Call For Papers: The impact of politics on sexual and reproductive health and rights
28 May, 2018
Val Resh: Where structure failed, art painted many waves.
15 February, 2019
[caption id="attachment_3707" align="alignleft" width="451"] Artwork: 'untitled 19' from the series 'The Awakening'. 2008.[/caption] Reshma Valliappan aka Val Resh is Founder-Director of The Red Door, India. An Ashoka and Ink Fellow, Resh teaches sex-gender education with a focus on empathy and emotional health for boys and girls in community schools. She is also a painter, published...
RHM becomes SRHM: Name change Q&A
13 February, 2019
In February 2019, Reproductive Health Matters (RHM) changes its name to Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM). Sexual health and rights have always been a part of the discourse of RHM, and we wished to fully represent the breadth and extensiveness of sexual health and rights, and reproductive health and rights, in our name. We...
International day of women in science: Experiences of SRHM interns in global health and SRHR
11 February, 2019
11 February marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. We asked our two interns on work experience at SRHM, studying Global Health at the University of Aberdeen, about their experiences as women involved in the research and practice of global health and sexual and reproductive health and rights. Laetitia Kayitesi As...
Life from Skin: Gattaca 2.0
6 February, 2019
Written by Judit Sándor, Professor at the Central European University, Budapest, Director of the Center for Ethics and Law in Biomedicine When a social scientist reads professional articles written by biomedical researchers on stem cells, she always encounters acronyms (such as ES/iPS, PGCs, hES, VSELs, PGCs) by which the various sources of stem cells...
The Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
10 January, 2019
RHM co-hosted a panel discussion and reception on the Politics of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights on 6 December 2018 at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The event, which included a celebration of RHM's 25th anniversary, was well received and attended by a crowd of cheerful, interested people, all eager to learn...
End of year message and Seasons Greetings from RHM
20 December, 2018
With 2018 coming to a close and a new year almost upon us, this seems a good time to reflect on the events of the year. And what a year it has been for RHM! RHM celebrated its 25th anniversary earlier this month in London, joined by supporters and friends, old and new. The panel...
Family Planning in Humanitarian Crises: Essential, Wanted, Needed and Possible
12 December, 2018
Reproductive Health Matters (RHM) recently attended and exhibited at the fifth International Family Planning Conference in Kigali, Rwanda from 12-15 November 2018. The theme for this year's conference was “Investing for a Lifetime of Returns.” This year, there was a strong theme of humanitarian crises running through the conference sessions. RHM spoke to several members of the The...