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This May 28 – International Day of Action for Women’s Health – activists and social justice movements across the globe are mobilizing in collective resistance to defend and advance sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and justice for all. We demand that governments fulfil their obligations under international human rights mechanisms and prioritize SRHR in development agendas, recognizing that it is not only essential but also inseparable from achieving gender equality, social justice, and sustainable development. We reclaim and assert the right of all women, girls, and gender-diverse people to bodily autonomy. We stand in firm resistance to the growing opposition and their regressive agenda—led by right-wing, nationalist, religious fundamentalist, and authoritarian forces—who seek to control our bodies, spread anti-rights narratives, fuel misinformation, restrict access to sexual and reproductive health information and services, and roll back hard-won gains.

The 2025 May 28 theme, “In Solidarity We Resist: Our Fight, Our Right!” captures the urgency and strength of collective resistance in the face of an alarming global backlash against sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), driven by well-funded and organized anti-rights actors. These attacks are neither isolated incidents nor mere political shifts; they are part of a deliberate, transnational strategy rooted in patriarchy and authoritarianism. Unified by a shared oppressive agenda, these forces seek to control bodily autonomy, silence rights-based movements, and dismantle systems of care and support that uphold SRHR and justice.