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This World Contraception Day, join Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, The Pleasure Project and the UN’s Special Programme in Human Reproduction (HRP) for the launch of a brand-new systematic review on sexual well-being and contraceptive use – a bold piece of research published in the Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM) Journal, the first of its kind, that explores how pleasure, satisfaction, and sex life concerns influence people’s contraceptive discontinuation.
Whether you’re a policymaker, funder, designer, health provider or just curious about how contraceptive programmes could better serve real people’s lives and desires, this is the conversation you’ve been waiting for.
Programme and speakers
Welcome by Sapna Desai | Editor in Chief, Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM)
Introductory poem by Theresa Mae Caragan (Youth Advisor, Plan International)
Panelists
- Dr Lianne Gonsalves | Technical Officer, HRP and the World Health Organization (WHO)
- Dr Faysal El Kak | President, World Association of Sexual Health and Director of the Women Integrated Sexual Health (WISH) Program Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American University of Beirut Medical Center
- Dr Samukeliso Dube | Executive Director, FP2030
- Moderated by Anne Philpott | Founder, The Pleasure Project
The full paper, The Sex Effect: The prevalence of sex life reasons for contraceptive discontinuation: A systematic review and meta-analysis will be available online and free to read in the SRHM Journal from 26 September 2025, World Contraception Day.
Authors: Mirela Zaneva, Nandita Thatte, Anne Philpott, Clara Maliwa, Rhiana Mills, Lianne Gonsalves