News & Events 2019-20
March 2020
12th March: Members of the APPG on PDRH attended Medical Aid Films’ International Women’s Day event ‘Engaging Men in Women’s Health’
10th March: Members of the APPG on PDRH attended 'Global Health in 2020: A Turning Point for Ending Preventable Deaths' event.
2nd March: The APPG on PDRH hosted a roundtable discussion with representatives from dozens of FGM NGOs in Parliament.
January 2020
28th January: The APPG on PDRH issued a press release on population, contraception, and climate change.
22nd January: The APPG on PDRH and EPF co-hosted the launch of the HPV - Cervical Cancer Prevention Policy Atlas in Parliament. See the atlas here.
13th January: The APPG on PDRH held its inaugural meeting following the General Election. The APPG on PDRH was officially reconstituted on 23rd January.
November 2019
21st November: Baroness Sheehan and Health Poverty Action co-hosted a reception in solidarity with mothers in Sierra Leone.
21st November: Baroness Uddin co-hosted an event marking the launch of FORWARD UK’s ACCESS initiative serving migrant women at risk of violence.
12th - 15th November: Lord Hussain and the APPG on PDRH’s Parliamentary and Policy Advisor attended the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25.
October 2019
21st October: Baroness Jenny Tonge met with Sadia Mir from the Women’s UN Report Network (WUNRN).
1st - 2nd October: The APPG on PDRH’s Parliamentary and Policy Advisor attended the Inspire (formerly EuroNGOs) annual general meeting in Athens, Greece.
September 2019
12th - 19th September: The APPG on PDRH hosted a cross-party study tour to Bangladesh with the aim of strengthening UK Parliamentarians’ knowledge about family planning and sexual and reproductive health and rights. Read the study tour report here.
9th September: The APPG on PDRH hosted a round-table meeting with NGOs to discuss child marriage in the UK.
July 2019
10th July: The APPG on PDRH and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPFPF) co-hosted a reception for World Population Day.
10th July: Baroness Jenny Tonge chaired and members attended the APPG on PDRH and UNFPA briefing meeting on ‘What’s Changed ICPD25’ building up to the Nairobi Summit.
8th July: APPG on PDRH officer John Mann MP attended European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (EPF) committee meeting in Brussels.
June 2019
24th - 28th June: APPG on PDRH officer John Mann MP attended the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (EPF) in collaboration with the African Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development (FPA) universal health coverage and ICPD event in Zambia.
17th - 19th June: The APPG on PDRH’s Parliamentary and Policy Advisor attended the RCOG World Congress in London and presented the APPG’s hearing report on abortion as an i-poster available for viewing by delegates.
13th June: Members of the APPG on PDRH attended and Baroness Jenny Tonge chaired the launch of the third State of the World’s Fathers Report in the House of Commons.
12th June: Several members of the APPG on PDRH participated in oral questions in the House of Lords on sexual violence in conflict.
6th June: Baroness Uddin opened the Leigh Day conference on Women’s Rights in Healthcare covering menopause, FGM and ethnic minority women’s rights in health. Baroness Barker gave the closing remarks.
3rd - 6th June: Baroness Jenny Tonge, Virendra Sharma MP and Baroness Hussein-Ece attended the Women Deliver 5th Global Conference in Vancouver as part of the EPF delegation.
May 2019
17th May: Members of the APPG on PDRH attended the UNFPA UK event ‘What's Changed?’ on ICPD25 building up to the Nairobi Summit in November 2019.
13th May: Baroness Jenny Tonge met with Plan UK.
April 2019
29th April: Several members of the APPG on PDRH participated in oral questions on population growth in Africa to the new DFID Minister Baroness Sugg in the House of Lords.
28th April: Baroness Jenny Tonge and Baroness Lindsay Northover attended a Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health event on post-Ebola Sierra Leone.
8th April: Baroness Jenny Tonge and other members of the APPG on PDRH attended a Women Deliver pre-conference event with Penny Mordaunt MP, Secretary of State for International Development.