Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters

📣 Exploring Somali-born women’s experiences with contraceptive services in Sweden through a reproductive justice lens

New research by Anna Wängborg, Marie Klingberg-Allvin, Sahra Saidarab, Cristina A. Mattison, Elin C. Larsson and Helena Kilander highlights how Somali-born women navigate contraceptive care in Sweden.

👉 Drawing on focus group discussions with 60 women, the study reveals how reproductive choices are shaped by community, household and partner dynamics, alongside women’s own experiences with health services.

🌍 The findings point to the urgent need for person-centred contraceptive care that listens to women’s voices, avoids stereotypes and addresses intersecting power dynamics within health systems.

Advancing reproductive justice means designing services that reflect people’s lived realities.

Read the research article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26410397.2026.2667110

How are our emotions being shaped, monetised, and mediated by technology?

In light of the recent cancellation of RightsCon 2026, S*xual and Reproductive Health Matters (SRHM), in collaboration with the Queensland University of Technology, is supporting Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani, CONICET, the NOMADIC project and partners to host Emotional Capitalism and Artificial Intimacy - ensuring these important conversations continue.

This session explores how digital platforms and AI are transforming intimacy, relationships, and emotional life, raising critical questions about power, care, and connection in increasingly technologised societies.

🎙️Speakers:

👉 Dr Zahra Stardust (Moderator): Australian Research Council (ARC) DECRA Fellow; Co-Chair, World Association for S*xual Health S*xual Rights Committee, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the QUT (Queensland University of Technology)

👉 Micaela Mantegna: Known as the ‘Abogamer’, Micaela is a video game lawyer and activist, renowned for her expertise in digital ethics, extended reality (XR) policy, and the complex intersections of artificial intelligence, creativity, and copyright law.

👉 Dianela Gahn: Dianela is a sociologist and interaction designer working across urban research, gender, sociotechnical systems, and with a growing interest in AI governance. She is a CONICET Research Fellow and doctoral candidate at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), affiliated with IHUCSO Litoral and IIGG. She is also a researcher in the NOMADIC project (Horizon Europe).

📅 Join the conversation on Monday 22 June 2026
🎟️ Register: https://events.humanitix.com/emotional-capitalism-and-artificial-intimacy