The MMS Conference will discuss the challenges facing international health cooperation and document how women, men, and LGBTQIA+ communities are fighting back.
Progress has been made in recent years through increased access to and use of contraception, resulting in a decline in the global rate of unintended pregnancies. But despite global commitments such as the 2030 Agenda (SDGs) and the Programme of Action of the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development, there are still large disparities in access to contraceptive and abortion care between countries and especially for marginalized communities.
Access to the full range of quality sexual and reproductive health care is still not guaranteed, and the lack of access to safe, timely, affordable, and respectful abortion care is a critical public health and human rights issue. Pro-life movements, political action against gender equity and enforced discrimination of people based on their sexual orientation are threatening sexual and reproductive health of people around the world.
The MMS Conference on sexual and reproductive health and rights will explore what the drivers are behind these developments and how they are linked. It will reflect on the role of the international health cooperation in addressing these trends.
The key questions addressed in this conference:
- What are the drivers behind the pro-life movement and the attacks on sexual and reproductive rights?
- What are the consequences on public health of these attacks?
- What are strategies to strengthen sexual and reproductive rights in a hostile environment?
- What needs to be done that people no longer face discrimination and stigmatisation regarding their SRHR in health care facilities and that their human dignity is respected?
Programme
Target audience: national and international Public Health professionals, project leaders, researchers and all those who are interested.
Date and Time
19 April 2023, 9:15am - 16.15pm
Venue
Hotel Kreuz, Bern
Zeughausgasse 41
CH-3011 Bern
Website
Language
English
Further Information
Andréa Rajman, Network Medicus Mundi Switzerland
Tel: +41 (0)22 920 08 08
E-Mail
Registration:
Fees
- Standard Fee: CHF 150
- MMS Members: CHF 70
- Students: CHF 50
