The Impact Newsletter

👉 Around the world, 61% of unwanted pregnancies – and 29% of all pregnancies – end in abortion. That’s about 73 million abortions a year. Global estimates indicate that 45% of these are unsafe. Find The Evidence 🔗 lesglorieuses.fr/DIY-abortions

❗Self-managed abortions are safe and effective under the right conditions. But the research found that a majority of people surveyed tried to end their pregnancies using potentially unsafe methods.

💚 Today we invite you to read The Evidence, a newsletter by Josephine Lethbridge sponsored by @Sage_Publishing. This issue explores a new research that demonstrates the importance of continuing the fight for reproductive rights everywhere.

This is part II of our two-episode video story that documents women’s heroic struggles in Afghanistan. Women are using creative and artistic ways to stant up to the Taliban's gender aparthied. @ZanTimes has produced this video with support from @IWMF. Our publishing partners are @IMPACT_Glo @Les_Glorieuses @NadjaMedia. #InternationalWomensDay2024

'Afghan women on the frontline' is a 2-part doc about the women resisting the Taliban's regime. Watch part 1 - the story of 2 activists protesting on the streets despite facing imprisonment and violence 👉bit.ly/3VkzxQT @Rishminj @ZanTimes @IMPACT_Glo #Afganistan pic.twitter.com/Tc5PRoVY2A

"High-quality, rigorous information about the rights of women and gender-diverse people must be part of the solution to this, and it must be consumed not just by its subjects but also by men and boys," writes @MegClement from @IMPACT_Glo wan-ifra.org/2023/12/what-w…

Event: Covering Sex-Ed: Lessons From ‘The Talk’ series @UNFPA hosting roundtable with journos from @thegenderbeat’s community who covered sexuality education stories Join us & sex-ed experts Tuesday Nov 21, 9am ET, 3pm CET,6:30pm IST, 9pm SGT. Sign up! docs.google.com/document/u/0/d…

📣 1,4 miliardi di donne nel mondo sono senza protezione contro la #violenzaeconomica, un tipo di violenza ancora troppo poco riconosciuto. Via @IMPACT_Glo survivingeconomicabuse.org/what-we-do/res…

✊ Her notable works include Ain't I a Woman? Black Women and Feminism (1981), Feminism is for Everyone (2000) and All About Love (2000). Happy birthday, bell hooks ❤️

💙 American feminist intellectual and activist bell hooks would have been 71 years old today. 🌹 hooks, who died in December 2021, emphasised the importance of intersectional feminism, with a gender, race and class perspective.

👏 The celebration of the bi community was created in 1999 by three American activists, Wendy Curry, Michael Page and Gigi Raven Wilbur, who were concerned that the specific experiences of bisexual people were often erased. 🎉 Find an event near you at bivisibilityday.com

🩷💜💙 Happy Bi Visibility Day! Every 23 September, the bisexual community celebrates its day ❣️

❌ Poland bans abortion except in cases of rape, incest or risk to the patient’s life. Abortion in cases of foetal abnormalities was banned in January 2021.

🔒 Meanwhile, Polish scientists have developed a blood test to detect if a person has taken mifepristone or misoprostol pills to induce an abortion. According to The New York Times, a prosecutor’s office in Wroclaw has already used that laboratory test.

🇵🇱 The Polish government is investigating and prosecuting people who may have facilitated or participated in an abortion procedure, according to @hrw.

📰 Read @rebeccaamsellem's OpEd in Le Monde to learn more (fr): lemonde.fr/idees/article/… What is the situation in your country? Tell us 👇

⚖️ The UN marks International Equal Pay Day on September 18 each year. 📊 The gender wage gap is the percentage resulting from the difference between men's and women's pay divided by men's pay. ❓Did you know that on average, women are paid 20% less than men worldwide?