As colleagues around the world prepared to mark MSI’s 50th anniversary, Australia had the honour of celebrating first. Thanks to the time difference, MSI Australia and MSI Asia Pacific were among the first teams...

MSI Nepal has shared the success of an interactive community theatre initiative that helped local communities speak more openly about sexually and gender-based violence (SGBV) and connect more survivors with support. The initiative was...

Dr Petronela Ribeiro, clinic doctor at MSI Timor Leste, grew up in Dili, in a country still finding its path. Timor-Leste is one of the youngest nations in the world, and much of its...

For a young person with big hopes for the future, access to contraception can be life-changing.  It can mean staying in school. Finishing an education. Avoiding an unintended pregnancy. And having the chance to...

In Afghanistan today, delivering healthcare to women requires creativity, patience, and determination.   Restrictions on women’s and girls’ access to education have created an urgent challenge for the country’s health system. Many women who were...

Meet Maïmouna, a provider with MSI Mali whose passion for delivering birth control to local women and girls doesn’t stop at the clinic. She educates entire communities.  For years, many men in local communities...

Across the Asia-Pacific region, access to healthcare is shaped by more than whether a service exists.  For many people, distance, cost, limited infrastructure, stigma, disability, climate disruption or lack of trusted information can affect...

“What drives me in my work is that every young girl, every adolescent, every woman who needs help - they are my daughter,” says Nancy Hombo, Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Manager...

Maria* is raising seven children in a village in the central highlands of Timor-Leste.  Her husband works as a labourer to cover school fees, food and daily needs while Maria cares for the children...

What does it actually feel like to face an unintended pregnancy and carry the emotional weight of it largely alone? Neha Srivastava, a communications professional working in sexual and reproductive health at FRHS, MSI...