Overseas Development Institute: Giving back choice: the Irish Referendum, the Gag Rule and the future for women’s and girls’ rights
Fiona Samuels, senior research fellow at ODI, discusses the outcome of the Irish referendum on abortion and a recent roundtable discussion with ODI Distinguished Fellow and SheDecides founder Lilianne Ploumen. Samuels also discusses achieving sustainable funding for and increasing awareness of sexual and reproductive health rights, as well as empowering women and girls “by giving them voice, agency, self-confidence, and self-efficacy” (6/1).