Activists warn new data shows government may have invested millions into the wrong female condom and may be on the verge of doing it again.
South Africa is pumping more money into female condom distribution. We look at what’s on the market and what’s to come for the femidom.
The government is making female condoms more accessible – and these come with extra benefits.
While female condoms exist to boost women’s control of their sexual health, negotiating safe sex should be a shared responsibility.
It makes ‘people sense’ for the government to invest in the sexual health needs of women.
Female condoms have sensualised sexual health thanks to the increased tactility of new materials.
A small NGO is asking the health department why these contraceptives for women aren’t as readily
available as their male equivalent.
Recently an as-yet unpublished study in South Africa found that 80% of men liked the female condom and the same percentage of women agreed.