Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast

In partnership with the University of the Western Cape School of Public Health, SRHM is excited to launch a call for proposals for a themed issue on Queering Health Systems.

Shaped by a dynamic online consultation with organisations and experts across the field, this issue aims to spark bold, critical conversations and fresh perspectives on health policies and systems.

In this episode, we connect directly with the editorial team and Guest Editors and get everything you need to submit with confidence.

Whether you are an experienced researcher, practitioner, or emerging voice, this is your chance to contribute to a timely and important conversation.

Read the full call for proposals here

In this episode, Laura Ferguson is joined by Angela Baschieri and Martina Yopo Diaz to discuss the critical links between climate change and sexual and reproductive health and rights.

From disrupted reproductive healthcare and climate-related displacement to eco-anxiety and changing fertility decisions, the conversation highlights how the climate crisis is deeply affecting reproductive lives worldwide.

The episode also explores gaps in global policy frameworks, the unfinished agenda of the ICPD Programme of Action, and why equity, human rights, and meaningful participation must remain at the centre of climate action.

A thoughtful discussion on justice, sustainability, and the future of reproductive rights in a changing world.

Read From conception to care: a systematic review of the impact of the climate crisis on reproductive justiceby Martina Yopo Díaz, Valentina Gómez Aguirre and Loreto Watkins, published in Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters

Read International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action and climate action: an intersecting agenda by Angela Baschieri and Chiagozie Udeh, published in Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters

In this SRHM podcast episode, Eszter Kismődi speaks with three outstanding leaders and experts working at the intersection of digital rights and sexual and reproductive justice.

We were honoured to have Dr. Zahra Stardust, researcher at Queensland University of Technology’s Digital Media Research Centre; Martha Dimitratou, founder and Executive Director of Repro Uncensored; and Kali Sudhra, Executive Director of ESWA, European Sex Workers’ Rights Alliance, on the podcast to reflect on what happened behind the cancellation of RightsCon 2026 and why this matters profoundly for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), digital justice, and democratic participation globally.Read the blog by Dr. Zahra Stardust 'Defending Sexual and Reproductive Rights in the Aftermath of the RightsCon Cancellation' at srhm.org.

What does justice look like beyond policing, prosecution, and prisons?
In the latest SRHM Podcast, Eszter Kismődi speaks with Subha Wijesiriwardena and Susana T. Fried of Just Futures Collaborative about their new global campaign, Justice beyond Jails — an initiative rethinking responses to gender-based violence through rights-based, community-grounded approaches to safety and accountability.
The episode explores the campaign’s innovative interactive storytelling tool, cross-movement collaborations, and why feminist and human rights movements are increasingly questioning criminalisation as the default response to violence.
See the campaign at www.justfuturescollaborative.com/justice-beyond-jails

In this episode, we hear personal and professional reflections from Eszter Kismődi, Hungarian Citizen, International Human Rights Lawyer and Chief Executive of SRHM.

Just hours after the elections results were announced, Eszter hosts a series of conversations bringing together legal, generational, and civic perspectives on this political moment and its implications for democracy, human rights, and public institutions.