Our growing community In 2025, we welcomed 171 new members. We are now supporting, connecting, and providing spaces and resources to more than 2,900 changemakers leading transformative abortion justice movements in 130 countries. Our members are made up of abortion justice collectives, activists, community workers, researchers, abortion providers, funders, grassroots groups, and more—powering the resilient […]

Last year, inroads marked 10 years of building, holding, and resourcing a global abortion justice community. Today, the network connects more than 2,600 abortion justice changemakers organizing across regions at the intersections of abortion stigma and systemic oppression. For us, anniversaries invite reflection, not only on growth and learning, but also on responsibility. Alongside this, […]

We’re pleased to share that we are welcoming new members to the inroads board! Cherished inroads members Oriana, Marevic, and Dr. Monica are joining this role with a deep commitment to stigma-busting abortion justice, movement accountability, and the belief dismantle stigmatizing narratives and practices is central to expanding access to quality and dignified abortion healthcare.  […]

At the recent Global Artivism Convening, inroads co-organized the session Forging Feminist Pathways to Reproductive Justice in partnership with Everystory Sri Lanka, Bloco Ay Que Alivio, and Instituto Lamparina. A space to explore how feminist storytelling and artivism can transform research, lived experience, and collective struggle into emotional narratives that move and transform.  Moderated by […]

This year, inroads joined over 50 abortion rights advocates, activists, researchers, lawyers, and movement leaders from across the Global South at the SAIGE Convention – a two-day gathering dedicated to advancing reproductive justice and reclaiming the right to safe abortion. The convention created a powerful participatory space where diverse voices came together to reflect, learn, […]

This year, inroads brought abortion justice movements’ spaces, practices, and insights to the Global Gathering for Digital Rights — an international convening that brings together digital rights defenders from around the world for collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and co-created activities focused on digital rights, online security for civil society, and the growing challenges at the intersection of […]

Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we want to reflect together on an area of gender violence that often goes unnamed: the violence that happens when laws, norms, and institutions give abusers even more power over women and pregnant people. As depicted in these illustrations… For many, this is […]

This new community workbook is designed for abortion advocates, organizers, and community researchers who want to lead their own participatory workshops, wherever they are in the world. It offers practical guidance grounded in storytelling, reflective dialogue, and collective exploration of values, using a multilevel model of stigma as a framework. This resource is for those […]

In the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, abortion is permitted only when the pregnant person’s life is in danger — and even then, it requires authorization from both health professionals and the husband. Across Iraq, abortion remains largely criminalized, forcing many to face stigma, silence, and unsafe conditions when navigating reproductive care. Amid this reality, inroads […]

Join us for a powerful gathering of storytelling, co-creation, and collective strategy as we celebrate the release of our new community workbook to tackle abortion stigma. inroads and the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU) invite you to this community space marking the launch of Our Stories, Our Power: Exploring Community Values Around Abortion – […]