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European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual & Reproductive Rights | We're a network of Members of Parliament in #Europe and beyond, committed to advancing sexual & reproductive rights #SRHR . More at www.epfweb.org Newsletter: www.epfweb.org/node/1151

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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Andrea Ballivián (MP, Bolivia) reaffirmed her commitment to the Montevideo Consensus Declaration together with 13 more representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean at a Parliamentary forum co-organized by EPF and UNFPA at the Parliament in #uruguay. 💪
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
What are #latinamerican and the #caribbean countries doing to prevent #HPV from spreading? And how can they eliminate it? 💉🦠 Scan the QR-code and tune in on zoom to find out! 🕑 17:00 - 18:30 🎧 English and Spanish translation available through headphones See you there!
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A good opportunity to look back at the past year once more! 🌞🌑 55 events in 29 countries, many meaningful meetings and advances with SRHR champions and several new reports showing that our work towards sexual and reproductive health and rights is not done. 💪 Link in bio! 🔗
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
⏰ Time for your SRHR update! Swipe through the carousel to see how new policy decisions shape the future of sexual and reproductive rights around the world. 🌍 Make sure to subscribe for more SRHR updates and follow our newsletter: www.epfweb.org/node/1151
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Turns out England beats France not only in football but also in HPV Prevention. ⚽ 💉 The UK is actually under the Top 10 (almost Top 5!) European countries when it comes HPV Prevention Policy. With a vaccination coverage rate of 50-80% (both for girls & boys) it is a clear win against France!
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
#Spain may have beat Belgium in football in the #worldcup2026. But Belgium wins in contraception access! 🎉 Send this to somebody who is said that Belgium got kicked out of the World Cup. And check out the full overview of Contraception Policy across Europe on our website: www.epfweb.org/node/1177
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🚨 For 15 years, an anti-abortion NGO in Brussels received European public funding through Erasmus+. The problem: They spread misinformation about contraception and abortion. The funds are frozen now after MEPs reached out to the Commission to launch an investigation. 👏
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Throwback to our Parliamentary Forum at the International Midwives Congress in Lisbon, Portugal. 🎊 The main topic: How to address the shortage of one million midwives globally. Here are takeaways from the different global Parliamentarians. Read more about the forum: www.epfweb.org/node/1191
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
“The solutions lie in a feminist philosophy that respects everyone’s life, rights, wishes and autonomy”. MP and EPF President Guillaume Gouffier Valente and EPF Executive Director, Neil Datta, both shared their expertise at the Feminist Foreign Policy event in Madrid, Spain. #FeministFPS2026
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🕑 Time for your SRHR update! 📝🔁 The Spanish Parliament will vote on the reform of the Constitution in terms of the right to abort. ⚖️ It's official: No woman in England or Wales can be prosecuted for an abortion any longer. ‼️EP wants EU-wide definition for rape Follow for more updates!
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
🎉We launched our new report "Beyond ODA: Funding For SRHR In A Changing World" in the European Parliament. How big is the gap of unmet SRHR need actually after recent ODA-cuts? Can the gap of unmet SRHR need be filled, for example by the EU? 🤝 Check out the full report: www.epfweb.org/node/1187
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
🎤 Last Tuesday we came together in the #europeanparliament for a participatory discussion. The topic: How close are we to eliminating #hpv-related cancers in #Europe and how do we close the remaining gap? Thank you to the host-MEPs Romana Jerković, Tilly Metz and Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu.
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
🌍 Swipe through the carousel to see how new policy decisions shape the future of sexual and reproductive rights around the world. 🤝 New SRHR SHIFTS-project in Africa from Action Canada 📝 New Gender Equality Strategy from the Commission 💉 HPV vaccine now part of Ukrainian immunisation schedule
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
🎤 Last Tuesday we came together in the EP for a participatory discussion on how anti-gender movements are shaping politics across Europe - and how we can respond collectively. Thank you to everyone who joined us and to all partners, especially to our host and MEP @raquelgarciaher.bsky.social 🤝
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
📢 HPV-related cancers are preventable! Join us at the European Parliament for "Eliminating HPV-related cancers in Europe: Gaps, progress and the road ahead"! 📅 21 April | 🕑 15:00 - 17:00 CET 📍 European Parliament, Brussels 👉 Register by April 13th: forms.office.com/e/iqY0Ke6ZPB
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Hello from Nairobi! A delegation of MPs from 14 countries in Africa and Europe have gathered to attend the International Maternal Newborn Conference 2026. 👶👨‍🍼👩‍🍼 EPF/GPA and UNFPA hosted a meeting to discuss with MPs about the challenges in their own country when it comes to maternal and newborn health
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
📅 Join us for a participatory discussion! 🕙 April 7ᵗʰ, 10:00–12:00 📍 European Parliament, Brussels | Room SPINELLI 5G1 🎧 Simultaneous EN/ES translation (in-person and virtual) 🥐 Networking & catering after the event Register here by March 31st: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
🌍 Swipe through the carousel to see how new policy decisions shape the future of sexual and reproductive rights around the world. 📃The Romanian Senate adopted a draft law aimed at preventing and combating femicide. ⚖️ Luxembourg enshrined the “freedom to abort” in its constitution ...
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
📅 Today is International HPV Awareness Day. The majority of European countries have progressive policies in place to fight HPV but we need more screening, vaccinations and catch-up cohorts programmes. 💉 Check out our HPV Prevention Policy Atlas on our website! #endHPVglobal @gamh.org
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
We just launched our the new Contraception Policy Atlas Europe 2026! How does your country rank in the Atlas? We call for better coverage (including postpartum contraception), counselling and access to accurate information on contraception! 💪 Check out the whole Atlas: www.epfweb.org/node/1176
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
It has been a back and forth with the US joining, leaving and re-joining the Geneva Consensus Declaration. While it claims to put women’s health the Geneva Consensus Declaration insists #abortion is not a #humanright 🚨❗ ▶️ Check out the whole episode on all listening platforms and on YouTube
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
🔥📖 Superhot Book-Tip: "Accessing Abortion - Global and Comparative Perspectives". A great read written by lawyers and expert academics, including Neil Datta breaking down recent trends in European Abortion law. Available today! Get a 30% discount with the promo-code: NYUAU30 on nyupress.org
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
📢 Join Us for the Contraception Policy Atlas Europe 2026 Launch! 📅 Feb 24, 2025 | 🕒 15:30 – 17:00 CET 📍 European Parliament, Brussels With MEPs Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus (S&D) and Mélissa Camara (The Greens/EFA) 🔗 Register by Feb 17: forms.office.com/e/LzZXbs0j5G
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
🌍 Swipe through the carousel to see how new policy decisions shape the future of sexual and reproductive rights around the world. ... Follow for more SRHR news and policy updates and subscribe to our newsletter: lnkd.in/eeKNvuZa
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
🥳 📢 A big step for SRHR in the EU: Former EPF-President and long-term SRHR ally Petra Bayr was just elected as the new President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe earlier this week. Congratulations to Petra Bayr, the new PACE-President! 🥳 👏
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
The majority of European countries have progressive policies in place to fight HPV but we need more screenings, vaccinations and catch-up cohorts programmes. Check out our website to see how your country ranks in HPV Prevention!
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
The EU-budget is supposed to finance a lot of things, including SRHR. But the EU often puts sexual and #reproductivehealth last. According to MEP Lucia Yar there needs to be a shift towards helping people that need it the most. ▶️ Available on YouTube and all listening platforms
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
"Sometimes human rights are seen as ideology, but they are not" - a quick reminder from UN High Commissioner, Volker Türk. He referred to our report "The Next Wave" (link in bio!) Check out the report now!
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Time for your monthly #SRHR news update! 🕑🌍 Swipe through the carousel to see how new #policy decisions shape the future of sexual and #ReproductiveRights around the world.
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
❗🎧 Destroying almost 10 million worth of readily available contraceptives?! In the final episode of our podcast, The Right to Decide, Neil Datta to examines the dangerous global effects of the Trump administration on sexual and reproductive health. Listen to the podcast now! 🔗 youtu.be/-lv4hQWXnLs
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
New policies are reshaping #SRHR worldwide: 🎉France now defines #rape as any non-consensual act 💊Japan will offer the morning-after pill OTC 🤰 Pregnant #MEPs can now cast proxy votes 💰 Ireland is the only EU country to increase aid in #EU ...More SRHR #news and updates coming next month.
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Why does the European #youth use less #contraception? Activist and SRHR Advisor Nicole Moran explains! ▶️ Listen to the fifth episode of our podcast “The Right to Decide” - available on YouTube and all listening platforms.
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
World Prematurity Day visual - 🌍 Happy #WorldPrematurityDay ! For the first time, #WPD2025 is officially part of the WHO Calendar! Prematurity is now recognized as a global health priority. 💜 It’s time for governments to act, improve care & give every baby the chance to thrive. 👶🌍
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
"This movement is a backlash against everything we have accomplished." 🤨 @celiagroothedde.bsky.social talks about how anti-gender movements draw in young people in the fourth episode of our podcast "The Right to Decide". ➡️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2PCdl5exh0 #womensrights #propaganda
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Attacks on #abortion rights are attacks on democracy itself. Neil Datta talks about anti-gender and anti-democratic forces with @sophieintveld.bsky.social in the second episode of our podcast “The Right to Decide.” ➡️https://youtu.be/SJtmuqRmbSo?si=gXtc07Eu4VK7OlFN #RoevsWade #womensrights
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
🎧🚨 New episode of The Right to Decide out now! #podcast Who is threatening women’s rights in Europe — and why? Host @sophieintveld.bsky.social speaks with Neil Datta, Executive Director of EPF, about anti-gender networks. 🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJtmuqRmbSo
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
📣 @joannasw.bsky.social explains the difficulties for Polish women in accessing safe #abortion. Poland has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe, which allows abortions only in two cases: when the pregnancy is a result of rape and when it threatens a woman’s life. #abortionishealthcare
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
🌍 How is your country performing on access to abortion? The #Abortion Atlas reveals where progress is being made—and where barriers remain. 👉 Explore the Atlas: www.epfweb.org/node/1156
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
📢 Join us #LIVE today! Be the first to explore the new #abortion Atlas comparing abortion laws, policies, and access across 49 European countries and territories with MEPs, activists and experts! 📅 #Streaming starts today, 24 Sept at 14:00 europeanparliament.webex.com/europeanparl...
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
We’re #hiring a #CommunicationsAssistant! ✨ Join EPF in Brussels (12‑month, full-time, maternity cover) and help promote #SRHR across Europe and beyond. Strong writing & social media skills? This is for you! Apply by 30 Sep 2025: www.epfweb.org/node/1155
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
📣🌍Join us for the launch of the European Abortion Policy Atlas 2025! Hosted by MEPs Raquel Garcia Hermida-van der Walle and Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus at the European Parliament. Register now to attend in person or online 👉 forms.office.com/e/yGUuNF4Z4s
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
🌍 We are proud to join 80+ global organizations in Porto for the first #WorldSexualHealthAssembly, convened by WSA. #UN, #NGOs, professionals, academy, and regional federations came together to advance sexual health, #rights, justice, and pleasure! 🔗 www.worldsexualhealth.net
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
🚨 The EU must act to defend #SRHR, #democracy & #genderequality. At the EP yesterday, we launched The Next Wave by Neil Datta— a report exposing $1.18B fuelling anti-gender movements across Europe. Read the report 👉 www.epfweb.org/node/1147
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
🚨 Join us 26 June from 16:00–18:00 at the #EU Parliament or online for the launch of the report "The Next Wave" on anti-gender movement! Hosted by MEPs Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus, Alexandra Geese, Elżbieta Łukacijewska and Lucia Yar. Register now: forms.office.com/e/gVSSN731Ni #Gender #HumanRights
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
🌏 EPF parliamentary delegation is visiting #SriLanka for an #SRHR study tour hosted by FPA. Day 1: We visited mobile #HIV clinic for key populations and had discussions on #GBV, #periodpoverty and #SRH services. 🔗 www.epfweb.org/node/1141
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
🔷 23 MEPs sent a strong message to #EU leadership: increase Official Development Assistance #ODA and make sexual and reproductive health and rights #SRHR and #GenderEquality priorities in EU external action. Read the letter 🔗 www.epfweb.org/sites/defaul...
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
🌍♀️ At the #G20 Parliamentary Conference, 40 MPs adopted a Statement of Commitment on Women’s Health, pledging to prioritise investment in #SRHR, close funding gaps, empower #youth, and counter anti-gender movements. The declaration will be presented to the G20 presidency! 🔗 www.epfweb.org/node/1135
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
👏 60+ MPs are in Cape Town for #G20Parliamentarians conference to advance #womenshealth & #SRHR. Welcomed by Hon Mmapaseka Steve Letsike, we launched the new #G20 Contraception Policy Atlas and discussed how investing in women is investing in progress. @ipasasr.bsky.social
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Today at the EP🇪🇺 to discuss how to Promote Gender Equality in Critical Times with our MEPs for SRR @maritmaij.bsky.social & @chloe-ridel.fr. Thanks to @odieurope.bsky.social for bringing together champions of #genderequality and organising the event 🙏
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EPF @epfsrr.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
EPF is on the ground at the 150th IPU Assembly in Tashkent, connecting with our members and allies! Great to meet Senator Gigi Osler from Canada during the Forum of Women Parliamentarians. The voice of parliamentarians are essential to advancing gender equality and SRHR #IPU150 #GenderEquality #SRHR
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