‘Nepal advances in SRHR but needs more investment’

By Samiksha Shrestha
January 29, 2025

Dr. Anu Kumar, president and CEO of Ipas, an international NGO advancing reproductive justice, visited Nepal last week. Ipas Nepal focuses on improving sexual and reproductive health and rights for women and adolescents through access to safe abortion, contraception and gender-based violence prevention. An internationally recognized advocate for women’s rights, Dr. Kumar holds advanced degrees in public health and anthropology. During her visit, she met with government officials and members of the diplomatic community to discuss Nepal’s health system, which receives only 4.6% of the national budget—far below the WHO-recommended 10%. Republica’s Correspondent, Samiksha Shrestha, interviewed Dr. Kumar, covering issues surrounding sexual and reproductive health in Nepal. Excerpts:

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29.01.2025

‘Grave and Serious Moment’ for Reproductive Rights

Dr Anu Kumar, CEO of the global reproductive justice organisation Ipas, outlines the impact of a global clampdown on abortion

27/11/2024
Kerry Cullinan

“Unsafe abortion remains a leading cause of maternal mortality, and it is entirely preventable,” says Dr Anu Kumar, CEO of Ipas, an international reproductive justice organisation. “So there is something we can do about it. We know what to do and we know how to do it. We just need to do it.”

But Kumar concedes that the election of Donald Trump as United States (US) President has ushered in a “pretty grave and serious moment”.

Continued: https://healthpolicy-watch.news/grave-and-serious-moment-for-reproductive-rights/

EU gives anti-abortion group €400k to educate girls on reproductive health

EU criticised for ‘mind-boggling’ decision to give the World Youth Alliance funding for girls’ reproductive health education

Sian Norris, OpenDemocracy
15 October 2024

AUS-based anti-abortion charity was given a €400,000 grant from the European Union to run a reproductive health and rights education project, in a decision that experts describe as “mind-boggling.”

The World Youth Alliance (WYA), which has a Brussels office, claims that abortion poses a risk to fertility and future pregnancies – claims rejected by the NHS. Its founder, Anna Halpine, has also compared abortion to “the Nazis and their campaign to dehumanise Jews”.

Continued: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/anti-abortion-ngo-eu-funding-reproductive-health-programme/