“For FlowReady, menstrual health is just the starting point—we’re working to keep girls in school, prevent early marriage, and support the agency and opportunities that shape their futures.”
Menstrual health is often addressed too late—after girls have already experienced confusion, stigma, and disruption to their education.
Join FlowReady, one of Population Connection’s newest Global Partners, for a powerful virtual conversation on why preparing girls before their first period is one of the most overlooked and impactful interventions in advancing girls’ health, education, and autonomy.
In many communities, a girl’s first period is still seen as a signal that she is ready for marriage and childbearing, putting her health, education, and future at risk. FlowReady is working to change this story by equipping girls with knowledge, confidence, and support before they reach menarche, while engaging parents, teachers, and community leaders to shift harmful norms.
This conversation will explore how a simple shift—education before the first period—can unlock cascading benefits for girls’ health, confidence, and futures.
Following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June 2022, there were widespread concerns that this would signal the conclusion of abortion access in the United States. However, the brave efforts of individuals on the ground have enabled abortion services to continue in ways that many did not anticipate after the Dobbs ruling.
In After Dobbs, law professor David Cohen and sociologist Carole Joffe interviewed 24 individuals across various professions related to abortion, each situated in different political climates across states. Their goal was to uncover how the abortion-providing community and its supporters prepared for and responded to this pivotal moment. Conducted at three distinct intervals throughout 2022—before the Dobbs decision, immediately after it, and six months later—these conversations illustrate how adaptive thinking from providers, growth and new delivery models of abortion pills, and the never-ending efforts of those who help with abortion travel and funding have ensured that most people who want them are still getting abortions, even without Roe.
While this is undoubtedly a reason for hope, the work required to make abortion possible is difficult and costly—in time, money, and emotion. There may soon come a time when the overturning of Roe means a much more severe decline in the number of people able to obtain the abortions they seek. But because of the work of the people in this book and those like them, even though Roe is dead, abortion is not . . . yet.
You don’t have to be a demographer to understand the fundamentals of human population growth. In fact, everyone must come to understand these issues if we’re going to ensure a positive quality of life for generations to come.
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