Knowledge Hub
To support reproductive health advocates across the globe, Global Doctors for Choice (GDC) has gathered resources related to advocacy with the aim of influencing policies, guidelines, and laws to improve access to care.
Please note that this is not a comprehensive list and does not necessarily reflect GDC’s position. We will continue to gather and add resources, and invite you to contact us to suggest resources.
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Engaging Men and Boys in Family Planning: A Strategic Planning Guide
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SRH Education Resource Types: Trainings
“This document is intended to lead program managers, planners, and decision-makers through a strategic process to identify effective investments for engaging men in efforts to improve sexual and reproductive health.”
Community-based Distribution of Misoprostol for Early Abortion: Evaluation of a Program along the Thailand-Burma Border
Date:
June 2017
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SRH Education Resource Types: Publications
The authors evaluated the outcomes of a community-based distribution program that provides migrant, refugee, and cross-border women from Burma with evidence-based information about and access to misoprostol for early pregnancy
Exploring the Feasibility of Obtaining Mifepristone and Misoprostol from the Internet
Date:
2017
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SRH Education Resource Types: Publications
The authors aimed to document the experience of buying abortion pills from online vendors that do not require a prescription and to evaluate the active ingredient content of the pills
Putting abortion pills into women’s hands: realizing the full potential of medical abortion
Date:
2018
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SRH Education Resource Types: Publications
“The promise of medical abortion to both reduce maternal mortality and morbidity from unsafe abortion and to expand the reproductive rights of women can only be realized if information and
Capacity and Consent: Empowering Adolescents to Exercise their Reproductive Rights
Date:
2015
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SRH Education Resource Types: Publications
This publication sets forth the barriers adolescents face in realizing their sexual and reproductive health and rights, discusses recent critical developments in the human rights framework underpinning these rights, and
Global Abortion Policies Database
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SRH Education Resource Types: Websites
The Global Abortion Policies Database includes information on abortion laws, policies, health standards, and guidelines as stated in the source documents, with notes that provide details on unique policy nuances.
Health Worker Roles in Providing Safe Abortion Care and Post-Abortion Contraception
Date:
2015
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SRH Education Resource Types: Publications
This WHO guide aims to provide evidence-based recommendations on the safety, effectiveness, feasibility and acceptability of involving a range of health workers in the delivery of recommended and effective interventions
Emergency Contraception Status and Availability
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SRH Education Resource Types: Websites
The International Consortium for Emergency Contraception provides a database of the status and availability of different types of Emergency Contraception around the world.
Sexuality and Disability in the Indian Context
Date:
2010
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SRH Education Resource Types: Publications
Sexuality and Disability in the Indian Context presents an overview of the current scenario in India vis a vis sexuality and disability. This working paper is a collation of information
Abortion Rights around the World – Interactive
Date:
2014
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SRH Education Resource Types: Websites
The Guardian presents continent-wide summaries and country-by-country breakdowns of abortion rights and lack thereof from the UN World Population Policies database.
