Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research (SRH)

We lead WHO’s work on sexual and reproductive health across the life course. This work includes HRP, the UN's Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction.

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15 April 2024

Departmental update

Special programme on sexual and reproductive health reports on year of progress

12 April 2024

Departmental update

Challenging harmful masculinities and engaging men and boys in sexual and reproductive health

4 April 2024

Departmental update

The Self-Care Wheel: an award-winning innovation to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights

27 March 2024

News release

WHO calls for greater attention to violence against women with disabilities and older women

Events

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30th anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD30)

5 – 23 September 2024

Female genital mutilation and its medicalization

9 May 2024 13:00 – 14:30 UTC Time

Progress and challenges on sexual and reproductive health: evidence from global datasets

2 May 2024 13:15 – 14:15 ET

Shared research priorities for engaging men and boys in sexual and reproductive health and rights in accountable ways

1 May 2024 09:30 – 11:00 ET

Opportunities

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6 May 2024

Expression of interest

Postpregnancy family planning steering committee and review group

6 February 2024

Expression of interest

Priority questions for WHO recommendations in maternal and perinatal health, 2024-2025

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Feature stories

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9 April 2024

Nicole Lee: Survivor and advocate for ending violence against women with disabilities

28 September 2023

Widening access to quality abortion care from the grassroots up

4 July 2023

How self-care interventions are having an impact in Timor-Leste

5 April 2023

Expanding contraceptive access in Morocco

Publications

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Expert meeting on violence against women and disability

As part of the UN Women-WHO Joint Programme on Strengthening Methodologies and Measurement and Building National Capacities for Violence Against Women Data...

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WHO recommendations on self-care interventions: Making over-the-counter emergency contraceptive pills available without a prescription

WHO strongly recommends making over-the-counter emergency contraceptive pills available without a prescription to individuals who wish to use emergency contraception. This...

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The United Nations Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, known as the Human Reproduction Programme or...

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Global strategy

Reproductive health strategy to accelerate progress towards the attainment of international development goals and targets

Adopted by the 57th World Health Assembly in 2004, this strategy is intended for a broad audience of policy-makers within governments, international agencies,...

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