Advancing Disability-Inclusive Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: Reflections from ICFP The International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) 2025 in Bogotá, Colombia, was a powerful reminder of why the global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) community must commit to… Article 27 January 2026
The race to end maternal and newborn mortality in Kenya; Bungoma County reasserts the importance of investing in MNH during programme launch The MNH Context in Kenya Six years remain in Kenya’s quest to achieve the targets for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 to reduce maternal deaths to less than 70 per 100,000… Article 3 April 2025
Kenya’s revised National Family Planning Guidelines: A bold step towards more inclusive and gender-responsive programming Family planning (FP) is essential for improving the health of mothers and children, empowering women, driving economic growth and supporting environmental sustainability. It is also a cornerstone of universal… Insight 10 December 2024
A historic breakthrough: Somaliland signs national anti female genital mutilation policy After more than a decade of persistent advocacy, the Somaliland government took a historic step in the fight against female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C). President H.E Muse Bihi Abdi formally approved the… Options news 6 November 2024
Louisa is a community health provider in the Androy region, helping women in the most rural and remote areas of southern Madagascar to access contraception (Credit: Rija Randrianasolo) Options joins partnership to deliver sexual and reproductive health and rights programme in 13 sub-Saharan African countries Options is part of the new, UK aid-funded Women’s Integrated Sexual Health 2 (WISH 2) programme led by MSI Reproductive Choices in West and Central Africa and the International Planned… Options news 4 October 2024
filter: 0; jpegRotation: 0; fileterIntensity: 0.000000; filterMask: 0; module:1facing:0; hw-remosaic: 0; touch: (-1.0, -1.0); modeInfo: ; sceneMode: Night; cct_value: 0; AI_Scene: (-1, -1); aec_lux: 44.0; hist255: 0.0; hist252~255: 0.0; hist0~15: 0.0; Looking back at Ghana Somubi Dwumadie's achievements in advancing mental health and disability rights As we bid farewell to our UK aid-funded Ghana Somubi Dwumadie (Ghana Participation Programme), we take a moment to reflect on its significant achievements in advancing mental health and disability rights… Options news 27 September 2024
Options hosts event on strengthening primary health care delivery and accountability with Nigeria National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and Nigeria UHC Forum Options co-hosted an event with the Nigeria National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and UHC Forum on 15 August 2024 in Abuja to discuss how to harness multi-stakeholder… Options news 22 August 2024
A man in a wheelchair transporting himself home after a meeting at a local church at Ntumda in the Biakoye District of the Oti Region./Ghana Somubi Dwumadie Ghana Somubi Dwumadie launches disability and mental health webinar series Our mental health and disability programme Ghana Somubi Dwumadie (Ghana Participation Programme) is running a series of webinars, which are running from 27 August and 10 September. Click here… Options news 21 August 2024
Survivor leadership vital in the fight against female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C) Survivors are rarely adequately supported, and may be at risk of harm within the end female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C): Pressured to share their stories in public spaces, unpaid for their work,… Options news 12 June 2024
A man in a wheelchair transporting himself home after a meeting at a local church at Ntumda in the Biakoye District of the Oti Region./Ghana Somubi Dwumadie Reflections on the UK government's disability and inclusion rights strategy: Making the case for more investment I recently travelled to Ghana to visit our Ghana Somubi Dwumadie programme, which is a four-year Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) funded disability inclusion programme, to discuss how… Insight 6 June 2024