In India, young people and women face severe barriers to safe abortion care due to heteropatriarchal stigma, bias, and misinformation. This International Safe Abortion Day, we demand strengthened health systems offering respectful, judgment-free care, quality supplies, rights-based information, and trained providers. Abortion is life-saving healthcare; dignified access is a fundamental right. Continue reading
Prepared for the International Day of Action for Women’s Health on May 28, 2026, this poster reflects our work on gender-based violence. On this day, we reiterate that full realisation of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights requires complete freedom from violence. Continue reading
A poster prepared on the occasion of the International Women’s Day on 8 March 2026, calling for the immediate recongition of all forms of violence and access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive healthcare for the marginalised women, girls, and gender-diverse individuals. Continue reading
The patriarchal need to control sexuality significantly influences discussions on sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR). Women, young girls, gender-diverse people, and disabled individuals face stigma and humiliation when seeking SRHR services, including abortion. Access to comprehensive sexuality education is restricted, increasing vulnerability to gender-based violence. India recently proposed restricting the over-the-counter selling of emergency contraceptive pills, but international laws recognize emergency contraception as a basic human right. Continue reading
Sama is organising a two-day Roundtable, “Beyond Limitations: Reflections on the Current Landscape of Rights for Young People,” on 27–28 September, 2023 at the India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi on working at the grassroots with adolescents. Continue reading
Sama has co-created a short video along with community health workers, health activists, women leaders from Chhattisgarh as well as from Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Bihar, which provides a glimpse into the diverse, collective and creative efforts that have contributed to challenging the ground reality with regard to perspectives, information and health care access to safe abortion. Continue reading
