Although abortion in Spain is allowed by law, it is a matter that is not yet read in terms of women’s rights and leaves huge gaps when it comes to exercising it. This gap is not one that the far-right is willing to pass up to impose its own agenda.

Having a C-Section without being informed about the consequences and risks in a country where women have an average of 3 children is, to say the least, problematic. Caesarean sections carried out for the comfort of the practitioner and not the mothers are akin to gynecological violence. Here’s how.

Although abortion is legal in Turkey since 1983, access to it is not always guaranteed; a fact not unrelated to the condemnatory remarks by political leaders whose words may sometimes be more effective in practice than laws.

Malta is one of a handful of countries around the world to have an outright ban on abortion, criminalizing both women and doctors who perform the procedure. This article explores how a growing minority of voices across social, medical and legislative spheres are leading the charge in favor of a modern and inclusive system catering for reproductive rights.

In the shadow of the city, in rural and mountainous regions of Morocco, midwives are conducting work of capital urgency.

In Sophie Basso’s calm tone and keen gaze, there is determination in the service of the clarity of pleas raised by the network she has been coordinating. Selma Hajri, who is behind the RAWSA initiative, is no less determined. Summed up to that of many RAWSA activists, this beautiful energy is fundamental to spur actions advancing abortion rights in the MENA region, a major struggle in Tunisia, the only country to recognise this right.