Documentation MMS Conference 2023

MMS Conference 2023 (MMS/Basel, 19. April 2023) Konservative Kreise weltweit greifen frontal Errungenschaften der Frauenbewegung und der LGBTQIA+-Gemeinschaften an. Damit werden nicht nur sexuelle und reproduktive Rechte, sondern auch der Kampf gegen sexuell übertragbare Krankheiten wie HIV/Aids in Frage gestellt. Die Fachtagung des Netzwerks Medicus Mundi Schweiz ruft dazu auf, diese Angriffe offen entgegenzutreten.

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Le Courrier "La contestation contre les droits sexuels s’intensifie. L’activisme conservateur, organisé internationalement, forme la relève. Une organisation parlementaire européenne s’inquiète. (...) «Depuis dix, douze ans, on constate une augmentation de la contestation envers les droits sexuels et reproductifs existants», observe Neil Datta, directeur du European Parliamentary Forum for sexual and reproductive right (EPF), un réseau de parlementaire actifs et actives dans la défense de ces droits. Autrefois concentrés sur la militance pro-vie, ces milieux ont élargi leur champ d’action: «Tout ce qui a un lien avec le mot ‘genre’ est visé, résume Neil Datta."

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MMS Conference 2023 Here we provide the link to the photos of our conference 2023.

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MMS Conference 2023 In 2013, 20 US and European campaigners began strategizing ‘achievable goals’ to roll back human rights for sexual and reproductive health in Europe. Their strategy, called Restoring the Natural Order: an Agenda for Europe, seeks to overturn existing laws on basic human rights related to sexuality and reproduction.

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MMS Conference 2023 Today, strategic work on abortion is of crucial importance. While great strides have been made in terms of progressive abortion law and policy reform over the last decades, countries around the world are facing rising fundamentalisms, nationalisms, and polarization – each of which impacts access to abortion and sexual and reproductive rights (SRR) broadly.

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MMS Conference 2023 Katswe Sistahood (KS) is coordinating a network of youth-focused SRHR organisations within the programme of terre des hommes schweiz. Their local level work enables them to collect stories and data that is used to facilitate national dialogue on emerging SRHR issues including advocacy targeted at policy reform through Parliamentary engagement.

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MMS Conference 2023 Over the years, SEXUAL HEALTH SWITZERLAND has developed various advocacy strategies to defend sexual and reproductive rights and to counteract opposition. In doing so, we build on our expertise as an umbrella organization relying on the knowledge and experience of SRHR-professionals and refer to international human rights standards.

MMS Conference 2023 Intergenerational queer/feminist panel, Senegal: Three women activists from three generations are discussing the stakes and strategies of working on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Senegal over the last five decades.

MMS Conference 2023 Aminata Dieng is the president of the women's committee of the Dakar football league. Growing up in Dakar, she used to fight for the right to play football and join the national team. Today, as a sports journalist in her twenties she organizes and advocates against the heterosexist and misogynist violence experienced by youthful women footballers. - As Aminata couldn't attend our conference in person she sent us a video message.

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MMS Conference 2023 In 2004, MSF had an institutional statement on Abortion Care. In 2014, a critical internal review was done, showing slow progress of the integration of Abortion Care into Health care practices. Barrier to seek or to received care where analyzed.

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MMS Conference 2023 There are a number of gaps and challenges related to the provision of safe abortion care in humanitarian settings. Beside legal challenges, which may not even be the biggest barriers, risks to providers (local and expatriates), abortion stigma and other challenges need to be tackled.

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MMS Conference 2023 IPPF is a global healthcare provider and a leading advocate of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all, with a presence in over 146 countries. At the heart of our mission is the provision of person-centred sexual and reproductive health care to all.

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MMS Conference 2023 The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) fosters a comprehensive three level approach to Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) based on interventions on a global, regional and local level. Through a diverse set of initiatives and projects, the organization connects global discussions to regional and local settings and challenges.

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MMS Conference 2023 Question to be explored: How do we reclaim spaces for sexual and reproductive rights in a hostile environment?​

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