International Safe Abortion Day 2023 Activity Reports

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: Pacific

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Region: Uncategorised

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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