The International Day of Action for Women’s Health 2022 — ‘Resist And Persist’

International Day of Action for Women’s Health is celebrated every year on 28 May to raise awareness on women’s health and well-being-related issues like Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). The day has been in effect since 1987 during a reunion of the members of Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) in Costa Rica to implement the need for taking action, mobilizing, and highlighting the demands towards the execution of women’s rights.

This year’s 2022 theme for the international day is ’Resist and Persist’, to overcome the gendered impacts amidst global uncertainty set by the coronavirus pandemic.

Despite ongoing efforts, there is still a lag in the context of gender rights for females like inequalities in care burdens, reproductive health services, and gender-based acts of violence during the post-pandemic recovery, remaining unaddressed.

Need for Women Rights

Some of the rights included by SRHR for women are the following:

• Use modern contraceptive methods
• Sexuality education
• Choose their partner
• Receive information on sexuality
• Safe abortion and post-abortion care
• Women should know about prevention, and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and infections
• Women being cautious about health care
• Awareness of medical facilities, contraceptives, and other help
• Protection from HIV/AIDS
• Women should be given safe and legal abortion facilities

Moreover, several setups like The Latin American and Caribbean Women’s Health Network (LACWHN) and Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) strive toward warranting successful women’s healthcare.

The global campaign invites everyone to stand up for the rights of women by sharing their views and drives through social media using the hashtags #ResistAndPersist, #WomensHealthMatters, & #SRHRisEssential.

Source-Medindia