment, the “breakdown” of the family, HIV/Aids, and stigmatisation because of cultural beliefs. This […]
