International Safe Abortion Day 2023 Activity Reports SHARE Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Email 2023 activities Region: Africa International | 6 October 2023 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY WEST AFRICA Malawi | 6 October 2023 MALAWI – Human rights organisation urges youths in Chiradzulu to fight for access to safe abortion +++ Breaking the barriers on access to safe abortion to reduce maternal mortality Kenya | 6 October 2023 KENYA – One is too many women to lose to unsafe abortion South Africa | 6 October 2023 SOUTH AFRICA – The number of backdoor abortions is increasing Nigeria | 6 October 2023 NIGERIA – ‘Should women continue to die?’ – Ipas asks lawmakers to review restrictive abortion laws Uganda | 6 October 2023 UGANDA – Criminal abortion remains the law in spite of complications, deaths and high cost of post-abortion care Uganda | 17 October 2023 UGANDA – COHERINET celebrated 28 September with a march, a new TV channel, and a Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Parliament Region: Asia Asia | 6 October 2023 ASIA – Launch of AFC on Reproductive Justice: Recalibrating the SRHR Agenda Japan | 6 October 2023 JAPAN – “Let’s continue to stand in solidarity!” +++ Consent issue casts a shadow on safe abortion in Japan Thailand | 17 October 2023 THAILAND – “I would like to speak out as a woman and as a member of Parliament” Region: Eastern Europe Western Europe | 6 October 2023 EUROPE – Statement and Call for Action by the European Safe Abortion Networking Group Romania | 6 October 2023 ROMANIA – Manifesto of the Romanian feminist activists for 28 September Western Europe | 6 October 2023 EUROPE – Safe Abortion for Everyone Western Europe | 17 October 2023 EUROPEAN UNION – 14 Member States signed the Joint Ministerial Declaration on Guaranteeing SRHR in the European Union Romania | 17 October 2023 ROMANIA – 28 September in photos Western Europe | 17 October 2023 EUROPE – European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual & Reproductive Rights Region: International International | 6 October 2023 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION – Widening access to quality abortion care from the grassroots up International | 6 October 2023 SAFE ABORTION ACTION FUND – Together We Are An Unstoppable Movement International | 6 October 2023 INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY WEST AFRICA Region: Latin America/ Caribbean Peru | 6 October 2023 PERU – Podcast about abortion and misoprostol launched for International Safe Abortion Day by Colectiva por la Libre Información para las Mujeres (CLIM) Latin America/ Caribbean | 6 October 2023 LATIN AMERICA – Webinar Los tiempos del aborto Latin America/ Caribbean | 6 October 2023 ACROSS LATIN AMERICA Brazil | 17 October 2023 BRAZIL – “Rich women pay, poor women die, all suffer” Region: Middle East/ Mediterranean Morocco | 17 October 2023 MOROCCO – Supporting access to safe abortion in humanitarian crisis Tunisia | 17 October 2023 TUNISIA – Groupe Tawhida Ben Cheikh, 28 September report Region: North America USA | 6 October 2023 USA – CATHOLICS FOR CHOICE Region: Western Europe Western Europe | 6 October 2023 EUROPE – Statement and Call for Action by the European Safe Abortion Networking Group Western Europe | 6 October 2023 EUROPE – Safe Abortion for Everyone Belgium | 6 October 2023 BELGIUM – Two Belgian Green MPs table abortion law reform proposal France | 6 October 2023 FRANCE – Médecins du Monde Sweden | 17 October 2023 SWEDEN – Many political party leaders stood up for abortion rights for 28 September this year Western Europe | 17 October 2023 EUROPEAN UNION – 14 Member States signed the Joint Ministerial Declaration on Guaranteeing SRHR in the European Union France | 17 October 2023 FRANCE – How to achieve access to abortion for everyone who seeks it +++ VIDEO: French protest to defend abortion rights Western Europe | 17 October 2023 EUROPE – European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual & Reproductive Rights Malta | 17 October 2023 MALTA – ‘Pro-mother, pro-choice’ crowds gather in Valletta in support of decriminalisation of abortion Andorra | 17 October 2023 ANDORRA – Andorran women take to the streets to demand that abortion is no longer a crime
