The 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive, Sexual Health & Rights

08/06/2026

in The Gleaner newspaper ✅ ✍️ "This year's Menstrual Hygiene Day as well International Day of Action for Women’s Health is a grim reminder that women's health is far from being a fundamental human right in reality. The writing on the wall is clear: if we are to deliver on the goal of gender equality for all by 2030, we must dismantle deep rooted stigma, secure bodily autonomy and eliminate period poverty."

Read insights from:
🌀 Joie Cortina, menstrual health and dignity advocate, and programme officer, Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)

🌀 Radha Paudel, activist & "lifelong rebel for Dignified Menstruation”, founder of Global South Coalition for Dignified Menstruation, and founder Director of Radha Paudel Foundation, Nepal

🌀 Rita Widiadana, gender and health justice advocate, Board member of Asia Pacific Media Alliance for Health, Gender and Development Justice (APCAT Media), and Co-Chair SHE & Rights Media Awards | Indonesia

🌀 Angel Babirye, President, African Youth and Adolescent Network East and Southern Africa (AfriYAN ESA), and CEO of Us for Girls Foundation, Uganda

🌀 Shobha Shukla, Coordinator of SHE & Rights campaign for gender equality and right to health (including SRHRJ) and Founder Executive Director of CNS (host)

✅ The Gleaner Newspaper, Sierra Leone (8th June 2026)
https://gleanersl.com/dignified-menstruation-is-the-cornerstone-of-gender-equality-and-rights/

✅ C N S👇
https://www.citizen-news.org/2026/05/dignified-menstruation-is-cornerstone.html

08/06/2026

✅ ✍️ "This year's Menstrual Hygiene Day as well International Day of Action for Women’s Health is a grim reminder that women's health is far from being a fundamental human right in reality. The writing on the wall is clear: if we are to deliver on the goal of gender equality for all by 2030, we must dismantle deep rooted stigma, secure bodily autonomy and eliminate period poverty."

Read insights from:
🌀 Joie Cortina, menstrual health and dignity advocate, and programme officer, Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR), Philippines

🌀 Radha Paudel, activist & "lifelong rebel for Dignified Menstruation”, founder of Global South Coalition for Dignified Menstruation, and founder Director of Radha Paudel Foundation, Nepal Radha Paudel Dignified Menstruation

🌀 Rita Widiadana, gender and health justice advocate, Board member of Asia Pacific Media Alliance for Health, Gender and Development Justice (APCAT Media), and Co-Chair SHE & Rights Media Awards | Indonesia

🌀 Angel Babirye, President, African Youth and Adolescent Network East and Southern Africa (AfriYAN ESA), and CEO of Us for Girls Foundation, Uganda

🌀 Shobha Shukla, Coordinator of SHE & Rights campaign for gender equality and right to health (including SRHRJ) and Founder Executive Director of CNS (host)

✅ Central Chronicle, India (op-ed page, 8 June 2026)
https://centralchronicle.com/epaper/index.php?pgno=6&date1=2026-06-08

✅ C N S👇
https://www.citizen-news.org/2026/05/dignified-menstruation-is-cornerstone.html

03/06/2026

's Audrey Galawu ✍️ and calls for a period friendly world making dignified menstruation a reality for all. Read insights from: SHE & Rights leader , Radha Paudel of Global South Coalition for Dignified Menstruation, Joie Cortina of Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR), Rita Widiadana - former Editor of The Jakarta Post, Uganda's Angel Babirye, and more.

https://zimbabwenow.co.zw/articles/22827/why-menstrual-products-are-essential-not-luxury-items

Gender justice advocates are calling for a fundame...

02/06/2026

🔷 👉Gender inequalities, harmful gender norms, stereotypes, and tropes have normalised the neglect of the well-being of girls and women, making them more vulnerable to AMR👈 says Shobha Shukla, Chairperson of Global AMR Media Alliance (GAMA) and coordinator SHE & Rights.

It is important for girls and women and people of all gender diversities to prioritise infection prevention and control, and access public healthcare services in a rights-based, gender transformative, non-stigmatising and non-discriminatory manner as and when needed.

👉Read more insights from speakers of SHE & Rights session at Conference 2026:
🔷 Dr Ijyaa Singh of ReAct Asia Pacific
🔷 Dr Soumya Swaminathan, former Deputy Director General for Programmes and former Chief Scientist of the World Health Organization - WHO
🔷 Bhakti Chavan, a survivor of extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB), and member of WHO Task Force of AMR Survivors
🔷 Shobha Shukla, CNS Founder Executive Director and Chairperson, Global AMR Media Alliance (GAMA)

🔶 The Sangai Express, India (part-10, op-ed page, 2 June 2026)
https://epaper.thesangaiexpress.com/index.php?edition=Mpage&date=2026-05-29&page=4

🔶 C N S
https://www.citizen-news.org/2026/05/good-girls-first-take-care-of.html

01/06/2026

✅ ✍️ "This year's Menstrual Hygiene Day as well International Day of Action for Women’s Health is a grim reminder that women's health is far from being a fundamental human right in reality. The writing on the wall is clear: if we are to deliver on the goal of gender equality for all by 2030, we must dismantle deep rooted stigma, secure bodily autonomy and eliminate period poverty."

Read insights from:
🌀 Joie Cortina, menstrual health and dignity advocate, and programme officer, Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR), Philippines

🌀 Radha Paudel, activist & "lifelong rebel for Dignified Menstruation”, founder of Global South Coalition for Dignified Menstruation, and founder Director of Radha Paudel Foundation, Nepal

🌀 Rita Widiadana, gender and health justice advocate, Board member of Asia Pacific Media Alliance for Health, Gender and Development Justice (APCAT Media), and Co-Chair SHE & Rights Media Awards | Indonesia

🌀 Angel Babirye, President, African Youth and Adolescent Network East and Southern Africa (AfriYAN ESA), and CEO of Us for Girls Foundation, Uganda

🌀 Shobha Shukla, Coordinator of SHE & Rights campaign for gender equality and right to health (including SRHRJ) and Founder Executive Director of CNS (host)

✅ Daily Good Morning Kashmir, India (op-ed page, 1 June 2026)
https://epaper.dailygoodmorningkashmir.com/epaper/edition/1834/gmk-june/page/5

✅ C N S👇
https://www.citizen-news.org/2026/05/dignified-menstruation-is-cornerstone.html

31/05/2026

🌀 ✍️ "This year's Menstrual Hygiene Day as well International Day of Action for Women’s Health is a grim reminder that women's health is far from being a fundamental human right in reality. The writing on the wall is clear: if we are to deliver on the goal of gender equality for all by 2030, we must dismantle deep rooted stigma, secure bodily autonomy and eliminate period poverty."

Read insights from:
🌀 Joie Cortina, menstrual health and dignity advocate, and programme officer, Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR), Philippines

🌀 Radha Paudel, activist & "lifelong rebel for Dignified Menstruation”, founder of Global South Coalition for Dignified Menstruation, and founder Director of Radha Paudel Foundation, Nepal

🌀 Rita Widiadana, gender and health justice advocate, Board member of Asia Pacific Media Alliance for Health, Gender and Development Justice (APCAT Media), and Co-Chair SHE & Rights Media Awards | Indonesia

🌀 Angel Babirye, President, Afriyan Eastern and Southern African Region - Afriyan ESA, and CEO of Us for Girls Foundation, Uganda

* Shobha Shukla, Coordinator of SHE & Rights campaign for gender equality and right to health (including SRHRJ) and Founder Executive Director of CNS (host)

Read here 👇
https://www.citizen-news.org/2026/05/dignified-menstruation-is-cornerstone.html

CNS is committed to rights-based communication, policy and advocacy for development justice (health, gender, climate and other SDGs)

31/05/2026

Pregnancy का कुरा - Diet, Exercise, Normal Deliveray, Postpartum De...

31/05/2026

's Fatima Saka writes ✍️ calls for a period friendly world making dignified menstruation a reality for all. Read insights from: SHE & Rights leader , Radha Paudel Dignified Menstruation of Global South Coalition for Dignified Menstruation, Joie Cortina of Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR), Rita Widiadana - former Editor of The Jakarta Post, Uganda's Angel Babirye, and more.

https://distinctnews.com.ng/menstrual-dignity-ignores-in-humanitarian-aid-experts-warn/

By Fatima Saka

30/05/2026

🔷 👉Gender inequalities, harmful gender norms, stereotypes, and tropes have normalised the neglect of the well-being of girls and women, making them more vulnerable to AMR👈 says Shobha Shukla, Chairperson of Global AMR Media Alliance (GAMA) and coordinator SHE & Rights.

It is important for girls and women and people of all gender diversities to prioritise infection prevention and control, and access public healthcare services in a rights-based, gender transformative, non-stigmatising and non-discriminatory manner as and when needed.

👉Read more insights from speakers of SHE & Rights session at Conference 2026:
🔷 Dr Ijyaa Singh of ReAct Asia Pacific
🔷 Dr Soumya Swaminathan, former Deputy Director General for Programmes and former Chief Scientist of the World Health Organization - WHO
🔷 Bhakti Chavan, a survivor of extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB), and member of WHO Task Force of AMR Survivors
🔷 Shobha Shukla, CNS Founder Executive Director and Chairperson, Global AMR Media Alliance (GAMA)

🔶 The Sangai Express, India (part-7, op-ed page, 29 May 2026)
https://epaper.thesangaiexpress.com/index.php?edition=Mpage&date=2026-05-29&page=4

🔶 C N S
https://www.citizen-news.org/2026/05/good-girls-first-take-care-of.html

30/05/2026

Indonesia's Betty Herlina ✍️ in Bincang Perempuan on period poverty, calling for making dignified menstruation a reality for all. Read insights from: SHE & Rights lead , Radha Paudel of Global South Coalition for Dignified Menstruation, Joie Cortina of Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR), Rita Widiadana - former Editor of The Jakarta Post, Uganda's Angel Babirye,

https://bincangperempuan.com/krisis-iklim-dan-inflasi-memperburuk-kemiskinan-menstruasi-global/

Aktivis global menyoroti dampak krisis iklim dan inflasi terhadap kemiskinan menstruasi. Produk menstruasi disebut bukan barang mewah, ................