The SAIGE Convention 2025 was held on 8th and 9th of August in Colombo, Sri Lanka gathering more than 50 SAIGE members representing Asia, Africa and Latin America to strengthen alliances and build solidarity towards advancing the safe abortion movement.
Under the theme of Reclaiming the Right to Safe Abortion: Reproductive Justice for All, participants engaged in cross-regional as well as intergenerational knowledge-sharing about diverse contexts of the Global South in relation to abortion access and progression of the abortion rights movement and built their capacities to navigate their own distinct, but crucial roles in the safe abortion eco-system as advocates, activists, service providers, academics, and researchers.
Participants co-designed collective responses to anti-choice rhetorics and abortion stigma strategising constructive ways to engage with opposition actors, and also practiced intersectional approach to movement building by curating inclusive key messages and policy asks being cognisant of the heightened challenges faced by marginalised groups in accessing abortion services.
During the SAIGE Convention, members took important strides towards collective movement building as a Global South network, and made a strong commitment to take the safe abortion agenda forward in abortion solidarity.