Last year SRHR Adventures hosted a "Menstruation Matters Prose/Poetry Contest" in Commemoration of World Menstrual Hygiene. The aim of this project was "To shatter the taboo of menstruation and to foster healthy conversations about this beautiful physiological process." “Every month, millions of adolescent girls around the world face a miserable cycle of pain, discomfort,
SRHR Adventures PROMOTES breastfeeding campaign A breastfeeding mom once said, “Breastfeeding is more than just feeding your baby. It is determination, love and patience. Some days can be really exhausting. Caring for a baby who seems to only want you for your breasts but when the baby stops nursing for that few seconds to look up
Patricee Douglas, MBBS, a 120 Under 40: The New Generation of Family Planning Leaders winner of 2016, stands out as the only winner from the Caribbean region. The program, organized by the Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, shines a light on
Don’t be a boob: support breastfeeding! “Breastfeeding reminds us of the universal truth of abundance; the more we give out, the more we are filled up, and that divine nourishment – the source from which we all draw is, like a mother’s breast, ever full and ever flowing”. – Sarah Buckley
Increasing Men’s Involvement in Family Planning The authority in global health governance, WHO, asserts that “family planning[1] allows people to attain their desired number of children and determine the spacing of pregnancies. It is achieved through the use of contraceptive methods and the treatment of infertility” (2017). However, there are 214 million women
Invisible not Imaginary: Endometriosis Endometriosis is a gynecological medical condition in which cells from the lining of the uterus (endometrium) appear and flourish outside the uterine cavity, most commonly on the membrane which lines the abdominal cavity, the peritoneum. The uterine cavity is lined with endometrial cells, which are under the influence
