Author: Victoria Boydell

Dr. Victoria Boydell is a social anthropologist who has carried out research in the U.K., the Philippines, El Salvador, Tanzania, Nigeria, Uganda, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan and Bosnia Herzegovina. After completing her Ph.D. at the London School of Economics and Political Science (2010), she oversaw global monitoring and reporting for the Fund for Gender Equality at U.N. Women and held a range of positions at the International Planned Parenthood Federation. She has over 15 years of experience in the field of family planning, reproductive health and gender equality.

It’s Time to Recognize Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Providers as Human Rights Defenders

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“You need to stop this work. We know where your children go to school.”

Around the world, frontline reproductive healthcare workers are facing physical and verbal abuse, public shaming and humiliation, both in-person and online, harassment, legal threats, death threats, sexual assault and rapes—simply for doing their jobs. Yet, many of those who commit acts of violence against SRHR workers, or those who publicly incite antagonism, largely escape accountability for the consequences of their actions. Enough is enough.