About Us
About SAIGE
Realizing Safe Abortion as a Human Right
The Safe Abortion Advocacy Initiative- A Global South Engagement (SAIGE) is a platform for Global South advocates, activists, academics and services providers committed towards realizing safe abortion as a human right.
Launched in 2018 and currently comprises 6 civil society organizations committed to realizing the right to safe abortion for all women through strategic interventions that recognize abortion as rights issue. SAIGE grew organically through deliberations and discussions with organizations working on promoting access to safe abortion.
Governments in the Global South are growing increasingly hostile to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. SAIGE creates a common platform to strengthen South-South solidarity.
The Need
Why SAIGE?
Unsafe abortion is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality. Worldwide, an estimated 68,000 women die from unsafe abortions each year, with around 25 million unsafe procedures taking place annually—almost all in developing countries.
The reluctance of governments to approach abortion through an integrated health and rights framework leaves women vulnerable. To effectively challenge persistent stigma within complex cultural and religious contexts, advocates need solidarity with other Global South voices pushing through similar barriers
Evidence-Based Advocacy
South-South Solidarity
Human Rights & SRHR Integration
Our Goals
Our Vision
Through research and evidence generation, SAIGE aspires to create a knowledge base for its partners and facilitate evidence-based advocacy at national, regional, and global levels.
SAIGE aims to be a platform to mobilize support for members while providing a network to share knowledge and shape discourse around safe abortion rights.
Our Mission
- Research and evidence generation thus bridging data gap in safe abortion advocacy in the Global South
- Movement building through a cross regional and cross movements/ issues approach to safe abortion advocacy embedded in a reproductive justice framework
- Building capacity of partners and members and creating a space of shared learning.
National level SAIGE meeting
in Bangladesh
Keynote address by ARROW at the ICPD +25 Summit side-event "Safe Abortion in Health Systems: Regional challenges, progress and accelerators"
SAIGE partners ARROW and RHAC at CEDAW 74 for Cambodia's CEDAW review