Global sexual and reproductive health and rights: challenges, opportunities, policy, practice

This term’s Cambridge Reproduction Forum will convene a cross-disciplinary community of researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and advocates to examine the challenges and opportunities in advancing global sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Through a series of thematic interdisciplinary dialogues, the Forum will foster critical dialogue across disciplines and sectors to generate actionable insights and strengthen collaborative approaches.

Registration now open!

The programme will include a session on the current landscape of global reproductive politics, exploring policy, funding, and geopolitical dynamics; a session on navigating reproductive justice in diverse contexts, with attention to structural inequities and lived experiences; and a dedicated session on global adolescent SRHR, highlighting gaps in research, policy, and service delivery.

By bringing together diverse perspectives, the Forum aims to advance innovative, equitable, and rights-based approaches to SRHR globally. 

This event will be in-person, in Cambridge. 

Programme

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15:00 - Introduction and welcome

15:05 - Interdisciplinary dialogue: The current landscape of global reproductive politics

• Victoria Spencer, Head of Sexual and Reproductive Health, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Professor Sophie Harman, Professor of International Politics, QMUL
• Chair: Dr Lauren Wilcox, Director, University of Cambridge Centre for Gender Studies

15:40 - Flash Talks

16:10 - Break 

16:30 - Interdisciplinary dialogue: Navigating reproductive justice in different contexts

• Nihal Said, Senior Technical Advisor, Research and Partnerships, International Planned Parenthood Federation
• Professor Catherine Aiken, Professor of Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• Professor Jenny Hall, Professor of Reproductive Health and Co-Director of the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Reproductive Health, UCL
• Chair: Dr Francesca Moore, Associate Professor in Geography, Homerton College

17:05 - Flash talks

17:25 - Interdisciplinary dialogue: Global Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

• Dr Jane MacDougall, Director of Studies at Newnham College and Board Member, International Federation of Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology
• Dr Caron Kim, Medical Officer, Prevention of Unsafe Abortion, Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health, WHO 
• Chair: Dr Michalina Drejza, Visiting Fellow, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Specialty Registrar, Community Sexual and Reproductive Health

18:00 - Drinks and networking reception

Registration now open!