PeiYao Chen Announced as the New President & CEO of Global Fund for Women

Reclaiming Rights for LBTQI People in Palestine

No matter where you are in the world, teaching young people about sex and sexuality and advocating for the rights of LGBTQI people requires boldness…

Making it Concrete: Using the Sustainable Development Goals to Bring Sexual Health Rights to Women in Nepal

How do you take ambitious, global goals for improving human rights and conditions and make them concrete? How do you implement goals meant to improve…

“You have to keep fighting”: Uruguayan Feminists Work to Build on their Gains

For women in many Latin American countries, the small nation of Uruguay might seem like the country that could. After years of organizing and education…

Advancing Sexual Health and Rights for Liberia’s Next Generation

In Liberia, cultural norms, patriarchy, and government inaction all puts girls at risk. Discussing sex is considered taboo, which keeps girls disempowered and puts them…

Growing "Popular Feminism" in Brazil, Despite Conservative Crackdown

Following the 2016 removal of Brazil’s first woman president in what many refer to as a coup, women’s rights have come under fire. The new…

Bodies + Rights = Power

× Share Facebook Twitter Copy Link We believe that every woman deserves the right to make any decision about her sexual and reproductive health-free from…

Building a Wave of Young Women Leaders in South Asia

Young women leaders are not the future—they are what we need now. But without the necessary resources of knowledge, networks, movement strengthening skills, and mentorship,…

Global Gag Rule Infographic

This was originally published in October 2017, and was last updated in September 2022. U.S. President Biden rescinded the global gag rule in 2021, but…