MEDIA STATEMENT: Civil society organisations condemn Gauteng health facilities’ defiance of laws and recent court order on free access to health care for pregnant women

MEDIA STATEMENT: Civil society organisations condemn Gauteng health facilities’ defiance of laws and recent court order on free access to health care for pregnant women 4 July 2023 – In April 2023, the Gauteng High Court upheld the right of all pregnant and lactating women, and children under 6, irrespective of nationality and documentation status, […]

Abortion Provider Appreciation Day 2021

On Abortion Provider Appreciation Day, 10 March 2021, the SRJC, in collaboration with its members, hosted a webinar to celebrate and honour the work of our abortion providers across the country. Key issues that emerged during the event included the extent to which abortion providers still face stigma in their places of work, from their […]

Co-production of research with sex workers as a political act

‘[Researchers] cannot deliver solutions to the problems of the oppressed but can assist people in the process of achieving the changes that they seek. Community partners and marginal communities are experts of their own lives and are most knowledgeable about the challenges they face and the aspects of their daily lives that need to change.’ […]

Abortion clinics stay open during lockdown

      Abortion clinics stay open during lockdown Even though Covid-19 has added further challenges to an already strained health system, women may still terminate unwanted pregnancies during the lockdown, says experts. Marie Stopes, a clinic that provides sexual and reproductive health services, including safe abortions, said on Monday that it remained open during […]