News & Events 2020-21

March 2021

  • 31st March: Members attended MSI Reproductive Choices’ webinar, ‘How can we partner with all to leave no one behind?’

  • 30th March: Select members attended a WaterAid webinar, ‘Hygiene for Health and Nutrition’.

  • 29th March: APPG on PDRH Officer Baroness Barker chaired MSI Reproductive Choices’ webinar, ‘Is telemedicine the future of abortion?’

  • 25th March: The APPG on PDRH Co-Chairs met with the UK SRHR Network.

  • 23rd March: The APPG on PDRH Co-Chairs met with UNFPA.

  • 18th March: Baroness Hussein-Ece spoke at the WUNRN webinar on violence against women at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).

  • 17th March: Baroness Sugg, Baroness Hussein-Ece and Virendra Sharma MP participated in EPF’s campaign pan-European action on abortion in Poland.

  • 11th March: APPG on PDRH Officer Baroness Barker was an expert panellist at the Leigh Day webinar on the rights of LGBT+ women in healthcare.

  • 11th March: The APPG on PDRH Co-Chairs met with the UK SRHR Network.

  • 11th March: Select members attended a UNFPA, African Union and German Government event, ‘Food Security & Nutrition Demographic Dividend(s).

  • 10th March: Baroness Sugg had a virtual meeting with the Executive Director of IPPF.

  • 8th March: Select members attended the ActionAid, Plan Internaional, WWF, Save the Children and World Vision webinar, ‘Women and Biodiversity: Sustainable Use of Natural Resources for Women’s Socio-Economic Empowerment’.

  • 8th March: Select members attended the Chatham House and COP26 Presidency online event, ‘Climate Action and Gender Equality: Can We Close One Gap Without the Other?’

  • 5th March: The APPG on PDRH Policy Advisor attended the IPPF Western Hemisphere Region launch of their UN Advocacy Tool.

  • 2nd March: Select members attended the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) webinar, ‘What is the New Normal for Family Planning and Male Engagement?’

February 2021

  • 26th February: Members attended the event, ‘Safeguard Futures Ban Child Marriage’.

  • 25th February: Select members attended an EPF webinar, ‘Eliminating Cervical Cancer Together'.

  • 24th February: The APPG on PDRH Policy Advisor attended a meeting with the UK SRHR Network and representatives of FCDO.

  • 11th February: The APPG on PDRH Co-Chairs met with EPF.

  • 4th February: Plan International UK and Countdown 2030 Europe provided a virtual briefing for members on the UK’s role in supporting SRHR and updates from the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP).

  • 2-3rd February: Members attended the Virtual International Family Planning Forum in the lead up to the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) (now in November 2022).

  • 2nd February: Members attended EPF’s Beyond 2020 virtual roundtable, ‘European donor support to SRHR and FP in the coming decade, at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) event.

January 2021

  • 28th January: Members attended the Action for Global Health virtual event, ‘Resourcing for Health in the Covid-19 Era: Maximising Bang for Buck'.

  • 27-28th January: Members attended the Global Health Practitioner Conference 2021 - Lives in the Balance: A Covid-19 Summit for the Health and Wellbeing of Women, Children and Adolescents.

  • 26th January: APPG on PDRH Treasurer Virendra Sharma MP tabled Early Day Motion 1402 calling on President Biden to protect and expand SRHR globally, including access to safe abortion.

  • 18th January: Following an election, Baroness Sugg and Baroness Hussein-Ece were elected Co-Chairs of the APPG on PDRH, to serve alongside Co-Chair Pauline Latham MP. See our press release here.

  • 8th January: Baroness Jenny Tonge attended the Bangladesh High Commission’s virtual reception commemorating the Father of the Nation.

December 2020

  • 14th December: Members attended the UNFPA Supplies webinar ‘Global Launch of the UNFPA Supplies Partnership’.

  • 13-15th December: The APPG on PDRH Policy Advisor attended the FIGO virtual Africa Regional Kigali Congress.

  • 11th December: Members attended the Partnership for Maternal, New-born and Child Health virtual conference ‘Lives in the Balance - chart Covid-19 impact on countries' progress towards Universal Health Coverage’.

  • 10th December: Members attended the Change, GJC and Ipas webinar ‘The challenges and opportunities ahead, and what feminist leadership in the new administration can, and must do’.

  • 10th December: Members attended the IPPF and Government of Canada webinar ‘Leaving No One Behind, an intersectional approach to fulfilling SRHR for all women and girls’.

  • 9th December: Members attended the FCDO GBV webinar ‘Building Back Better from Covid-19: How can we harness the current spotlight on GBV to accelerate long-term progress to end violence?’

  • 8th December: Baroness Jenny Tonge had a virtual meeting with UNFPA.

  • 7th December: Members attended the UNFPA webinar ‘Launch of the UNFPA Humanitarian Action 2021’.

  • 3rd December: Baroness Jenny Tonge and Virendra Sharma MP spoke at the EPF/DSW webinar ‘Donor support to SRHR’.

  • 1st December: The APPG on PDRH Policy Advisor attended the Global Government Forum webinar ‘Reshaping health and care services’.

  • 1st December: Members attended the Youth Stop Aids ‘Day of Action’ webinar.

November 2020

  • 30th November: Members attended and APPG on PDRH Treasurer Virendra Sharma MP spoke at the East Anglia University ‘Lifeline’ film launch event

  • 25th November: Members attended the Five Foundation and SafeHands webinar discussion ‘Ending FGM by 2030’.

  • 24th November: Select members attended the IKWRO webinar ‘FGM/Child Marriage and 16 Days of Activism’.

  • 23rd November: Co-Chair Baroness Jenny Tonge attended the Alliance4Choice webinar on self-managed abortion.

  • 18th November: The APPG on PDRH launched its Parliamentary Hearings on Girls’ Education and SRHR. See the press release here.

  • 18th November: Co-Chair Baroness Jenny Tonge attended the Bayer virtual meeting ‘A Digital Evolution for Contraception’.

  • 18th November: Co-Chair Baroness Jenny Tonge attended the annual FSRH virtual one-day conference ‘SRH in 2020 and Beyond’.

  • 5th November: Vice Chair Baroness Hussein-Ece spoke at the UN Special Rapporteur on VAW webinar ‘Online VAW and Cyber Bullying’.

  • 2nd November: The APPG on PDRH Policy Advisor attended the Academy of Medical Scientists’ annual International Health Lecture in conjunction with The Lancet webinar ‘Learning from crisis - building resilient systems to combat future pandemics’.

October 2020

  • 26th October: Members attended the Spanish FPA parliamentary dialogue ‘How does the pandemic affect the legislative agenda on gender equality and sexual and reproductive rights of women?’

  • 19th October: Baroness Northover was elected as the APPG on PDRH’s nominated UK representative on the EPF Executive Committee on 4th December 2020.

  • 19th October: Members of the APPG on PDRH had a briefing meeting with the UK SRHR Network on the SDGs, Nairobi and FP2030, the impact of COVID-19 on SRHR, SRHR within FCDO, anti-choice opposition and the ‘Global Gag Rule’, and forthcoming opportunities for collaboration.

  • 14th October: Members participated in the FP2020 and International AIDS Society (IAS) Differentiated Service Delivery Initiative webinar ‘Integrating Rights-Based Family Planning and HIV Care: Lessons Learned from Differentiated Service Delivery’.

  • 13th October: Members attended the 16th Rafael M. Salas Memorial Lecture 2020.

  • 6th October: Co-Chair Pauline Latham MP introduced the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) (No.2) Bill in the House of Commons.

September 2020

  • 29th September: Members attended the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health virtual summit alongside the 2020 UN General Assembly.

  • 28th September: Members participated in MSI Reproductive Choices’ ‘My Body, My Voice: International Safe Abortion Day Briefing’.

  • 25th September: Members participated in an IPPF webinar on abortion in Cameroon, Pakistan and Palestine.

  • 24th September: Members participated in the FP2020 webinar ‘Rights, Empowerment & Family Planning - A Virtual Discussion’.

  • 23rd September: Members participated in the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights briefing ‘Safeguarding women’s rights, gender equality and SRHR – joining forces across Europe’.

  • 23rd September: Members participated in the International Campaign for Women's Right to Safe Abortion webinar on abortion.

  • 17th September: Members participated in a WHO webinar on the situation with Covid-19 in the WHO European Region.

  • 10th September: Members of the APPG on PDRH participated in the PGA dialogue on ‘Women, Immunisation and Strong Health Systems’.

July 2020

  • 30th July: Members participated in the ‘One Year After ECHO - Integrating health services in the time of Covid’ webinar.

  • 23rd July: Members participated in a FP2020 and Sustaining Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS) Plus webinar.

  • 22nd July: Members of the APPG on PDRH participated in an event marking the publication of Lancet Global Health’s article, Unintended pregnancy and abortion by income, region, and the legal status of abortion: estimates from a comprehensive model for 1990–2019.

  • 16th July: Members participated in the UNAIDS webinar ‘LPF 2020: HIV, Covid-19 and Key Populations Left Behind in HIV and Covid-19 Responses: Common Problems and Solutions for Resilient Communities, Public Health and SDGs’.

  • 15th July: Members participated in the UNFPA HLPF Ministerial Side Event webinar ‘Accelerating the promise of ICPD25 in the Decade of Action and Delivery: Upholding Rights and Choices within Covid-19 Response and Recovery’.

  • 14th July: Members participated in the Guttmacher Institute webinar ‘How to fulfill commitments to SDG 3.7 in the time of Covid-19: A plan for immediate action and for rebuilding’.

  • 14th July: The APPG on PDRH Policy Advisor participated in Karma Nirvana’s event commemorating victims of “honour killings”.

  • 9th July: The APPG on PDRH Policy Advisor participated in the UK SRHR Network Tea Break ‘Spotlight on RH Supplies, SRHR & Covid-19’.

  • 8th July: Members of the APPG on PDRH attended webinar and virtual launch of IPPF’s ICPD+25 Report to mark World Population Day.

June 2020

  • 30th June: Members attended the virtual launch of of UNFPA’s 2020 State of World Population Report.

  • 30th June: Members participated in the Center for Reproductive Rights webinar ‘Covid-19 and SRHR Globally’.

  • 26th June: Members attended the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights webinar ‘Women’s rights, gender equality and SRHR at risk – coordinated counter-revolutionary attempts in Poland, at EU level and beyond’.

  • 25th June: Members of the APPG on PDRH attended the WHO/Europe Covid-19 webinar press briefing ‘Digital health opportunities and risks’.

  • 25th June: Members attended the APPG on Sexual and Reproductive Health webinar on vulnerable groups’ access to abortion and contraception during the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • 18th June: The APPG on PDRH issued a press release in response to the Government’s plans to merge DFID with FCO.

  • 18th June: Members participated in the joint DFID-CARE webinar ‘Promoting Women’s and Girls’ Rights in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Lessons from Cox’s Bazar and Bangladesh’.

  • 16th June: Members participated in FP2020’s webinar on emergency contraception and young people.

  • 16th June: The APPG on PDRH Policy Advisor participated in an UK SRHR Network webinar on reproductive health supplies and Covid-19.

  • 15th June: Members participated in the Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters and The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health webinar ‘Universal Health Coverage and SRHR during Covid-19 and beyond’.

  • 4th June: Members participated in a MSI Reproductive Choices webinar ‘Sex, Stigma and Young People: Challenging social norms to empower adolescents’.

  • 2nd June: Members participated in a Frontline AIDS webinar ‘International Sex Worker Day Dialogue: Sex work in Africa - innovating in the time of Covid-19’.

May 2020

  • 20th May: Members of the APPG on PDRH participated in a BOND/Global Health webinar on Covid-19.

  • 19th May: Members participated in the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination and European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights webinar ‘Covid-19 and SRHR: Challenges and Opportunities’.

  • 19th May: Members participated in the MSI Reproductive Choices webinar ‘Choice in her hands: Enabling safe self-care during Covid-19’.

  • 14th May: Members participated in the WHO and International Youth Alliance for Family Planning, or Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) webinar ‘Covid-19 and its effect on the sexual and reproductive health and rights of adolescents and youth’.

  • 7th May: The APPG on PDRH Policy Advisor participated in the G4Alliance webinar ‘Nurses Lead, Midwives Lead: Prenatal and Postnatal Care During Covid-19’.

  • 7th May: The APPG on PDRH Policy Advisor participated in the UK SRHR Network’s webinar: DFID debrief meeting, digital information and fake news.

  • 5th May: The APPG on PDRH Policy Advisor participated in IAWG's webinar ‘Frontlines in Focus: Implementers working to ensure continuity of SRHR services during the Covid-19 pandemic’.

April 2020

  • 29th April: Members participated in the MSI Reproductive Choices webinar ‘Securing supplies in insecure times: Ensuring contraceptive security under Covid-19’.

  • 28th April: Members participated in the UNDRR Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific with WHO and IPU webinar: ‘Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic: parliamentary action to reduce risks, increase resilience and strengthen emergency preparedness’.

  • 23rd April: Members participated in a FP2020 webinar on maintaining momentum in family planning in the face of Covid-19.

  • 22nd April: Members participated in an European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights webinar on SRHR during the Covid-19 pandemic, with a focus on the situation in Poland.

  • 21st April: Members of the APPG on PDRH participated in the Orchid Project/ARROW webinar on the Asia Network to End Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) Consultation Report.

  • 8th April: Members participated in a MSI Reproductive Choices webinar on the potential impact of coronavirus on SRHR services.

  • 2nd April: Members of the APPG on PDRH participated in openDemocracy’s webinar on the impact of coronavirus on democracy.