RU X IPPF: RightsCon Cancelled as Global Attacks on SRHR and Digital Freedoms Intensify -Press Release
The cancellation comes at a time of growing global rollback on fundamental rights, including freedom of expression, access to information, and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Many organisations including Repro Uncensored and International Planned Parenthood Federation, were set to speak at RightsCon, with dozens of sessions focused on censorship, platform governance, and access to reproductive health information online.
Abortion in Benin: When Cost Becomes a Barrier to a Legal Right
In Benin, abortion is legal under one of West Africa’s most progressive laws, yet access remains uneven. Financial barriers, inconsistent pricing, and gaps in implementation continue to shape whether women and girls can actually obtain care, turning a legal right into a deeply unequal reality.
Feminists Writing Senegal Into the Internet: Inside the Wikimedia community building free knowledge and visibility
This piece examines the Wikimedia Community User Group Senegal and how feminist librarians are working to document Senegalese knowledge, archives, and languages across Wikipedia and other open platforms.
Vodun Days 2026: Reclaiming Cultural Sovereignty in Benin and West Africa Against Erasure
In a region where Indigenous spiritual systems were long silenced, Vodun Days 2026 reclaim public space as a site of cultural resistance. By affirming Vodun as living knowledge rather than folklore, the festival challenges historical and contemporary forms of erasure shaping how West African cultures are seen, valued, or ignored.
Menstrual Poverty in Sô-Ava, Benin: When Women and Girls Lack Water and Dignity
In Sô-Ava, a lakeside town in southern Benin, getting your period is a nightmare for many adolescent girls and women of reproductive age.
Eastern DRC’s Humanitarian Crisis: Urgent Need for Global Solidarity to Protect SRHR Access and Information
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a nation torn apart by decades of conflict, remains one of the world's most complex and prolonged crises (UNHCR-Region, 2025).
The Impact of U.S. Funding Cuts and Media Censorship on Abortion Access
U.S. Foreign Aid Freezes and Information Suppression Are Restricting Abortion Access. The suspension of U.S. foreign aid, including funding for abortion services and reproductive health programs, has devastated healthcare systems across Africa.
Meta’s 2025 Policy Update is Opening the Floodgates to Abortion Misinformation
Meta may be putting sexual and reproductive rights at risk with their policy change. Is Meta’s reliance on Community Notes a good bet?
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