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Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM)

The SRHM Podcast explores new research and emerging trends in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters or SRHM promotes sexual and reproductive health and rights globally. At the heart of SRHM is a multidisciplinary, open-access, peer-reviewed journal. SRHM also creates and participates in spaces that motivate improvements in research, policy, services and practice. It contributes to capacity building in knowledge generation. Learn more at

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00:38:07

The impact of HIV funding cuts on trans health and...

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast ·

2025/04/11

In this episode, we explore the urgent impact of HIV funding cuts on trans health—and the ripple effects beyond. We hear from three advocates working at the frontlines of trans health and rights across the globe.Joining us are:Anil Padavatan (he/she), Health Lead at Global Action for Trans Equality, based in South Africa.Amanita Calderón-Cifuentes (she/her), HIV Research and Advocacy Officer at Trans Europe and Central Asia, based in Germany.Adrian King Kibe (he/him), Programme Consultant at East

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00:20:28

Attitudes Toward Sexual and Reproductive Health and...

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast ·

2025/03/28

Welcome to another thought-provoking episode of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters podcast! Today, we’re diving into a fascinating study published in the SRHM Journal titled “Attitudes toward sexual and reproductive health and rights and their associations with reproductive agency: a population-based cross-sectional study in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Zimbabwe.”Joining us to discuss this important research is Karin Båge, a Phd Student at the Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska

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00:28:16

Bridging the Gap: Maternal Care Challenges for Black...

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast ·

2025/03/21

In this episode, we’re tackling a pressing issue: the maternal health disparities faced by Black and Latine women—and how systemic barriers within healthcare contribute to these inequities.We’re honored to have two special guests with us today, Lucia Guerra-Reyes, Associate Professor, and Ruhun Wasata, a PhD Candidate in Health Behaviour, both at the Department of Applied Health Science, School of Public Health, Indiana University Bloomington. We talk to these authors of a compelling new study

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00:21:29

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to sexual...

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast ·

2025/03/14

In this episode, we explore a groundbreaking study titled "Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to sexual and reproductive health services for women and gender-diverse people with disabilities in Canada: a qualitative study." published in the SRHM Journal. Joining us are Meredith Evans, Medical Anthropologist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Keat Welsh, Peer Researcher and disabled Artist, Activist and Educator, both in the Department of Health and Society at the University of Toronto

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00:14:45

Extending the concept of “obstetric violence” to...

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast ·

2025/03/07

We’re back with another important conversation that demands attention. Today, we’re diving into acrucial yet often overlooked issue: post-partumobstetric violence—and how the pharmaceuticalization of post-partum depression treatment might be contributing to it.We’re honored to have two brilliant guests with us, the authors of a compelling new commentary in the SRHM Journal: Alicia Ely Yamin – Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School and Adjunct Senior Lecturer on Health Policy and Management at Harvard

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01:32:25

The global impact of the Trump Administration’s...

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast ·

2025/02/28

On Tuesday 25 February 2025, Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) hosted an insightful webinar where we discussed the global impact of the Trump Administration’s Executive Orders on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).The webinar brought together global experts to discuss the far-reaching consequences of the Trump Administration’s Executive Orders on SRHR. The discussion highlighted the devastating impact of funding freezes, restrictive policies, and ideological attacks on

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00:20:47

Voices from Africa: Combatting Anti-Rights Movements...

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast ·

2025/02/21

In this episode we have the privilege of hosting a crucial conversation with the authors of a thought-provoking new commentary published in the SRHM Journal: Lessons from Kenya on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Policy-Making: The Need to Centre Voices from Africa in Global Discourses.Joining us are three powerhouse leaders in the SRHR space—Evelyn Opondo, Africa Regional Director at the International Center for Research on Women; Jade Maina, Executive Director of the Trust for Indigenous

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00:12:33

Key Insights from the 2024 Sexual and Reproductive...

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast ·

2025/02/14

In this episode, SRHM Associate Editor Nina Sun sits down with SRHM Journal Executive Editor, Emma Pitchforth, to discuss the key highlights from the 2024 Open Issue of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Journal. They dive into special collections focusing on sexual pleasure and abortion rights, explore the current call for papers on sexual pleasure, war, and armed conflict, and preview an upcoming call for papers related to abortion rights. Tune in for a thoughtful conversation on these

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00:18:27

We bawl so we are heard: the stories we must tell...

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast ·

2024/12/06

In this episode of the SRHM Podcast we are honoured to hear from Rochelle Maurice, the author of the recently published SRHM Commentary, We bawl so we are heard: the stories we must tell about obstetric racism⁠.This commentary is available online and is freely available to read. We hope you enjoy listening to this commentary, read by the author in the true spirit of story telling. If you are an author of a paper in the SRHM Journal and would be interested in recording your paper for the podcast,

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00:13:22

Missed period? The significance of period-tracking...

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast ·

2024/11/29

This episode is an AI recording of the paper 'Missed period? The significance of period-tracking applications in a post-Roe America' by Bridget Kelly, the Director of Research for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, Population Institute, Washington, DC, USA, and Maniza Habib, a Research Associate, Population Institute, Washington, DC, USA. The paper sheds important light on the possibility of misusing personal health data collected by period tracking apps to implicate a person of an abortion

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01:02:48

The (mis)use of evidence in contested rights: the UN...

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast ·

2024/11/22

This episode of the SRHM podcast is a recording of an important webinar hosted by SRHM on the (mis)use of evidence in contested rights on Wednesday 20 November 2024. In this online event, we heard from the authors of the commentary published in the SRHM Journal ‘The (mis)use of evidence in contested rights: the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls’ report on “prostitution and violence”' and the Global Co-ordinator of The Global Network of Sex Work Projects. The paper is

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00:19:13

Climate change and sexual and reproductive health:...

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast ·

2024/11/15

This episode is an AI recording of a highly insightful paper by Catherine Rousseau, a PhD candidate at the Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences at Ottawa University, titled Cimate change and sexual and reproductive health: what implications for future research? As the world grapples with the increasing challenges of climate change, researchers are observing an increase in mental health issues, anxiety, and environmental concerns that can influence people's sexual and reproductive health - an

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00:34:38

Intersex Human Rights

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast ·

2024/11/08

On this Friday 8 November 2024, Intersex Day of Solidarity, SRHM is pleased to release a new podcast episode with Morgan Carpenter and Mauro Cabral Grinspan as they discuss the evolution of the intersex rights movement, it's successes and it's current challenges. Morgan Carpenter is an Associate Professor and bioethicist at Sydney Health Ethics in the University of Sydney School of Public Health and Executive Director of Intersex Human Rights Australia. Mauro Cabral Grinspan is an Argentinian

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00:24:45

Why is a Harris-Walz win crucial for the sexual and...

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast ·

2024/11/03

In a new and timely episode of the SRHM Podcast, Eszter Kismödi speaks to Dr. Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, distinguished expert on comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) and adolescent sexual and reproductive health, about why a Harris-Walz win is crucial for the sexual and reproductive health of young Americans and young people around the world. This episode stems from a blog post published last week on the SRHM blog by Dr. Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli and Margaret Smith, a young American woman

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00:27:07

What do oral contraceptive pills have to do with...

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast ·

2024/10/25

This episode of the SRHM Podcast is an AI audio recording of the paper What do oral contraceptive pills have to do with human rights abuses in sport? by Katrina Karkazis and Michele Krech published ahead of Intersex Awareness Day on 26 October. We hope you enjoy listening to the reading of this paper and we'd love to hear your thoughts. You can contact us at info@srhm.org. Please note that references, citations and tables have been removed from this audio recording for ease of listening. The full

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00:28:01

How arms exports can contribute to human rights...

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast ·

2024/10/18

On 16 October 2024, Eszter Kismödi, Chief Executive of SRHM, spoke to James Yap, Acting Director of the International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Anjli Parrin, Director of the Global Human Rights Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School about a report which reviews Canada's complicity in violations of women’s rights to maternal healthcare in Gaza. Both of these institutions jointly prepared a submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of

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00:15:47

Interview with Dr. Faysal El Kak from the bombings in...

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast ·

2024/10/09

Eszter Kismodi, Chief Executive of Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) speaks to Dr. Faysal El Kak to get some first hand information of the situation with sexual and reproductive health and the human rights situation in Beirut during the bombings of Beirut and other areas in Lebanon in September and October 2024. Dr. El Kak is the Director of Women Integrated Sexual Health (WISH) Program, American University of Beirut, President of the Eastern Mediterrean Federation of the World

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00:21:14

Setting research priorities for prevention and...

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast ·

2024/09/30

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.' Progress on ending child marriage in the Arab region is slowing due to an increase in conflict-affected populations and widespread economic crisis. This paper explores the research

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01:16:05

Pleasure Matters

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast ·

2024/09/20

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. This discussion followed the launch of SRHM's first-ever Special Collection on Sexual Pleasure, and comes at a time when sex and pleasure continue to be associated with stigma and shame, and the need for pleasure for the sake of pleasure is often overlooked in discussions

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00:41:48

Rights- and evidence-based knowledge in legal action

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast ·

2024/09/13

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

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