Sexual Health and Rights under pressure: resistance and challenges

In countries around the world, opposition to sexual and reproductive rights is intensifying. Conservative, right-wing and religious fundamentalist circles are attacking the gains of the women's movement and LGBTQIA+ communities head-on. Be it the restrictions on the right to safe abortions or the attack on women's bodily autonomy as well as discrimination against LGBTQIA+ communities, they all constitute violations of human rights, endanger social peace and have serious health consequences for those affected. At this year's Medicus Mundi Switzerland conference, experts from Europe, Senegal and Zimbabwe discussed the consequences of conservative activism on sexual and reproductive rights and shared their views on the strategies needed to successfully counteract the anti-gender movement. Read in this MMS Bulletin issue why strong international engagement is necessary.