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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="georgia, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Warm greetings from the Gender Justice Thematic Group!</span><span lang="EN-US" style=""></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="georgia, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">We hope this email finds you all safe and well.</span><span lang="EN-US" style=""></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="georgia, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">With the <b>International Safe Abortion Day </b>on <b>28<sup>th</sup> September </b>around
the corner, we think that it is an important opportunity and space for the
Gender, Justice Group of People's Health Movement (PHM) to reiterate the demand
for ‘Access to safe, quality and legal abortion’ and strengthen global
solidarity on women’s /feminists and public movements and speak out for the
Abortion rights of ALL- young girls, women / pregnant persons. We as
PHM issued a </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://phmovement.org/statement-on-access-to-safe-quality-and-legal-abortion/" target="_blank">statement</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> following the
fourth People’s Health Assembly (PHA4) in 2018, which was widely appreciated
and contributed to building solidarity with other networks and movements.</span><span lang="EN-US" style=""></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="georgia, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style=""></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="georgia, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Of the 56 million abortions that happen each year, 25 million are
unsafe with a resulting estimated 22,000 women and girls dying —roughly 8
percent of all global maternal deaths—and 7 million more suffering serious,
often permanent, injuries. The vast majority of these deaths and injuries are
preventable and occur where laws are most restrictive. Evidence shows that
restricting access to abortion does not decrease women seeking abortion, it
only makes it less safe, especially for the poorest and most vulnerable women
and girls. (Global Declaration on Abortion, Nairobi Summit on ICPD25)</span><span lang="EN-US" style=""></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="georgia, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style=""></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="georgia, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Over the last 25 years, some governments, health care providers
and civil society have initiated efforts to advance women’s and girls’ sexual
and reproductive health and rights within the realm of universal health care
and reproductive justice, in line with international human rights standards and
public health guidance, including liberalizing abortion laws in over
50 countries. This necessitates wide mobilization, solidarity and reinforcement
of SRHR including of young girls, women / pregnant persons, to
counter the threats and dilution of Abortion rights and other SRHR by
governments as well as fundamentalist forces, including in the current pandemic
lockdown contexts.</span><span lang="EN-US" style=""></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="georgia, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">On <b>28<sup>th</sup> September</b>, many feminist and
rights based groups convene together to observe the <b>International Safe
Abortion Day</b>- to visibilise the continued violation and marginalisation of
this issue, its impact on their lives across the intersections of race, caste,
ethnicity, disability, age, class, religion etc., and the politics of
policies and criminalisation.</span><span lang="EN-US" style=""></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="georgia, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style=""></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="georgia, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">The Gender thematic Circle invites you to join the campaign for
Right to safe abortion on 28<sup>th</sup> urging governments, UN agencies,
civil society organizations, health providers, the private sector and the donor
community to make abortion, including abortion self-care, safe, legal,
available, accessible and affordable by eliminating all laws and policies that
restrict or criminalize access. (Global Declaration on Abortion, Nairobi
Summit on ICPD25)</span><span lang="EN-US" style=""></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="georgia, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Towards this we are proposing the following ideas ;</span><span lang="EN-US" style=""></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="georgia, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">1. Create posters reaffirming abortion rights/key messages-upload
on social media and tag. Twitter @PHMglobal@WeAreSama and any of your
Organisations, Regional Chapters</span><span lang="EN-US" style=""></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="georgia, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">o <i>Key messages for social media such as:
Recognise safe abortion as an essential health service; ; Reproductive rights
are human rights, etc. We will share more messages in the coming week. Use
hashtags #SafeAbortion #AbortionRights #PHMGenderJustice</i></span><span lang="EN-US" style=""></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="georgia, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">2. Make short videos and share with us to be disseminated on
social media.</span><span lang="EN-US" style=""></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="georgia, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">3. Organise or if you have already planned panel
discussions/webinar in your region/circle, do share the link with this group if
it is an open space for participation.</span><span lang="EN-US" style=""></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="georgia, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">4. Share messages, posters, pictures, videos, links to the 28<sup>th</sup> September
events in your networks, countries, regions. </span><span lang="EN-US" style=""></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="georgia, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style=""></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="georgia, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Look forward to hearing back from you. Please share the email with
your regional/national/local chapters.<br><br></span><span lang="EN-US" style=""></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="georgia, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">In Solidarity,</span><span lang="EN-US" style=""></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font face="georgia, serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Sarojini N, Adsa and Deepa <br><span style="color:rgb(58,58,58);text-align:start">(On behalf of Gender, Justice and Health Thematic Group of PHM)</span> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"> </span></font><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;font-size:12pt"></span></p></div>