The RRAAM Blog

serves as a space for individuals and groups to share SRHR-related experiences and thoughts, through articles that showcase narratives not often seen in the mainstream. We seek to educate and spread awareness on the need for greater SRHR awareness from a rights-based perspective.

 

Period poverty: The real menstrual pains by Tam Xueh Wei

Period poverty: The real menstrual pains by Tam Xueh Wei

To those who menstruate, have you ever had one of those incidents when your period came a little too early and you weren’t prepared for it? And so you scramble to the toilet for a stop-gap measure before you finally find a convenience store? Yes, we’ve all been there....

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Why is sex taboo by Rina Md Mansor

Why is sex taboo by Rina Md Mansor

I had personally always found it such a cringe, cringe, moment when parents, educators, or older people spoke about sex. One, they make it super awkward. Two, they don’t even say S-E-X. And three, it’s nearly always perpetuating concepts practises that they acquire...

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Getting an abortion as a young teenager: my story by Eyla.

Getting an abortion as a young teenager: my story by Eyla.

Being a pregnant 16-year-old teenage girl in a foreign country can be frightening, yet this was my reality 7 years ago. I had recently moved to another country with my family. The fetus that I was carrying was conceived by me and my 19-year-old boyfriend at the time...

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#abortionpills by Fatimah Kamis

#abortionpills by Fatimah Kamis

A few months back, I received a direct message on Facebook Messenger from an unknown account, possibly a fake one. Normally I would just ignore such messages because more often than not they are from scammers, but not this time. The message sent was short, but still...

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Being Single and In Need of Affordable Contraception by Mya

Being Single and In Need of Affordable Contraception by Mya

A few years back when I was 24, curious about the affordability and accessibility of long acting reversible contraception (LARC), I called my nearest Klinik Nur Sejahtera branch to ask regarding copper IUD. I was sexually active with a single partner at that time, but...

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On Contraceptive Access in Malaysia by Sin

On Contraceptive Access in Malaysia by Sin

On Contraceptive Access in Malaysia by Sin On the 21st of August 2019, Abdul called me, panic stricken. In the months prior to the phone call, he had had intercourse with his girlfriend that resulted in a 3 month absence of menstruation. He was panic stricken. The...

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The Problem with Abstinence Only Education by Hew Li-Sha

The Problem with Abstinence Only Education by Hew Li-Sha

At seventeen, when asked to share something interesting about myself, I boasted to the entire class that I was a virgin. I was not, but I had just attended an abstinence workshop which encouraged a sanctimonious attitude. The workshop was a weekend of passionate...

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