The Sex, Research & Resistance Podcast

In this two-part ThinkBites episode, Elizabeth Ascroft and Elise Denis-Ramirez reflect on their PhD research working with young people in the field of sexual reproductive health and rights in Latin America and the Caribbean. This episode captures their ongoing conversations around curating and facilitating spaces for creative, participatory, and action-based research.   In part 1 , they ask each o...

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In this episode, speakers Edem Ntumy (Reproductive Justice Initiative), Professor Emeritus Patricia Maguire (Feminist Trailblazers & Good Troublemakers Podcast), Dr Camilla Fitzsimons (Maynooth University) and host Elise Denis-Ramirez (Open University) meet to discuss reproductive justice in the context of participation and feminist knowledge creation. Listen in on a thought-provoking intergen...

In this episode, speakers Laura Ramos Tomás (TabuTabu), Anne Philpott (The Pleasure Project), Justin Hancock (Bish Training) and host Elizabeth Ascroft (Open University) discuss sexuality education beyond the confines of the classroom. Tune in to hear about sex ed as a continuous learning experience of bodies, relationships, identities and pleasure from youth and into our adult life. Our panelists...

In this episode, speakers Rachel Grocott, Dr Mandi Tembo, Dr Camilla Mørk Røstvik and host Dr Victoria Newton discuss pathways to end period poverty to ensure that everyone who menstruates experiences affordable, dignified and stigma-free periods. The panel explore what period poverty is and how it affects people around the world, how periods are represented in popular media and what communities c...

HIV/AIDS continues to be a poorly understood and stigmatised topic in the UK and elsewhere. A recent UK National AIDS trust study of public knowledge and attitudes reported that knowledge of HIV is patchy. The study found little awareness that treated HIV is untransmissible and many agreed that people with HIV face negative judgement. In recent years digital health interventions have been develope...

Information about and access to sexual health services is vital for everyone's health and well-being. Repeatedly, information about sexual health is not inclusive of gender-diverse people's needs. These groups often experience discrimination and stigma when trying to access sexual health services. In the second episode, Professor Peter Keogh is joined by Dr Anastacia Tomson, a South Africa...

Restrictive laws, poor implementation of services, or stigma can often prevent people from accessing abortion services in their own communities. In all of these situations, mobility plays a crucial role in preserving sexual and reproductive health rights. In this episode RSSH member Professor Lesley Hoggart is in conversation with Mara Clarke, founder of the UK-based Abortion Support Network and D...