Global sexual health discussions increasingly focus on moving beyond one-way “exporting” of interventions from the global North to the global South. Two outlets drawing on a shared The Conversation Africa/The Conversation piece argue that past decision-making on issues such as contraception, abortion access, maternal health, HIV prevention and treatment, comprehensive sexuality education, gender equity, and protection from sexual violence has often flowed predominantly in that direction.
The coverage frames the issue as not only about access to services, but also about whose knowledge guides policies and programmes. Both sources emphasize the importance of communal knowledge related to pleasure and wellbeing, and how local understandings can shape more relevant approaches. While they do not foreground government actions or specific case studies in the provided excerpts, the central context is a critique of top-down, externally driven models and a call for a shift in how sexual health strategies are designed and informed.
ARTICLE 2 reflects the same core argument, explicitly stating the need for global sexual health to move beyond exporting interventions to Africa.
