Documentation MMS Conference 2026

Programm

Speakers

Abstracts

Medienmitteilung

Photo gallery

Pictures of the conference by Daniel Rihs

Research and research gaps in climate change and sexual and reproductive health and rights

Presentation by Vanessa Brizuela, WHO HRP

Effect of heat on maternal, newborn and child health: from research to interventions

Presentation by Jeroen de Bont Karolinska Institute

Climate change, gender and SRHR in The Gambia: Local realities and challenges

Presentation by Fatou Jeng, Plant for the Planet

Missing from the evidence, missing from the response: disability inclusion in climate-SRHR programming

Presentation by Alessandra Aresu, Handicap International

Bar Talk: Climate change, water insecurity and women’s sexual and reproductive health in rural Nepal: insights from an anthropological study

by Nicole Guillaume (University of Lausanne) and Mouna Al Amine (Enfants du Monde)

SRHR risks in climate- vulnerable settings – an example from Bangladesh

by Tanzila Ahmed Zisa (Swiss Red Cross Bangladesh)

From waste to dignity: rethinking menstrual health in a changing climate

by Emily Au-Young, Reemi

Gender, disability and climate justice

by Pascal Frischknecht (CBM Schweiz, SDDC)

SRHR as a climate adaptation & justice strategy

by Meghna Joshi-von Heyden & Bárbara Battistotti Vieira (Women in Global Health Switzerland, Core Group)

Coffee Break Out Discussions: From Evidence to Action: What Needs to Change?

At the end, each group answers ONLY this one question: “What is ONE action that must happen next to better integrate SRHR into climate responses?”

Closing Panel: From evidence to political action

by Fatou Jeng (Clean Earth Gambia), Pernille Fenger (UNFPA), Maurane Riesen (Member of the Parliament, Canton Bern)