The brutal conflict since April 2023 has forced millions of people to flee their homes, leaving more than 12 million Sudanese people displaced. The vast majority—over 10 million people—remain within Sudan, representing the largest displacement crisis in the world.

Escalation of Israeli Violence and Occupation: After October 7th, 2023, Israel justifies an escalation of violence in Palestine, especially in Gaza. Israel uses gendered and reproductive violence, including raping Palestinian prisoners, threatening to out queer Palestinians, and severely limiting access to necessary reproductive health resources. Miscarriage rates, unmedicated C-sections, and lack of menstrual products all increase.

In 2022, The Sex Talk: A Muslim’s Guide to Healthy Sex & Relationships is published by HEART. Co-written by Nadiah Mohajir, Dr.Haddi Ceesay, and Navila Rashid, this book combines public health, fiqh, and anti-violence information.

In 2022, Roe v. Wade is overturned by the Supreme Court, severely limiting abortion protections in the US. As a result, people have to cross state lines for an abortion. There is increased criminalization for terminating pregnancies, including miscarriages.

In 2021, Texas passed the heartbeat bill, banning elective abortions at onset of fetal heart beat (aka after 6 weeks), severely limiting reproductive rights.

In the 2020s, Trump peace plan rejected. Normalization deals between Israel and some Arab states. Escalating tensions in Jerusalem lead to 11-day conflict in May 2021.

In September 2000, mifepristone, known as abortion pills, was approved by the FDA. Mifepristone is a drug that blocks a hormone called progesterone that is needed for a pregnancy to continue.

In the 2010s, Palestine-Israel peace talks were stalled. Settlement construction continues. Sporadic flare-ups of violence and war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

After the Arab Spring in 2011, civil war and unrest in Libya has led to famine and inequality in Libya.

In 2010, HEART was founded in Chicago. HEART begins providing comprehensive sex ed to co-ed groups of youth in mosques and other Muslim meeting spaces.

In 2006, the HPV vaccine was made available, protecting against genital warts and cervical cancer.

Twitter is launched in 2006 and is used for rapid grassroots organizing.

In 2006, Tarana Burkę launches the #MeToo movement.

In 2004, frustrated that women were excluded from earlier marches, five women’s rights organization announced a national march for reproductive rights.

On March 20, 2003, the US invaded Iraq.

In 2001, attacks on the Twin Towers by Al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden. The creation of the Department of Homeland Security and funding + infrastructure for the War on Terror.

In the 2000s, the second Palestinian Intifada erupts. Israel begins building separation wall. Hamas elected in Gaza. Blockade imposed in 2007.

In 1997, after years of discussion, a multiracial coalition of 16 groups representing Native American, African American, Latina, and Asian Pacific Islander American communities come together to create the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective.

In 1994, Women of African Descent for Reproductive Justice launched the Reproductive Justice framework. This historic full-page statement was published in The Washington Post with 800+ signatures.

In 1993, the first Oslo Accords signed, establishing the Palestinian Authority and framework for interim self-government.