International Safe Abortion Day 2017 Activity Reports

2017 activities

Region: Africa

Africa | 24 February 2017

GHANA: Save-Ghana

Africa | 24 February 2017

DR CONGO: Un Conference-Debat

Africa | 24 February 2017

UGANDA: Alliance of Women to Advocate for Change

Africa | 24 February 2017

ZIMBABWE: SAYWHAT Campaign

Africa | 24 February 2017

UGANDA: COHERINET

Africa | 24 February 2017

RWANDA: Ipas

Nigeria | 2 October 2017

Nigeria: A TV debate on abortion stigma  

Nigeria | 2 October 2017

Nigeria: GIWYN and NaCSAA

Africa | 2 October 2017

Liberia: Youth Bridge Inc. -Pregnancy by Choice Not by Chance

Africa | 2 October 2017

Burundi: Solidarité des Femmes Burundaises pour la Lutte contre la Sida et le Paludisme au Burundi (S.F.B.L.S.P )

Burkina Faso | 7 October 2017

Burkina Faso & Benin: Lutte contre la Stigmatisation Liée à l’avortement – ABBEF/Projet Packard

Africa | 7 October 2017

Burundi: La dépénalisation de l’avortement sans risques, possible au Burundi? IWACU WEB TV (Video)

Africa | 8 October 2017

Kenya: TWITTER TCHAT

South Africa | 10 October 2017

SOUTH AFRICA: Abortion in Johannesburg- Painting the town safe on 28 September

Africa | 13 October 2017

Kenya: Fortress of Hope Africa & safe2choose

Africa | 13 October 2017

AFRICA: Harmonizing National Abortion and Pregnancy Prevention Laws and Policies for Sexual Violence Survivors with the Maputo Protocol

Uganda | 13 October 2017

UGANDA: Access to safe abortion in Uganda: leveraging opportunities through the harm reduction model

South Africa | 13 October 2017

SOUTH AFRICA: Accuracy of gestational age estimation from last menstrual period among women seeking abortion in South Africa, with a view to task sharing: a mixed methods study

Kenya | 16 October 2017

KENYA- Providers, unmarried young women, and post-abortion care in Kenya

Senegal | 19 October 2017

SENEGAL – A young couple, both school students, sent to prison for a month for abortion

Kenya | 23 October 2017

KENYA- Nurse Jackson Talia acquitted of murdering a woman who died from an unsafe abortion

Madagascar | 23 October 2017

MADAGASCAR- Madagascar set to update colonial family planning and abortion law…

Uganda | 26 October 2017

UGANDA – Uganda Health Ministry “celebrates” Day of the Girl Child by halting the release of guidelines on contraceptive use for sexually active adolescents

Africa | 7 November 2017

AFRICA- African Population and Health Research Center

Rwanda | 10 November 2017

RWANDA – What difference will the revised Penal Code make on abortion?

Algeria | 10 November 2017

ALGERIA – The government proposes to legalise abortion on three grounds

Kenya | 14 November 2017

KENYA – Global Gag Rule funding cuts starting to kill

Madagascar | 22 November 2017

Madagascar – Tribute to Simone Veil launches national discussion on decriminalisation of abortion

Western Europe | 5 December 2017

CYTOTEC – First responses to the intended withdrawal from the market in France

Region: Asia

Asia | 24 February 2017

NORTH INDIA: Students of Sharda Public School Almora

Asia | 24 February 2017

NEPAL: Center for Research on Environment Health and Population Activities

Asia | 24 February 2017

THAILAND: Choices Network and Pro-Voice Campaign

Asia | 24 February 2017

NEPAL: Youth CANN

Asia | 24 February 2017

SRI LANKA Youth Advocacy Network

Asia | 24 February 2017

NEPAL YouthCANN

Asia | 24 February 2017

NEPAL: Ipas

Asia | 26 September 2017

Nepal: Youth Champions Advocacy Nepal (YOUTHCAN)

Nepal | 2 October 2017

Nepal: Reproductive Health Rights Working Group

Indonesia | 2 October 2017

Indonesia: Samsara

Asia | 2 October 2017

Indonesia: Samsara / Women Help Women

Asia | 2 October 2017

India: CREA / Global Health Strategies

Nepal | 7 October 2017

Nepal: Beyond Beijing Committee

India | 7 October 2017

India: FPA Kalchini Branch – Free abortion services for 28 Sept

Japan | 7 October 2017

Japan: Space Allies- Feminist festival draws 500 participants, Tokyo

Asia | 8 October 2017

Thailand: Choice Network Of Thailand

South Korea | 10 October 2017

South Korea: Joint Action for Reproductive Justice formed & activities for 28 September

Bangladesh | 13 October 2017

Bangladesh: SHARE-NET BANGLADESH

Thailand | 13 October 2017

THAILAND–BURMA: Community-based distribution of misoprostol for early abortion: evaluation of a program along the Thailand–Burma border

Malaysia | 19 October 2017

MALAYSIA – Getting the message across

India | 10 November 2017

INDIA – MULTIPLE STORIES: Refusals and court approvals of abortions

India | 14 November 2017

INDIA – Government doctors being trained to help women get safe and legal abortions

Philippines | 14 November 2017

PHILIPPINES – 90% of contraceptives at risk of disappearing from the market

South Korea | 17 November 2017

SOUTH KOREA – Petition to government to amend abortion law and approve mifepristone

Thailand | 24 November 2017

THAILAND – Nurse charged with running an illegal abortion clinic

South Korea | 5 December 2017

SOUTH KOREA – South Korea to review its abortion law following petition

Region: Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe | 24 February 2017

RUSSIA: Russian Association for Population and Development

Eastern Europe | 24 February 2017

POLAND: Polish women on strike

Poland | 26 September 2017

POLAND: Demonstration – Sept, 24

Western Europe | 2 October 2017

Europe: SIGN this PETITION for women’s right to decide across Europe !!

Poland | 2 October 2017

Poland: Demonstration

Eastern Europe | 8 October 2017

Armenia: Pan-Armenian Family Health Alliance

Poland | 10 October 2017

POLAND: March on 3 October ; police raids in 4 cities on 4 October

Eastern Europe | 13 October 2017

Armenia: Women’s Resource Center – Press Conference

Romania | 13 October 2017

Romania: Sex-Ed Campaign – September 26th and 28th celebrations

Eastern Europe | 13 October 2017

Croatia: Croatian Platform For Reproductive Rights

Georgia | 13 October 2017

Georgia: Association Hera XXI

Poland | 23 October 2017

POLAND- My Black Protest

Lithuania | 23 October 2017

LITHUANIA- Lithuanian Parliament to discuss restricting access to abortion

Poland | 26 October 2017

POLAND – “Save Women” bill with 500,000 signatures submitted to the Polish parliament

Macedonia | 7 November 2017

MACEDONIA: H.E.R.A. celebrates September 28 in Macedonia

Western Europe | 7 November 2017

EUROPEAN UNION – Report on the Legal Rights of Women and Girl Asylum Seekers in the European Union

Western Europe | 5 December 2017

EUROPE – The EU must ensure its humanitarian aid to war victims upholds their right to non-discriminatory medical care

Region: International

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Region: Latin America/ Caribbean

Latin America/ Caribbean | 24 February 2017

BRAZIL: #PrecisamosFalarSobreAborto24h!

Latin America/ Caribbean | 24 February 2017

EL SALVADOR: La Agrupación Ciudadana por la Despenalización del Aborto

Latin America/ Caribbean | 24 February 2017

HONDURAS: Somos Muchas

Latin America/ Caribbean | 24 February 2017

BRAZIL: VIRADA FEMINISTA

Latin America/ Caribbean | 24 February 2017

COSTA RICA: Acceder

Latin America/ Caribbean | 24 February 2017

BOLIVIA: Alianza por la Solidaridad

Latin America/ Caribbean | 24 February 2017

BOLIVIA: Campaña 28 de septiembre y Pacto Nacional por la Despenalización del Aborto

Latin America/ Caribbean | 24 February 2017

PUERTO RICO: Colectiva de Acompañamiento Pro Decisión

Latin America/ Caribbean | 24 February 2017

GUATEMALA: Nómada

Latin America/ Caribbean | 24 February 2017

MEXICO: Ipas

Latin America/ Caribbean | 24 February 2017

BRAZIL: Finadas do Aborto e Frente Estadual pela Descriminalização do Aborto do Rio de Janeiro

Latin America/ Caribbean | 24 February 2017

ARGENTINA: Red de Acceso al Aborto Seguro

Latin America/ Caribbean | 24 February 2017

NICARAGUA: Police arrest human rights defenders at peaceful protest

Latin America/ Caribbean | 24 February 2017

JAMAICA: Youth Act, IPPF and Ipas

Latin America/ Caribbean | 24 February 2017

MEXICO: Ipas

Latin America/ Caribbean | 26 September 2017

El Salvador: Call to Action: 28 September

Latin America/ Caribbean | 2 October 2017

Mexico: Fondo Maria

Latin America/ Caribbean | 2 October 2017

Brazil: Protest marches in various cities around Brazil

Latin America/ Caribbean | 2 October 2017

Colombia: La Mesa por la Vida y la Salud de las Mujeres- 65% of the population surveyed agreed that abortion should be legal

Latin America/ Caribbean | 2 October 2017

América Latina y el Caribe: Campaña 28 Septiembre

Latin America/ Caribbean | 2 October 2017

Argentina: Campaña Nacional por el Derecho al Aborto Legal, Seguro y Gratuito

Latin America/ Caribbean | 2 October 2017

Bolivia: Campaña 28 de Septiembre

Latin America/ Caribbean | 7 October 2017

Argentina: #JuntasAbortamos #UnGritoGlobal

Latin America/ Caribbean | 7 October 2017

Argentina: REDAAS

Latin America/ Caribbean | 7 October 2017

Argentina: Campaña Nacional por el Derecho al Aborto Legal Seguro y Gratuito

Latin America/ Caribbean | 7 October 2017

Brazil: Virada Pela Legalização do Aborto

Latin America/ Caribbean | 7 October 2017

Costa Rica: Lanzan campaña a favor del aborto terapéutico en Costa Rica

Latin America/ Caribbean | 7 October 2017

Tamojunta, Brazil: First safe abortion hotline in Brazil launched on 28 Sept

Latin America/ Caribbean | 8 October 2017

WOMEN’S LINK WORLDWIDE / COLECTIVO MUJER Y SALUD

Latin America/ Caribbean | 10 October 2017

BOLIVIA-SOLIDARITY REQUEST: The women of Bolivia are asking for your support!

Latin America/ Caribbean | 13 October 2017

Venezuela: PLAFAM – Hablalo!! Talk it over!!

Latin America/ Caribbean | 13 October 2017

Argentina: “Debate of political candidates on the right to abortion in Argentina” (VIDEO)

Latin America/ Caribbean | 19 October 2017

EL SALVADOR – Beatriz, who brought El Salvador’s abortion ban to the world stage in 2013, has died following a motorcycle accident

Mexico | 31 October 2017

MEXICO- Una red llamada Necesito Abortar

Latin America/ Caribbean | 7 November 2017

BRAZIL- The forgotten mothers and babies of Zika

Latin America/ Caribbean | 10 November 2017

JAMAICA – Health minister orders abortion audit to learn the extent of unsafe abortions

Latin America/ Caribbean | 14 November 2017

BRAZIL: URGENT REQUEST FOR SOLIDARITY

Latin America/ Caribbean | 17 November 2017

BRAZIL – ‘A RAPIST IS NOT A FATHER’: Brazilian women protest bill totally banning abortion

Latin America/ Caribbean | 24 November 2017

BRAZIL – Developments regarding Amendment No.181 banning abortion

Latin America/ Caribbean | 24 November 2017

UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS – UN High Commissioner calls on El Salvador to stop jailing women for obstetric emergencies

Mexico | 24 November 2017

MEXICO – Persecution of woman who miscarried in Querétaro

Latin America/ Caribbean | 14 December 2017

BRAZIL – The turbulence in Brazil continues

Region: Middle East/ Mediterranean

Morocco | 8 October 2017

Maroc: Mouvement Alternatif Pour Les Libertés Individuelles

Middle East/ Mediterranean | 13 October 2017

IRAN: Rise in abortion rates

Middle East/ Mediterranean | 5 December 2017

EGYPT – Draft law to allow very limited abortion access

Region: North America

USA | 7 October 2017

USA: Reproductive Health Access Project

USA | 7 October 2017

International Women’s Health Coalition, USA: How does IWHC advocate for women and girls on this issue?

USA | 10 October 2017

USA: Lawsuit to let pharmacists dispense medical abortion pills, while Congress restricts abortions after 20 weeks

Western Europe | 10 October 2017

Malta, Ireland, Canada : Abortion law and policy

North America | 16 October 2017

CANADA- The Politics of Abortion in Canada after Morgentaler: Women’s Rights as Citizenship Rights

USA | 16 October 2017

USA- “The stakes are so high”: interviews with progressive journalists reporting on abortion

USA | 19 October 2017

USA- Racist anti-choice policies and activists

USA | 26 October 2017

USA- After a month of unprecedented personal obstruction by Donald Trump, appeal court orders him to desist and “Jane Doe” has an abortion

North America | 31 October 2017

CANADA- Abortion services reforms in Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia and Ontario

USA | 31 October 2017

USA- Advanced practice clinicians sue for the right to provide abortions in Maine

North America | 14 November 2017

CANADA – Health Canada greatly reduces restrictions on medical abortion pills

USA | 17 November 2017

USA – Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal on “free speech” rights of so-called crisis pregnancy centres

USA | 12 December 2017

USA -The effect of a documentary: Charlotte, NC

USA | 12 December 2017

USA – Roe’s Unfinished Promise: Decriminalizing Abortion Once and For All

Region: Pacific

Pacific | 24 February 2017

NEW ZEALAND: ALRANZ Abortion Rights Aotearoa

Pacific | 8 October 2017

New Zealand: The people of NZ have waited 40 years…

Pacific | 10 November 2017

NEW ZEALAND – Anti-abortion misquote of Prime Minister backfires

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Region: Type

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Region: Uncategorised

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Region: Western Europe

Western Europe | 24 February 2017

SWEDEN: Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU)

Western Europe | 24 February 2017

IRELAND: Abortion Rights Campaign

Western Europe | 24 February 2017

NETHERLANDS: Women Help Women

Western Europe | 26 September 2017

London: Festival of Choice 2017

Western Europe | 26 September 2017

Austria: Festival of Choice Wien

Western Europe | 26 September 2017

France: Three events for 28 September in Toulouse

Western Europe | 26 September 2017

Belgium: Protest for access to abortion rights everywhere in Europe!

Western Europe | 26 September 2017

Ireland: Time to Act! – Abortion Rights Campaign 6th Annual March for Choice

Western Europe | 2 October 2017

France: Marches and demonstrations across France

Western Europe | 2 October 2017

Italy: Non Una Dí Meno

Western Europe | 2 October 2017

Europe: SIGN this PETITION for women’s right to decide across Europe !!

Western Europe | 2 October 2017

Geneva: Side event during 36th session of the UN Human Rights Council

Western Europe | 2 October 2017

Italy: Petition to the Italian Minister of Health to call for medical abortion pills to be provided through outpatient care

Western Europe | 2 October 2017

France: Montpellier se mobilise pour le Droit à l’avortement !

Western Europe | 2 October 2017

France: #CeciNestPasUnCintre

Western Europe | 7 October 2017

IRELAND & REPEAL GLOBAL

Western Europe | 8 October 2017

Scotland: ENGENDER

Western Europe | 8 October 2017

Northern Ireland: Alliance for Choice

Western Europe | 10 October 2017

Malta, Ireland, Canada : Abortion law and policy

Western Europe | 13 October 2017

Ireland: @yourrepealers

Western Europe | 19 October 2017

UK – Two stories on abortion in adolescence

Western Europe | 23 October 2017

IRELAND/NORTHERN IRELAND- One in five workers has abortion experience – trades union survey

Western Europe | 26 October 2017

GREAT BRITAIN- Britain celebrates 50 years of the 1967 Abortion Act…

Western Europe | 26 October 2017

NORTHERN IRELAND – … while Northern Irish women are at Supreme Court challenging an even more outdated law

Western Europe | 30 October 2017

UK- Anti-abortion harassment stopped & Women in Scotland allowed to take misoprostol

Western Europe | 31 October 2017

FRANCE- Cytotec off the market in France from March 2018

Western Europe | 7 November 2017

SOLIDARITY REQUEST: GERMANY

Western Europe | 7 November 2017

EUROPEAN UNION – Report on the Legal Rights of Women and Girl Asylum Seekers in the European Union

Western Europe | 14 November 2017

UK – Anti-abortion protesters target MP’s offices and threaten more

Western Europe | 17 November 2017

IRELAND – “Every Woman”: NWCI appeals to middle ground on abortion law reform in Ireland

Western Europe | 17 November 2017

ISLE OF MAN – Responses to public consultation on the Abortion Reform Bill 2017

Western Europe | 5 December 2017

CYTOTEC – First responses to the intended withdrawal from the market in France

Western Europe | 5 December 2017

SPAIN – Setbacks for abortion and family planning in Madrid

Western Europe | 5 December 2017

EUROPE – The EU must ensure its humanitarian aid to war victims upholds their right to non-discriminatory medical care

Western Europe | 5 December 2017

NETHERLANDS – New cabinet scuppers plans to allow family doctors to provide medical abortion pills

Western Europe | 5 December 2017

GERMANY – Doctor who ‘advertised’ abortion on her website fined €6,000

Western Europe | 12 December 2017

EARLY MEDICAL ABORTION – Efficacy and safety of very early medical termination of pregnancy: a cohort study