Our sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) programme, Love Matters, has participated at the International Conference on Family Planning in Kigali, Rwanda, 12-15 November. We put pleasure back into discussions on family planning and sex at a number of sessions. This conference is particularly meaningful to us because it

RNW Media’s Huna Libya platform has launched a new sub-section focusing on SRHR. Along with providing evidence-based information for young Libyans, it will tackle issues around gender equality, harassment and gender-based violence.

Talking openly about love, sex and relationships is deeply taboo in Egypt, and new media laws may further shrink the online spaces where people can discuss these subjects. However, Love Matters Arabic is not only managing to negotiate this tricky landscape but also to achieve a remarkable increase in engagement

We recently held the exciting 3-day online interactive event: ‘Brave Digital Spaces! The Online Sexuality Education Exchange’, together with the Love Matters Global Network as part of the RHRN2 programme. The event focused on building digital communities to address sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).

In the run up to the International Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion, Love Matters India implemented a multi-faceted campaign #AbortionIsHealthCare to highlight the physical, cultural, legal and mental/emotional barriers to abortion in India. 

Love Matters platform Hablemos de sexo y amor has just completed the successful One Stop Pleasure Shop project, aimed at connecting young Mexicans with the services and information they need to ensure their SRHR.