This is AMAZING.

As we're scaling up PrEP, integration with family planning and SRH services is going to be critical for reaching women and key populations in need. This study shows how it can be done practically, with caution about need for adequate HCW staffing and training.

A great divergence as African countries embrace science to extend life expectancy while the US and Canada see movements growing in power that do the opposite and lose/move toward losing elimination status.

HUGE Kudos to South Africa & UK for leading the Global Fund's 8th replenishment & for shepherding in $11.34 billion in new commitments so far, with some major donors still to pledge. The Global Fund is a testament to the power of global solidarity, one of the best things the world has ever done.

Now that the CDC is perpetuating lies, it cannot be salvaged. We are going to have to rebuild something else to replace it, from the ground up. The damage to the health and wellbeing of Americans will be profound in the meantime. We now have no national public health institutions that we can trust.

@who.int released new data on violence against women and girls today, showing that nearly 1 in 3 have experienced violence in their lifetimes. This figure has barely budged since 2000. And with funding for prevention and response precipitously decreasing this year, it's likely to get worse.

Despite stark findings, World Health Organization says violence against women and girls is 'a deeply neglected crisis'.

I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.

NEW: In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant. She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency. Then she died. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

Sometimes I wonder if using the terms misinformation and disinformation to describe lies helped to legitimize them by implying that there may be a kernel of truth in what they are saying. Even if there is, the intent is to mislead and obfuscate the truth. So, I'll be calling them lies from now on.

I never tire of seeing the amazing success of HPV vaccination. We are seeing the elimination of a leading oncogenic virus pathogen in real time (Source: GAVI) www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...

This is absolutely amazing news from @gavi.org and something that is worth celebrating! The rapid scale up over the last couple of years to reach 86 million girls with the HPV vaccine shows the value of partnerships like this in driving public health progress.

Health providers I have spoken to around the world have echoed this sentiment: it's easier to object than to provide abortions services in a system where there is little to no support. Those who do often face significant professional & personal obstacles, but do it because they care about women.

no I’m not surprised, just imagining (among other things) an opposition party that took this population seriously and devoted itself over the many years it would take to make this country actually livable for them

Kind of crazy that evidence is mounting that the world is run by a group of rapists, pedophiles, and men convinced of women’s inmate natural inferiority, and the pundit class is trying to convince us that the real social crisis is that men are victimized and lonely because women have too many jobs.

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Super interesting study that shows significant impacts of cash transfer programs on sexual, reproductive and child health outcomes.

Disappointing.

This.

The Clash’s Paul Simonon, running into some young street musicians, will make your day. 💕 🎸 @theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk

If this is true and U.K. Government really is planning to cut its contribution to the Global Fund, at a time when Trump’s action will cause deaths on a massive scale, it is moral bankruptcy. @friendseurope.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Rina is an incredible and important leader in the global feminist movement. We became friends advocating together for development justice and gender equality during the negotiations on the SDGs more than a decade ago. Please join me in supporting her in this fight if you can.

Unconscionable.

Last year we got a tip about a children's pastor who'd managed to stay in ministry for decades even as allegations of sex abuse trailed him across four states. I kept pulling thread and found something far bigger: a 50-year pattern of abuse and cover-up in the largest Pentecostal denomination 🧵 1/

As a survivor, it's my duty to mark World Stroke Day by reminding you all that while face drooping, arm weakness and speech trouble are critical signs, you may also be having a stroke if you have a sudden severe headache, nausea and vomiting, dizziness, and/or numbness or tingling. #ActFAST

The decisions that almost half of families with kids are facing are absolutely wrenching...

The thing that you need to understand about Milei's victory is that Argentina is in deep economic crisis, a third of the population is living in poverty, and Trump promised an economic bailout if, and only if, Milei won.

I love this so much.

Wouldn't it be better if instead of funneling slush money to Trump, billionaires and corporations just paid their fair share of taxes?

Forty-one aid organizations accuse Israel of 'arbitrarily' rejecting aid shipments into famine-struck Gaza.

De Croo is a champion for SRHR and gender equality, which is needed now when they are so under attack. But my hope is that in this role he becomes a staunch advocate for reform of the global financial, trade and debt systems that drive inequality and undermine progress on gender equality and SHRR.

What a huge indictment of all of us!!! MY GOD.

This is a win for women's rights in Japan, easing access to essential reproductive healthcare. Over 90 countries now have the morning after pill available without the need for prescription 🎉

Forcing women to go through highly invasive procedures for pregnancies that are not viable.… 🤦‍♀️

One of the many reasons why I am vegan....

Conscientious objection does not belong in medical care.

I really want to know the rationale for dismantling the CDC. Because not having nationwide capacity to respond to disease outbreaks just seems like you are setting up the country for something catastrophic…

CIFF has been an incredibly important donor for SRHR and feminist organizations. Them pulling out of funding US-based groups now, at a time when other major donors have also scaled back, is a major blow. It is understandable. But this will hurt.

The word for these horrendous murders is femicide, death by misogyny. The U.S does not keep accurate statistics of femicide. If it did, the numbers would terrify. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/n...

🚨 The Trump administration is planning to expand the global gag rule to include US NGOs, UN organisations and foreign governments. "This would be an insidious encroachment on sovereignty, pressuring governments to change their laws." — Beth Schlachter, MSI Senior Director of US External Relations

🚨 On 2 October 2025, several members of the @globalsumudflotilla were kidnapped by Israel following an illegal interception of the flotilla boats in international waters.

WOOOHOOOO, nails it

I’ve just started reading this and it’s riveting (not least because it reaffirms and corroborates so much of what I’ve seen working in gender and global health over the past 25 years). don’t sleep on this.

At #HRC60 Carrie Shelver, coordinator of the SRI Geneva office, presented via video a statement recorded earlier this week. Carrie is currently with the Waves of Freedom delegation of the Global Sumud Flotilla. As of this morning, her vessel, the Wahoo, has been assumed to have been intercepted.

I had heard references to bad behavior at the Ryder Cup but couldn't find any details. This is absolutely shocking and sickening. But in a moment when some men are openly discussing stripping us of our rights and actively blaming us for the "state of the world" we're likely to see more of it.

Honestly terrifying.

"When I speak about [birth rates]," somebody always asks "'Should we stop women from going to college? Should we discourage them, disincentivize them?'" says Pakaluk. "I'm alarmed at hearing, more and more, this kind of argument that we should just turn back the clock" reason.com/2025/09/22/m...

I left the church years ago, but I was raised Mormon and most of my family are still active. I know what it's like to sit in those pews with my family around me. I can't imagine the horror of being attacked there. My heart breaks for that community and every community torn apart by gun violence.

#ReproRights flags on Geneva’s Mont-Blanc Bridge sending a clear message for International #SafeAbortionDay! Show your support & help us spread the word: 💚 Spot the flags 📸 Snap a photo or a selfie 📲 Share it with the hashtag #ISADinGeneva

A deal to allow generic versions of HIV-prevention shots in lower income countries is fabulous news. Just $40/year (vs $28K in the US) Great news, but as usual, middle-income nations with high poverty & lots of HIV are left out. By @apoorvanyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/h...