Europe: Sexual and reproductive health and rights policy Hub

June 2021. On June 23rd, the European Parliament voted in favor of a landmark report presented by the Croatian Member of European Parliament (MEP)  Predrag Fred Matić on “the situation of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the EU”. This report is the first of its kind in almost 10 years to give such…

This year’s UNFPA State of World Population Report focuses on adolescents and youth inherent human rights. The Report mentions that emergency contraception (EC) is something that adolescents particularly need because they use relatively ineffective methods, do not use contraceptive at all, or are more susceptible to coerced sex. How ever, youth access to EC is…

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:

ECEC will be attending the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health’s first global conference on contraception, reproductive and sexual health in May in Copenhagen, Denmark. The sessions that are specifically focused on emergency contraception are highlighted below: Friday, 24 May 2013 16:30 – 17:30 Sponsored Symposium HRA Pharma: The unpredictable ovulation: critical in evolution and central…

Emergency contraception In February 2016, the World Health Organisation published an updated version of its factsheet on emergency contraception.  This update can be found on the WHO media center in English, French and Spanish.  

June 2020. The fourth edition of ICEC and FIGO’s Emergency Contraceptive Pills Medical and Service Delivery Guidance is now available in French. “Pilules contraceptives d’urgence. Directives médicales et de prestation de services”, originally published in English in December 2018, serves as a key reference and training document for service provision of EC.  The French edition of this guidance…