CNS: SHE & Rights (Sexual Health with Equity & Rights) Initiative

Sexual Health with Equity (SHE) & Rights initiative (or SHE & Rights initiative) was launched in September 2024 to build, sustain and increase media understanding and engagement, around sexual and reproductive health, rights and justice (SRHRJ), bodily autonomy and other issues related to gender justice - with the lens of equity and human right to health – in Asia Pacific and African region. SHE & Rights strengthens interface between media and other advocates and stakeholders to advance gender equality and human right to health.

Co-hosted by Global Center for Health Diplomacy and Inclusion (CeHDI) and CNS, with International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR), Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW) and Asia Pacific Media Alliance for Health and Development (APCAT Media), SHE & Rights was launched around Asia Pacific Feminist Forum 2024, 79th United Nations General Assembly, and in lead up to the Contraception Day 2024 and Safe Abortion Day 2024.

International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP 2025) and Family Planning News Network (FPNN) are also partnering with SHE & Rights since June 2025.

1st Edition of SHE & Rights Media Awards

In the lead up to 2024 Safe Abortion Day (and before regional reviews of Beijing+30 in Africa and Asia Pacific), 1st Edition of SHE & Rights Media Awards 2025 was announced in September 2024. SHE & Rights Media Award Ceremony was hosted as part of a Side Event at 78th World Health Assembly (WHA78) in Geneva.

2nd Edition of SHE & Rights Media Awards 2025

2nd Edition of SHE & Rights Media Awards 2025 was announced at SHE & Rights Side Event around the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva. SHE & Rights Media Awards Ceremony would be hosted by and organised at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP 2025) in Bogota, Colombia.

SHE & Rights sessions

Session 1: September 2024 (watch)

Safe Abortion Day 2024