As we approach the September 28 Day of Action, I am happy to share a new Pathfinder International tool that will help organizations and groups advocate for policy changes that increase access to safe, legal abortion around the world: Abortion Policy Scan for Advocacy (also available in French).

www.pathfinder.org/publications-tools/abortion-policy-scan-for-advocacy.html<http://www.pathfinder.org/publications-tools/abortion-policy-scan-for-advocacy.html>

Unsafe abortion is a major cause of death and disability for women around the world, especially in low-income countries. A woman’s right to have an abortion must be upheld to reduce high maternal mortality and morbidity, but also because it is essential to protect a woman’s right to make her own choices about her body, her reproduction, and her life. To protect women’s right to bodily sovereignty and to eliminate maternal mortality and morbidity from unsafe abortion, safe abortion must be accessible by all women, without restrictions. Organizations can use advocacy as a tool to increase access to safe abortion.

This tool is intended to help organizations assess the official policies and laws governing abortion care as compared with the actual situation on the ground. Users can then identify challenges to and opportunities for improving access to safe abortion through policy change. A team can use this tool as an interview guide with key informants and a research guide when studying relevant documents. After assessing the policy and on-the-ground contexts for abortion and identifying opportunities for advocacy using this tool, users can then turn to Pathfinder’s Straight to the Point Advocacy package to plan a specific advocacy initiative. These three simple tools are available in English, French, and Portuguese.

www.pathfinder.org/publications-tools/publication-series/Straight-to-the-Point-Advocacy.html<http://www.pathfinder.org/publications-tools/publication-series/Straight-to-the-Point-Advocacy.html>

Please share widely and contact me if you have any questions.

Apologies for cross-posting!

Best,
Olivia

For more on the Sept. 28 Day of Action, see: www.september28.org

Olivia Moseley
Technical Advisor for Instructional Design, Technical Services Unit
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