The Guardian: U.S. signs anti-abortion declaration with group of largely authoritarian governments “The U.S. has today signed an anti-abortion declaration with a group of about 30 largely illiberal or authoritarian governments, after the failure of an effort to expand the conservative coalition. The ‘Geneva Consensus Declaration’ calls on states to…

NPR: Trump And Biden On Global Issues: From Reproductive Rights To Refugees “This election season — like many before it — has been dominated by domestic issues. But whether Americans elect Donald Trump or Joe Biden president will also have significant consequences for the rest of the world, especially those…

The Guardian: Kenyan efforts to end FGM suffer blow with victims paraded in ‘open defiance’ “Kenya has seen a setback in its progress to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM) after an open parade in defiance of the government clampdown on the practice took place this week. Almost 2,800 girls from…

New Humanitarian: America must stop using international aid to export anti-abortion ideology Anu Kumar, president and CEO, and Patty Skuster, senior legal adviser, both at Ipas “…The anti-abortion … position held by so many American leaders and policymakers — exaggerated by the current administration — puts the United States at…

Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program’s “New Security Beat”: The State of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: A Conversation with Dr. Zara Ahmed Deekshita Ramanarayanan, staff intern with the Maternal Health Initiative, highlights a discussion with Zara Ahmed, associate director of federal issues at the Guttmacher Institute, about…

CHANGE: Newly Released Report Card Gives White House, Department of Health & Human Services Failing Scores in Meeting Global Commitments to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights “[On Thursday], CHANGE, a U.S.-based sexual and reproductive health and rights organization, launched its 2019 grades for the annual Sexual and Reproductive Health…

Human Rights Watch: World Leaders Should Champion Gender Equality Nisha Varia, advocacy director in the Women’s Rights Division at HRW, discusses the importance of addressing gender equality and empowering women and girls, writing, “[Governments] need to recognize that women’s rights are not secondary but integral to addressing the Covid-19 pandemic,…

Ms. Magazine: Trump Administration Earns Failing Scores in Meeting Global Commitments to Reproductive Health Lienna Feleke-Eshete, public policy associate, and Sammy Luffy, senior policy research associate, both at CHANGE “…On Thursday, CHANGE, a U.S.-based sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) organization, released the 2019 grades for the annual Sexual…

The Conversation: Insights into how the U.S. abortion gag rule affects health services in Kenya Boniface Ushie, associate research scientist at African Population and Health Research Center, and colleagues “…Kenya relies heavily on foreign aid to finance its sexual and reproductive health services. … The African Population and Health Research…

Foreign Policy: Trump Officials Seek to Push Social Conservative Values in International Agreements “In the past four years, the Trump administration has taken this battle to international organizations on an unprecedented scale, going further than past Republican administrations to try to stamp out references to sexual and reproductive health, family…