On Expanding & Elevating the Field of Reproductive Health

As journal editors, we believe that our role in disseminating knowledge is one that is extremely important, not least because of the potential it has for societal impact. This is one of the reasons why we believe in the importance of uplifting marginalized voices, and also decolonizing who has access to those voices.

Empirical research is critical to understanding the impact and outcomes of reproductive health strategies, policies, and practices around the world. But we also need to understand the mechanisms that undermine access to reproductive healthcare, how different factors such as race, class, and gender function both individually and together to impact access, as well as variation across and within different regions. It is also important to consider reproductive health in the context of international relations, given the disparate impact of high resource countries on healthcare access in low resource countries through foreign policy, trade, and foreign aid money and institutions. Funders and institutions can play a vital role in addressing the SDGs by facilitating more research into these and other questions, which need to be addressed along the pathway to demonstrable societal impact.

Read the full interview here.