Dear Team,

It's been over a year since Ukraine was invaded by Russia and forced into violent conflict—resulting in the tragic and brutal deaths of thousands of people. Over the past year, more than 8 million refugees from Ukraine have fled into neighboring countries and beyond.

The majority of these refugees are women and children, and when many of them leave Ukraine they first enter Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. In these host and transit countries they face severe barriers to accessing sexual and reproductive health care and the laws and policies on sexual and reproductive rights are among some of the most restrictive in Europe.

In response, we have partnered with national organizations on the ground in a joint initiative to identify and address barriers to sexual and reproductive health care faced by refugees. We have also provided support to these organizations for their direct support and assistance to refugees in Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia.

Your support for our work extends across borders, reaching people where they are, when they most need help.

For those fleeing Ukraine, longstanding barriers to the fundamental right to reproductive health care in many neighboring countries are giving rise to real-time harm.

Your support allows us to help our partner organizations who are providing assistance to refugees in these rapidly changing conditions.

Please consider donating today to help us advocate for the reproductive rights of those fleeing Ukraine, and people around the world who have been denied their fundamental human right to reproductive health care.

With gratitude,

Leah Hector
Senior Regional Director for Europe