International Safe Abortion Day 2024 Activity Reports SHARE Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Email 2024 activities Region: Africa South Africa | 11 October 2024 SOUTH AFRICA – Women should not be forced to keep their pregnancies South Africa | 11 October 2024 SOUTH AFRICA – #AbortionSolidarity: International Safe Abortion Day March – 28 September 2024 South Africa | 11 October 2024 SOUTH AFRICA – Activists call for more education and access to safe abortions Gabon | 11 October 2024 GABON Nigeria | 11 October 2024 NIGERIA – Stakeholders alarmed by 610,000 unsafe abortions in Nigeria, urge contraceptive access +++ Federal Government moves to decriminalize abortion amid concerns over maternal deaths linked to unsafe procedures in Nigeria Tanzania | 11 October 2024 TANZANIA – Abortion Day: Stakeholders call for collective voices for change Kenya | 11 October 2024 Kenya – A decade of pleading: My exhausting fight for safe abortion rights Kenya | 11 October 2024 Kenya – Groups push for protection of women’s right to abortion Kenya | 11 October 2024 KENYA – Haunted by abortion, failed by policymakers DR Congo | 11 October 2024 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – A day to evaluate the implementation of the Maputo Protocol, Article 14, Paragraph 2C on abortion Kenya | 16 October 2024 KENYA – Abortion Day 2024: A right, not a privilege Uganda | 16 October 2024 UGANDA – COHERINET REVIEW – Enhancing Abortion Solidarity among Community Gatekeepers Region: Asia Japan | 11 October 2024 JAPAN – The right to safe abortion is a basic right for women Philippines | 11 October 2024 PHILIPPINES – Gabriela Women’s Party is standing candidates for the national election Bangladesh | 11 October 2024 BANGLADESH – “Restricting access doesn’t stop abortion, it increases risks” India | 11 October 2024 INDIA – SAHAYOG organizes state-level consultation of stakeholders on eve of International Safe Abortion Day Region: Eastern Europe Russian Federation | 11 October 2024 RUSSIA – In Russia, International Safe Abortion Day is a reminder of reproductive rights backsliding Region: International International | 11 October 2024 FIGO – Unite in abortion solidarity: a message from FIGO President International | 11 October 2024 REPRO UNCENSORED International | 11 October 2024 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL – Defending the right to abortion shouldn’t be a dangerous job International | 11 October 2024 Report of the YANAA #AbortionSolidarity Tweetathon Region: Latin America/ Caribbean Mexico | 11 October 2024 MEXICO – “Our aim was to guarantee free and safe legal abortions to rape survivors” Argentina | 11 October 2024 ARGENTINA – Amnesty Argentina | Aborto legal!!! Peru | 11 October 2024 PERU – Peruvians took to the streets to demand abortion rights Latin America/ Caribbean | 16 October 2024 LATIN AMERICA – Green Tide Rising: A Podcast + Video Series about the Green Wave in Latin America 2024 Brazil | 16 October 2024 BRAZIL – Cfemea calls for the decriminalization of abortion and reproductive justice on 28 September Brazil | 16 October 2024 BRAZIL – CEPIA’s participation in 28 September 2024 activities Region: Middle East/ Mediterranean Tunisia | 11 October 2024 TUNISIA – Groupe Tawhida Ben Cheikh media campaign for International Safe Abortion Day Region: Pacific Australia | 11 October 2024 QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA – Celebrating International Safe Abortion Day: Children by Choice Region: Western Europe France | 11 October 2024 FRANCE – Hundreds rally in the streets of Paris to support world abortion rights Italy | 11 October 2024 ITALY – Abortion in Italy: An Obstacle Course / How Dissuasive Policies Threaten Access to Abortion France | 11 October 2024 FRANCE – Current study of access to abortion in France concludes: 50 years after the Veil Law, abortion is still only a fragile right Malta | 11 October 2024 MALTA – Pro-choice activists return to Valletta to call for decriminalisation of abortion Netherlands | 11 October 2024 NETHERLANDS – SAFE
