Centring sexual and reproductive health and justice in the global COVID-19 response

Global responses to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic are converging with pervasive, existing sexual and reproductive health and justice inequities to disproportionately impact the health, wellbeing, and economic stability of … Read More »

From Bad to Worse: The COVID-19 Pandemic Risks Further Undermining Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Many Countries

Authors: Sophia Sadinsky,Guttmacher Institute Alan Jarandilla Nuñez,International Youth Alliance for Family Planning Sandra Nabulega,International Youth Alliance for Family Planning Taylor Riley,Guttmacher Institute Zara Ahmed,Guttmacher Institute Elizabeth Sully,Guttmacher Institute Even before the … Read More »

Child Marriage and Other Harmful Practices

This study looks at the different forms that child marriage takes in South Asia and further looks at how these variations in child marriage practices are linked to other harmful practices. … Read More »

Menstrual Disposal, Waste Management & Laundering in Emergencies

Globally, there is increasing attention towards incorporating menstrual hygiene management (MHM) into humanitarian response. However, in the majority of emergencies, the distribution of menstrual materials by response actors to adolescent girls … Read More »

Adding It Up: Investing in Sexual and Reproductive Health 2019

Authors: Elizabeth Sully,Ann Biddlecom,Jacqueline E. Darroch,Taylor Riley, Lori S. Ashford, Naomi Lince-Deroche,Lauren Firestein and Rachel Murro This report examines the need for, impact of and cost of fully investing in sexual … Read More »

The Incidence of Menstrual Regulation Procedures And Abortion in Bangladesh, 2010

Authors: Susheela Singh,Guttmacher Institute Altaf Hossain,Association for Prevention of Septic Abortion Isaac Maddow-Zimet,Guttmacher Institute Hadayeat Ullah Bhuiyan,Association for Prevention of Septic Abortion Michael Vlassoff,Guttmacher Institute Rubina Hussain,Guttmacher Institute CONTEXT Bangladesh is … Read More »

The Incidence of Menstrual Regulation Procedures and Abortion in Bangladesh, 2014

Authors: Susheela Singh,Guttmacher Institute Altaf Hossain,Association for Prevention of Septic Abortion Isaac Maddow-Zimet,Guttmacher Institute Michael Vlassoff,Guttmacher Institute Hadayeat Ullah Bhuiyan,Association for Prevention of Septic Abortion Meghan Ingerick CONTEXT Menstrual regulation (MR) … Read More »

TALKING ABOUT RAPE: 10 Telling Quotes from Reported Judgments

Author: Taqbir Huda Published by BLAST (Bangladesh Legal Aid Services and Trust) This booklet compiles ten quotations from judgments of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh in … Read More »

State of the World Population Report 2020

The act that harms and violates a girl’s body is the only start of a cascade of harms Every day, hundreds of thousands of girls around the world are subjected to … Read More »

Close to Contagion: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Displaced and Refugee Girls and Young Women

The concern about an outbreak of COVID-19 in the camps cannot be overstated. The pandemic has consequences for everyone, but some groups are particularly vulnerable. Evidence shows that the impact of … Read More »