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What is sexual and reproductive health?
Learn about sexual health and why it matters, what access to contraception means, and why access to abortion is essential.
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Around the world, midwives are protecting the right to choose
Delivering babies is just one part of being a midwife. Thanks to the close relationships they build with their clients, midwives are well placed to support with a wide range of sexual and reproductive health experiences, from contraceptive counselling, to providing abortion care. With reproductive rights at a crossroads in the US, this International Day…
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The path towards gender equality begins with reproductive choice
This International Women’s Day, MSIs Advocacy Manager for Ghana, Esi Prah, explains that gender equality – whether in Ghana or globally – can only be achieved with access to sexual and reproductive healthcare and rights.
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Ghana includes contraceptive services in the national benefits package
Access to family planning in Ghana was transformed last week when the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) approved the inclusion of family planning services and commodities in the benefits package from 1 January 2022, removing the cost barrier for women and increasing access to choice.
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In memory of our co-founder, Phil Harvey
Phil Harvey, co-founder of MSI Reproductive Choices and Population Services International and founder of DKT International sadly passed away, aged 83 on December 2nd, 2021. As a serial entrepreneur, author and life-long advocate for reproductive health and rights, the legacy Phil Harvey leaves is enormous. Our thoughts are with Phil’s family, friends, and colleagues.
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Briefing: The Impact of the Climate Crisis on Reproductive Choice
Read MSI’s two-pager on the impact of the climate crisis on reproductive choice.
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14 million women at risk of losing access to contraception due to climate-related displacement
MSI’s analysis finds that millions of women could lose access to contraception due to climate-related disruption and calls on COP26 funding commitments to support women and girls to adapt with choice.
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Methodology: the impact of the climate crisis on access to contraception
New analysis from the Evidence & Impact team at MSI Reproductive Choices has found that access to contraception is at risk of being disrupted for millions of women over the next decade, due to climate-related displacement. Read our technical note on the methodology behind the estimated impact.
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Bringing choice to displaced women in Burkina Faso
In Burkina Faso, there are currently over one million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). Around 40% are hosted in the Centre-North region. Tana, MSI’s lead in the region, explain why access to sexual and reproductive health is crucial for women in humanitarian settings.
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Providing reproductive choice to young people in Senegal
Aisha* is a young Senegalese woman in her late teens. She lives in a coastal town in the north of the country, and when we spoke to her, she was just about to finish her final year of school. Read her story.
