Spain: EC use drops due to the pandemic

ByCristina Puig

July 2021. According to the Spanish Society of Contraception (SEC), use of emergency contraception pills dropped among women aged 25 to 30 and 35 to 40, from 38% to 2,7. Read more here:

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RHSC: 2023 Social Marketing Statistics Report

ByCristina Puig

July 2024. The Reproductive Health Supplies Coalition (RHSC) just published the Contraceptive Social Marketing Statistics Report 2023. The report (which to date has been published by DKT) aggregates last year’s sales data for contraceptives and safe abortion supplies of Social Marketing programs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) worldwide. Regarding emergency contraception, over 39 million…

Protecting sexual and reproductive health and rights during COVID-19. Joint statement

ByCristina Puig

May 14, 2020. On May sixth, 59 countries, including 37 European ones, issued a joint statement highlighting that COVID -19 may negatively impact women’s and girls’ abilities to exercise their sexual rights and reproductive rights. The statement raises the increased risk of gender-based violence, and addresses the need to ensure sexual health and reproductive health services,…

IUD nomenclature: new WHO statement

ByCristina Puig

March 2021. Several terms and acronyms are used to describe the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine device: ‘LNG-IUD’, ‘Hormonal-IUD’, and ‘LNG-IUS’. The use of different acronyms to describe a method category can lead to confusion among governments, procurers, academics, advocates, providers and users. Consistency in contraceptive nomenclature supports country-level efforts to introduce different methods and help ensure adequate…

FIGO: committed to protect and promote girls and young women SRHR

ByCristina Puig

October 2021. The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) calls on its members to commit to discussing sexual and reproductive health, including contraception, infection prevention and safe sex, in their conversations with young people, girls, and boys. Around the world, complications during pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death for 15–19-year-old girls….

U.N. Human Rights Council passes resolution to end violence against women

ByCristina Puig

In early July 2015, the U.N. Human Rights Council, the principal body at the U.N. that promotes and protects human rights for all, reaffirmed its commitment to women’s and girl’s human rights by passing a key resolution to end violence against women and eradicate child, early, and forced marriage. The resolution, which was adopted without a…

Slovakia: Failed attempt to reinstate prescription for EC pills

ByCristina Puig

December 2019. A draft bill proposing a number of measures to make pregnancy termination services less accessible a was introduced in the Parliament at the end of November, by members of the Slovak National Party. During the discussion new amendments were introduced, among which, reinstating mandatory prescription to buy EC pills. The proposed bill was…