By Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM)
The podcast currently has 29 episodes available.
In this episode, our Associated Editor, Nina Sun talks to the authors of a recently published paper in the SRHM journal, 'Setting research priorities for prevention and response to child marriage in communities in the Arab region: findings from a multi-stage Delphi study involving practitioners across the region.'
We hear from: Janna Metzler, Co-founder and Executive Director of a new non-profit dedicated to improving population health through community-driven solutions and Associate Director of Research at the Women's Refugee Commission in New York, Aisha Hutchinson, Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences at the School of Education, Communication, and Society at King’s College London and Katrina Kiss, a postgraduate researcher at the School of Education, Communication, and Society at King’s College London.
The authors talk about the rationale behind their study, the pros and cons of the unique research methodology presented in the paper, and specific findings that stood out to them.
In this one-of-a-kind episode, we bring to you a dynamic and engaging discussion that took place on the 5th of September 2024, titled 'Pleasure Matters', in collaboration with The Pleasure Project and Agents of Ishq.
Moderators:
Eszter Kismodi, Chief Executive, Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
Anne Philpott, Founder and Co-Director, The Pleasure Project
Paromita Vohra, Creative Director, Agents of Ishq
Sherren El Faki, Director for Solidarity for Change and Voice at the International Planned Parenthood Federation
Lawrence Shapiro, Deaf and Disability Artist with the Canada Council for the Arts and a leading disabled dancer in his native Canada
Zahra Stardust, Sexual media scholar working at the intersections of sexuality, technology, and social justice.
Finding the cosmos of intimacies: where pleasurable safe sex dances with liberation - Editorial by Anne Philpott and Paromita Vohra
This podcast on rights- and evidence-based knowledge in legal action is part of a rights-based knowledge creation series by SRHM. The series includes articles, blogs, podcasts and webinars. There are links to these resources below.
In this episode, SRHM Chief Executive Eszter Kismodi speaks to esteemed colleagues in the SRHR movement about the use of evidence for legal and human rights and SRHR action in their respective situations. Given the ever-changing global, regional and national contexts they discuss how the nature of evidence and knowledge is changing over time and lastly, what we need to effectively use evidence and knowledge for legal and human rights action.
The discussion takes place between:
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As SRHM gets ready to launch its first Special
This cover image is a still from Samuel Bester’s
Listen to Samuel talk in depth about the inspiration behind his art, and what this cover image signifies to him!
In this episode, Nina Sun, the Associated Editor of the SRHM journal, speaks to Trudie Gerrits and Andrea Whittaker, the authors of a recently published paper: Assisted reproductive technologies in sub-Saharan Africa: fertility professionals' views.
In this episode, the Chief Executive of SRHM, Eszter Kismodi speaks to one of Norway’s most prominent trans people, Esther Esben Pirelli Benestad, a physician and sexologist, who has recently been appointed the President of the European Federation of Sexology. In this short but moving discussion, Esben Esther talks about their hopes of an inclusive world where people of all gender identities are respected, their new role and its significance for the transgender community, and the importance of sexual pleasure, health and rights in the current political climate. They end with a beautiful, self-composed poem, that provides insights into their journey.
In this episode we hear from the authors of a recent SRHM paper 'Obstetric violence in the United States and other high-income countries: an integrative review'.
Dr. Lorraine Garcia is a Nurse-Scientist and practicing midwife and Dr. Brie Thumm is a certified nurse-midwife and Assistant Professor, both in association with the College of Nursing of the University of Colorado.
We hear about the gap in knowledge that this paper addresses, findings that stood out to the authors personally and where to go from here in addressing obsetric violence in high-income countries.
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Obstetric violence in the United States and other high-income countries: an integrative review
SRHM Call for Papers 2024
Related SRHM papers:
Invisible wounds: obstetric violence in the United States Farah Diaz-Tello , J.D.
Moving beyond disrespect and abuse: addressing the structural dimensions of obstetric violence Sadler et al.
This episode takes us through an important discussion that took place on April 17, 2024, organised by the University of Southern California's Institute on Inequalities in Global Health in partnership with Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters.
Despite massive regressions in SRHR and anti-rights movements, 30 years later, the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) agenda continues to set a standard for people-centred development, acting as a global touchstone for SRHR and rights-based policies and programs. How has the current political climate impacted the fulfilment of this agenda?
Listen to an incredible group of panellists reflect on the history and future of health and development in the current political climate.
Moderators:
Sofia Gruskin: Director, USC Institute on Inequalities
Panellists:
Gita Sen: Honorary Distinguished Professor of the Ramalingaswami Centre on Equity and Social Determinants of Health at the Public Health Foundation of India.
Montasser Kamal: Former Deputy Director for Global Health Policy and Research at Global Affairs Canada, currently at International Development Research Centre.
Uluk Batyrgaliev: Health Officer at Eurasian Coalition for Health, Rights, Gender and Sexual Diversity, Kyrgyztan.
In this important one-hour podcast episode, listen to moderator Professor Alice M. Miller, J.D. (co-director of the GHJP of Yale Law and Public Health Schools), and the authors of a recently published SRHM paper (What do oral contraceptives have to do with human rights abuses in sport?), Katrina Karkazis, PhD, MPH (Professor, Sexuality, Women’s and Gender Studies at Amherst College) and Michele Krech, J.S.D. (Bigelow Fellow and Lecturer in Law at University of Chicago Law School).
They discuss in detail how the Court of Arbitration of Sport and World Athletics rely on mistaken assumptions about oral contraceptives, and misused scientific evidence to uphold a coercive and medically unnecessary use of oral contraceptive pills for testosterone suppression, in female athletes with naturally high testosterone levels, as an eligibility criterion to compete in certain track events. This discussion took place a few days before an important event - the hearing of Olympic runner Caster Semenya's appeal against these regulations, by the European Court of Human Rights on May 15, 2024, on the grounds that these are discriminatory to people with differences in sexual development. Semenya, who is legally female, was coerced to take oral contraceptives to reduce her natural testosterone levels, to be able to compete in track events 400m. and beyond, a medical intervention that negatively impacted her health and career.
We also hear from Dr. Otmar Kloiber, Secretary General of the World Medical Association, who discusses his stance and concerns on these coercive regulations brought about by World Athletics. Moreover, we hear from Dr. Payoshini Mitra, an athlete rights defender who actively campaigns for the abolition of sex testing practices in female sports, talks to Ugandan former running champion Annet Negesa, who was coerced to undergo an invasive procedure mandated by the World Athletics to lower her testosterone levels.
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In this episode, we hear from two authors of the paper 'Laws governing access to sexual health services and information: contents, protections, and restrictions', Laura Ferguson and Sarah Emoto.
Laura Ferguson is the Director of Research at the University of Southern California Institute on Inequalities in Global Health and an Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences. She is also an Associate Editor right here at SRHM. Sarah Emoto is a Research Program Specialist at the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health.
Their paper reviewed 40 laws in English, French, and Spanish from 18 countries to understand how many and which sexual health services and information countries ensure in their laws, which sexual health services are illegal, and which people are protected from discrimination in accessing these services.
They found that countries use many different types of laws to ensure access to sexual health services or information, and most countries do not cover the same types or number of sexual health services. There are also differences in which people are specifically protected from discrimination in the laws we reviewed.
These findings are important because they may help countries identify ways that access to sexual health services and information could be improved so as to improve people’s sexual health. They may also guide future research.
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Laws governing access to sexual health services and information: contents, protections, and restrictions
SRHM Open Issue 2024
The podcast currently has 29 episodes available.