A right to health requires that everyone have access to good quality health care regardless of their ability to pay. Prior to the pandemic, Kenya piloted universal health care. COVID has renewed the urgency of implementing universal health care. This documentary explores Kenya’s journey towards universal health care in before and during the pandemic, as well as the next steps in achieving the right to health in a post-COVID world.

Sexual and reproductive health rights are not normally thought of as materialising in the workplace, but there are a numerous hurdles at work to women’s enjoyment of sexual and reproductive health. The final episode of Shaping the Future of Sexual and Reproductive Health at Work examines how workplaces, which have been created and designed for men, can be transformed using human rights to create working environments that are inclusive of diverse sex and gender needs.

The first episode, Strategies for Change, can be found here and the second episode, Of Abortion, can be found here, the third episode, Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights at School can be found here and the fourth episode Of Safe Childbirth can be found here.

While maternal mortality rates have been decreasing, they have not been decreasing for all types of women. Women in poverty, women with disabilities, young women, women in rural communities and women of colour, ethnic minority and Indigenous women are still at a high risk of maternal mortality and morbidity.

This episode of Shaping the Future of Safe Childbirth explores a range of maternal health issues– remoteness, data collection, obstetric violence and the impact of global technocratic policies–in US, Kenya, Mexico, India and Brazil. It talks to on-the-ground doctors, lawyers and advocates to reflect on how human rights offer tools to ensure that maternal health policies begin with where women live their everyday lives.

The first episode, Strategies for Change, can be found here and the second episode, Of Abortion, can be found here, the third episode, Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights at School can be found here and the final episode Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights at Work can be found here.

Schools needs to be a place of safety for learners. Tragically, sexual and reproductive health rights can be violated at school. This episode of Shaping the Future of Reproductive Rights at School examines three issues of human rights: menstruation, sexual violence and discrimination against pregnant learners. It looks at how these issues arise and how a human rights framework can assist in tackling them.

The first episode, Strategies for Change, can be found here and the second episode, Of Abortion, can be found here, the fourth episode, Safe Childbirth, can be found here and the final episode Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights at Work can be found here.

It is estimated that 25 million unsafe abortions happen every year. This episode of Shaping the Future of Abortion explores the role of human rights law in advocating for women’s right to safe abortion. It examines successful legal strategies employed in South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Kenya and Poland, considers how human rights can be used to redress on-the-ground barriers to access to abortion and how they can be used to mobilize support for women’s sexual and reproductive health rights.

The first episode, Strategies for Change, can be found here, the third episode, Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights at School can be found here. and the fourth episode, Safe Childbirth, can be found here and the final episode Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights at Work can be found here.

In 2015, the world committed itself in the Sustainable Development Goals to ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health rights in the next 15 years. Yet throughout the world, on a routine basis, the rights of women and girls are violated. Legislators and policymakers often ignore the sexual and reproductive health rights of women and rarely approach these issues from a human rights perspective. What role can human rights law play in addressing these challenges, and ensure progress towards the fulfilment of the SDGs.

The OxHRH new documentary series Shaping the Future of Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights focuses on activist experiences in the field of sexual and reproductive health rights, their success stories, and advice for fellow activists across contexts. The series take a comparative perspective and closely examine how the strong moral and legal imperatives of human rights can be given detailed substance by grounding them in local context and making them effective in relation to individuals’ lived experiences.

The first episode in Shaping The Future-Strategies for Change explores different tactics for using human rights law to achieve sexual and reproductive health. In talking to lawyers and activists from Kenya to Mexico, from The Philippines to Poland, the episode explores the role of data, strategic alliances, budgets, courts, Parliament, international human rights forum and community mobilisation in fulfilling sexual and reproductive health rights for all.

The second episode, Of Abortion, can be found here, and the third episode, Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights at School can be found here, the fourth episode, Safe Childbirth can be found here and the final episode Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights at Work can be found here.

Shaping the Future is a documentary series spans 5 episodes, covering sexual and reproductive health rights in the contexts of school and the workplace, as well as looking in detail at how to realise the right to safe childbirth, and access to abortion. The series begins with an episode that explores different human rights tactics in advancing sexual and reproductive health rights. Shaping the Future series take a comparative perspective and closely examine how the strong moral and legal imperatives of human rights can be given detailed substance by grounding them in local context and making sexual and reproductive health a reality to each individuals’ lived experiences

Right to a Better World is a documentary series produced in partnership with the Oxford Human Rights Hub, World Health Organization, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and Human Reproduction Programme exploring how human rights-based tactics can be used to achieve sexual and reproductive health rights for all – and drive meaningful progress towards the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

For decades, human rights-based tactics have been used to drive progress towards achieving sexual and reproductive health rights. In this four-part documentary series, Right To A Better World, experts and advocates from around the world share stories of their professional struggles and successes to achieve rights and well-being for their communities.

Right to a Better World is co-produced by the Oxford Human Rights Hub, World Health Organization, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Human Reproduction Programme. It explores how human rights are essential for meaningful fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.