Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast
Episodes
The Constitutionalisation of Abortion in France and Beyond: Reflections Two Years On in a Global Context
04 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) Podcast, Eszter Kismődi speaks with Stéphanie Hennette-Vauchez, Professor of ...
Reconnecting SRHR and Devlopment Justice: Launch of the Global South Coalition
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the SRHM podcast, Eszter Kismődi, Chief Executive of SRHM, speaks with Professor Gita Sen, a globally recognised feminist econo...
Intersecting Crises and Cross-sector Solutions: Environmental Justice and SRHR
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the SRHM Podcast brings together leading experts to explore the intersections between environmental justice and sexual and reproductiv...
Power and authorship in gender and sexual and reproductive research
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Who produces knowledge on gender and sexual and reproductive health in Africa, and whose voices shape the evidence that informs policy and practice?In...
Survival strategies and health repercussions in forced displacement: Transactional sex in focus
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Podcast, Eszter Kismődi speaks with Dr Shirin Heidari and Professor Monica A. Onyango a...
Finding the Cosmos of Intimacies: Send Us Your Love Letters
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This Valentine’s Day and World Condom Day, SRHM turns to pleasure.In this episode, we spotlight the editorial of SRHM’s Pleasure Collection develo...
Re-release - Female genital mutilation in Africa: Politics of criminalisation
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On 9 September 2025, SRHM hosted a thought-provoking webinar to launch the open-access book Female Genital Mutilation in Africa: Politics of Crimina...
The Global Gag Rule Expanded: How Anti-Rights Ideology Is Governing U.S. Foreign Aid
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In a new episode of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) podcast, SRHM convenes leading experts and advocates to unpack the implications...
Extractivism, Gold Mining, and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Kenya: Community Realities and Wider Implications
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Eszter Kismodi, Chief Executive of SRHM, is joined by Allan Maleche (KELIN), Mercy Kalemela and Audrey Bigeti (Girls to Women Kenya) to explore how ex...
ACORCA: Building an African-led movement for safe abortion
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At a time when sexual and reproductive healthand rights are under renewed political and ideological attack globally, African researchers and advocates...
Sex, Satisfaction, and Switching: The Questions Contraceptive Research and Implementation Forgot to Ask
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On World Contraception Day, SRHM, in partnership with The Pleasure Project and WHO, hosted a powerful webinar launching a landmark systematic review: ...
A Landmark Win for Reproductive Rights: Kenya’s High Court Ruling on the National Reproductive Health Policy
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the SRHM Podcast, SRHM Chief Executive Eszter Kismodi speaks with Allan Maleche, Executive Director of KELIN Kenya, and Jerop Limo,...
The right to science in sexual and reproductive health and the legal status of the human embryo
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How should science shape laws and policies on reproductive health? What happens when ideology overrides evidence in decisions about IVF, abortion and ...
Surrogacy and bodily autonomy as a matter of sexual and reproductive justice
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On 8 October 2025, Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) co-hosted a global webinar titled “Surrogacy as a Matter of Sexual and Reproducti...
Female genital mutilation in Africa: Politics of criminalisation
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On 9 September 2025, SRHM hosted a thought-provoking webinar to launch the open-access book Female Genital Mutilation in Africa: Politics of Crimina...
Global progress in abortion law reform since ICPD
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the SRHM Podcast, host Eszter Kismödi speaks with Katie Mayall, Laurenne Ajayi, and Caitlin Gruer—authors of the article Global ...
Dr Faysal El Kak: Vision as the New President of the World Association for Sexual Health
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, SRHM Chief Executive Eszter Kismödi speaks with Dr Faysal El Kak, Associate Professor at the American University of Beirut and newly...
Telehealth abortion services in Kenya via Women on Web
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the SRHM Podcast, we explore how people in Kenya are accessing safe abortion care online in the face of restrictive laws and limite...
Re-release - Assisted Reproduction in Africa: Insights from Fertility Professionals
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, re-released from August 2024 for World IVF Day 2025, Nina Sun, the Associated Editor of the SRHM journal, speaks to Trudie Gerrits an...
The Acceptability of Misoprostol-Only Abortion Through Mail and Pharmacies in the U.S
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, host Nina Sun is joined by Dana Johnson, lead author of a new SRHM study exploring the acceptability of misoprostol-only medication a...
No Justice in a Genocide: Sexual and reproductive health and rights in Gaza
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this powerful conversation, host and SRHM Editorial Board member Laura Ferguson is joined by reproductive justice scholars Cordelia Freeman and Hal...
Ireland’s Abortion Journey: Stories of Silence, Struggle, and Reform
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does abortion access really look like in Ireland—before and after legal reform? In this powerful episode of the SRHM Podcast, host Mindy Jane R...
Avortement et stigmatisation sociale : Voix de jeunes femmes au Bénin
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dans ce premier épisode du podcast du Hub Afrique francophone de SRHM, fondé en 2019, Bouchra Assarag et Vincent De Brouwere accueillent Vanessa Dos...
Towards an inclusive and culturally sensitive conceptualisation of sexual well-being of young people
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the SRHM Podcast, SRHM Advcocacy and External Relations Manager, Lisa Welsh, speaks with Lore Remmerie, Nicole Leonetti and Aslan T...
Welcoming Bioética UNAM: A New Journal in the Bioethics and SRHR Field
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, SRHM Chief Executive, Eszter Kismodi, speaks to Gustavo Ortiz Millán, Editor in Chief of the recently launched journal 'Bioética UN...
The upcoming Reproductive Health Network Kenya Pan-African Scientific Conference
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Eszter Kismodi, Chief Executive of SRHM, speaks to Nelly Munyasia and Edison Omollo from the Reproductive Health Network Keyna (RHNK)...
Barriers and facilitators of participation in syphilis vaccine trials: a qualitative analysis to inform trial design and community engagement in the United States
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Emma Pitchforth, Executive Editor of the SRHM Journal, speaks to three of the authors of the recently published paper, Barriers and ...
Call for Papers: Ensuring access to abortion as a matter of rights, equity and justice
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we hear from Sundari Ravindran, Senior Editor of Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) Journal and Emma Pitchforth, Executive ...
Educating ideal neoliberal citizens: discourses of agency and responsibility in comprehensive sexuality education
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the SRHM Podcast is an audio recording of the paper, 'Educating ideal neoliberal citizens: discourses of agency and responsibility...
The impact of HIV funding cuts on trans health and beyond
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore the urgent impact of HIV funding cuts on trans health—and the ripple effects beyond. We hear from three advocates workin...
Attitudes Toward Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Their Associations with Reproductive Agency
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another thought-provoking episode of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters podcast! Today, we’re diving into a fascinating study pub...
Bridging the Gap: Maternal Care Challenges for Black & Latine Women in Indiana
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we’re tackling a pressing issue: the maternal health disparities faced by Black and Latine women—and how systemic barriers within...
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to sexual and reproductive health services for women and gender-diverse people with disabilities in Canada
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore a groundbreaking study titled "Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on access to sexual and reproductive health services for w...
Extending the concept of “obstetric violence” to post-partum experiences: cautions regarding the “first ever” pill for post-partum depression
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back with another important conversation that demands attention. Today, we’re diving into acrucial yet often overlooked issue: post-partumob...
The global impact of the Trump Administration’s Executive Orders on SRHR
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday 25 February 2025, Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) hosted an insightful webinar where we discussed the global impact of the Tr...
Voices from Africa: Combatting Anti-Rights Movements in Global SRHR Policy
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we have the privilege of hosting a crucial conversation with the authors of a thought-provoking new commentary published in the SRHM J...
Key Insights from the 2024 Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters Journal – A Conversation with Emma Pitchforth
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, SRHM Associate Editor Nina Sun sits down with SRHM Journal Executive Editor, Emma Pitchforth, to discuss the key highlights from the ...
We bawl so we are heard: the stories we must tell about obstetric racism
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the SRHM Podcast we are honoured to hear from Rochelle Maurice, the author of the recently published SRHM Commentary, We bawl so we...
Missed period? The significance of period-tracking applications in a post-Roe America
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is an AI recording of the paper 'Missed period? The significance of period-tracking applications in a post-Roe America' by Bridget Kelly...
The (mis)use of evidence in contested rights: the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls’ report on “prostitution and violence”
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the SRHM podcast is a recording of an important webinar hosted by SRHM on the (mis)use of evidence in contested rights on Wednesday 20...
Climate change and sexual and reproductive health: what implications for future research?
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is an AI recording of a highly insightful paper by Catherine Rousseau, a PhD candidate at the Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences...
Intersex Human Rights
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this Friday 8 November 2024, Intersex Day of Solidarity, SRHM is pleased to release a new podcast episode with Morgan Carpenter and Mauro Cabral Gr...
Why is a Harris-Walz win crucial for the sexual and reproductive health of young Americans and young people around the world?
03 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a new and timely episode of the SRHM Podcast, Eszter Kismödi speaks to Dr. Venkatraman Chandra-Mouli, distinguished expert on comprehensive sexua...
What do oral contraceptive pills have to do with human rights abuses in sport?
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the SRHM Podcast is an AI audio recording of the paper What do oral contraceptive pills have to do with human rights abuses in sport? ...
How arms exports can contribute to human rights violations of women living in Gaza: Examining states’ extraterritorial obligations under CEDAW
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On 16 October 2024, Eszter Kismödi, Chief Executive of SRHM, spoke to James Yap, Acting Director of the International Human Rights Program at the Uni...
Interview with Dr. Faysal El Kak from the bombings in Beirut, October 2024.
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eszter Kismodi, Chief Executive of Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) speaks to Dr. Faysal El Kak to get some first hand information of the...
Setting research priorities for prevention and response to child marriage in communities in the Arab region: findings from a multi-stage Delphi study involving practitioners across the region
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, our Associated Editor, Nina Sun talks to the authors of a recently published paper in the SRHM journal, 'Setting research priorities ...
Pleasure Matters
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this one-of-a-kind episode, we bring to you a dynamic and engaging discussion that took place on the 5th of September 2024, titled 'Pleasure Ma...
Rights- and evidence-based knowledge in legal action
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This podcast on rights- and evidence-based knowledge in legal action is part of a rights-based knowledge creation series by SRHM. The series includes ...
Samuel Bester: The Artist behind the Cover of our First Special Collection on Sexual Pleasure
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As SRHM gets ready to launch its first Special Collection on Sexual Pleasure, let’s hear from the artist behind the cover of this collection—Samue...
Access to assisted reproductive technologies in sub-Saharan Africa: fertility professionals' views
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Nina Sun, the Associated Editor of the SRHM journal, speaks to Trudie Gerrits and Andrea Whittaker, the authors of a recently publish...
Interview with Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad: The First Trans President of the European Federation of Sexology
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the Chief Executive of SRHM, Eszter Kismodi speaks to one of Norway’s most prominent trans people, Esther Esben Pirelli Benestad, a...
Editor's Summary: Obstetric violence in the United States and other high-income countries
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we hear from the authors of a recent SRHM paper 'Obstetric violence in the United States and other high-income countries: an integ...
30 Years of the International Conference on Population and Development: Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in an Era of Challenging Political Contexts
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode takes us through an important discussion that took place on April 17, 2024, organised by the University of Southern California's Inst...
What do Oral Contraceptives have to do with Human Rights Abuses in Sport?
21 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this important one-hour podcast episode, listen to moderator Professor Alice M. Miller, J.D. (co-director of the GHJP of Yale Law and Public Healt...
Laws governing access to sexual health services and information: contents, protections, and restrictions
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we hear from two authors of the paper 'Laws governing access to sexual health services and information: contents, protections, an...
Call for Papers: SRHM 2024 Open Issue
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, SRHM Associate Editor Nina Sun, talks to Executive Editor, Emma Pitchforth and Managing Editor, Pete Chapman, about an exciting new c...
Editor's Summary: Comprehensive sexuality education for outside of school settings
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In our latest podcast episode, Associated Editor of SRHM, Nina Sun, speaks to two colleagues from the United Nations Population Fund - Petar Mladenov,...
Battling Disinformation and Misinformation: Sexual and Reproductive Rights in the Digital Age
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was co-organised by SRHM and the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health, and moderated by the Institute's director and SRHM T...
Editor's Summary: Donor funding for SRHR advocacy
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Nina Sun, Associated Editor for the SRHM Journal speaks to Sundari Ravindran, Senior Editor of the SRHM Journal, about a recently pub...
Editor's Summary: Highlights from the 2023 Open Issue
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this 10 minute editor's summary episode we hear from Nina Sun, SRHM Associate Editor, and Emma Pitchforth, SRHM Editor-in-Chief. Emma gives an ...
The moral determinants of reproductive health—not “our lane”?
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In anticipation of the International Conference on Family Planning, this episode focuses on reproductive power and aligning actions with values in glo...
Pleasure Matters – shining a light on pleasure as a core element of SRHR
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, four experts discuss the importance of pleasure for health and wellbeing and how it connects to family planning and contraception. Th...
What just happened?: Abortion in the U.S. after Roe
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On June 24, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v. Wade and thus removed constitutional protection for abortion rights in the countr...
Sexual and reproductive health, rights and justice in the war against Ukraine 2022
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, SRHM Chief Executive Eszter Kismodi speaks with five experts on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in relation to the w...
Poetry for sexual and reproductive justice
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Following a call for poetry in September 2021, SRHM published its first poetry anthology on sexual and reproductive justice. To celebrate the release ...
Trans reproductive justice
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Avery Everhart, Blas Radi and A.J. Lowik. Together, they discuss the importance of inclusive language and best practices, how so...
US foreign policy and abortion
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Emily Maistrellis, Senior Program Officer at the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health at Columbia University Mailman ...
Surrogacy and reproductive justice
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, Mindy Jane Roseman, SRHM Associate Editor, Director of International Law Programs at Yale Law and Director of the Gruber Program...
Texas abortion ban: what it means and what happens next
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In September 2021, the state of Texas implemented Senate Bill 8 (SB8) banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, including in cases of rape and in...
Rethinking abortion legal reforms in India and South Korea
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
in this episode, Rupsa Mallik, Director of Programs and Innovation at CREA, a feminist international human rights organization based in the Global Sou...
The effectiveness of self-managed abortion using misoprostol alone
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Ruvani Jayaweera is in conversation with her colleagues Dr. Heidi Moseson, Ijeoma Egwuatu, and Ika Ayu Kristiangrum about recent ...
Rights-based SRHR research: concepts, principles and methodologies
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of a series on rights-based research and knowledge creation, SRHM Chief Executive, Eszter Kismodi, speaks with three leading exp...
Menstrual hygiene in Chennai, India during COVID-19 and beyond
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dr. Ankitha Manohar, a practicing OBGYN from India, interviews her friend and colleague, Dr. Nuzrath Jahan, a Master of Public Health...
Reflections on research published in 2020 and what's ahead
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this short episode, Nina Sun, SRHM Associate Editor, and Julia Hussein, SRHM Editor-in-Chief, look back at the research published in the SRHM Journ...