Universal and comprehensive access to sexual and reproductive health is part of ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for young people. Impoverished women suffer disproportionately from unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortion, …
Voice your choice for reproductive rights: a year on from Trump
Well here we are, a year on. It’s been 12 months since President Donald Trump won the US election and changed the landscape of reproductive rights for women around the …
We’re talking about Reproductive Rights on International Day of the Girl Child
October 11th is International Day of the Girl Child- when we reflect on the inequalities faced by women and girls worldwide and the importance of promoting empowerment and fulfilment of …
World Contraception Day: Transforming the Lives of Women
Our CEO Chris Turner was on Radio National with Fran Kelly this morning. Listen to what he has to say about World Contraception Day! This World Contraception Day, we want …
Australian public wants to continue foreign aid funding for Family Planning
Original story published by Buzzfeed News Australia A recent story published by Buzzfeed News Australia described the current sentiment of the Australian public, who want foreign aid funding for Family …
MSIA submission to the Australian Government’s White Paper
After 14 years, the Australian government will be developing a foreign policy White Paper. The White Paper is a comprehensive framework to guide Australia’s international engagement over the next five …
Marie Stopes, Pou Yen and the Australia Government formally launch new partnership under the Business Partnerships Platform (BPP)
View the original media release. Marie Stopes International is delighted to announce a partnership with the Australian Government and Pou Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd. in 2017. Pou Yuen and Marie …
Our statement on the re-enactment of the ‘global gag rule’
Marie Stopes International warns that women in developing countries will pay the price for the Mexico City Policy (sometimes called the ‘Global Gag Rule’), with thousands more maternal deaths every …
Mexico City policy: a world without choice
Millions of women in the developing world are likely to lose access to modern contraception, following the re-introduction of a Republican policy that blocks US Government funding to non-US organisations …