News

Partnering with traditional birth attendants to reach Afro-descendant and indigenous women in Colombia

Traditional midwives are working with health systems to provide both modern and traditional care to expectant mothers. © UNFPA Colombia

06 July 2021

News

Empowering Kenyan women and girls with disabilities in managing menstrual health

Anne Wanjiru leads a programme on sexuality for persons with disabilities, which includes menstrual hygiene management. © This-Ability Trust

24 June 2021

Resources

‘Know Your Rights!’ Guide

Resource date: Jun 2021

Author: UNFPA, Women Enabled International, UN Women

Resources

Checklist for Preventing and Addressing Gender-Based Violence against Women and Girls with Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Resource date: Jun 2021

Author: UNFPA, Women Enabled International, UN Women

News

Entrepreneurship flourishes among Filipino populations at risk for HIV

A programme for populations vulnerable to HIV helps individuals start small businesses, like a food stand, at a time when many have trouble finding employment during COVID-19. © UNFPA Philippines/Merceditas Apilado | Photo for representational purposes only

28 June 2021

Resources

Easy Read: Making sure that people with disabilities get the right health care to do with their bodies, sex, relationships and having children during COVID-19

Resource date: Jun 2021

Author: UNFPA and Women Enabled International

COVID-19 is a new illness that many people in the world have been getting. This checklist is about making sure that people with disabilities get the right health care to do with their bodies, sex, relationships and having children during COVID-19. This information is about what countries and organizations should do now for people with disabilities.

The original version of the checklist is called ‘Checklist for Ensuring Human Rights-Based Sexual and Reproductive Health for Women and Girls with Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic’.

Publication

The Impact of COVID-19 on Women and Girls with Disabilities

A Global Assessment and Case Studies on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Gender-Based Violence, and Related Rights

Number of pages: 68

Publication date: 14 Jun 2021

Author: UNFPA and Women Enabled International

Resources

Compendium of Good Practices during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Resource date: Jun 2021

Author: UNFPA and Women Enabled International

Resources

Checklist for Ensuring Human Rights-Based Sexual and Reproductive Health for Women and Girls with Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Resource date: Jun 2021

Author: UNFPA and Women Enabled International

News

Increasing access to sexual and reproductive health and HIV programmes for gender-diverse communities in Bangladesh

Shohan Hijra, a transgender woman in Dhaka, Bangladesh with her boyfriend, Arif, has participated in sexual and reproductive health and rights programmes for gender-diverse populations. Photo credit: Md. Masbah Uddin Ahmed/Bandhu Social Welfare Society

08 June 2021

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