All Staff Zara Ahmed US International Policy Officer Zara Ahmed no longer works for the Guttmacher Institute. Selected Publications June 2021 Policy Analysis Here's Why Sexual and Reproductive Rights Must Be the Linchpin of Feminist Foreign Policy Global March 2021 Blog / Letter / Op-ed The Next Federal Budget Matters a Lot for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights—Here’s What to Look Out for GlobalAbortion February 2021 Policy Analysis A Time for Change: Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in a New Global Era Guttmacher Policy Review GlobalAbortion February 2021 Policy Analysis The Case for Ending the “Global Gag Rule” and the Helms Amendment GlobalAbortion February 2021 Policy Analysis Just the Start: How the Biden-Harris Administration Must Build on Its Early Actions for Lasting Change GlobalAbortionContraception January 2021 Policy Analysis The Biden-Harris Administration Must Address Trump’s Last-Minute Attempts to Damage Health Care United StatesAbortionContraception December 2020 Policy Analysis The First 100 Days: Biden-Harris Administration Must Use Electoral Mandate to Advance Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights United States November 2020 Policy Analysis Reviving Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Biden-Harris Era September 2020 Blog / Letter / Op-ed The Trump Administration Wants to Make the Global Gag Rule Even More Harmful Ms. Magazine GlobalAbortion September 2020 Policy Analysis 2021 and Beyond: Key Federal Sexual and Reproductive Health Issues August 2020 Policy Analysis From Bad to Worse: The COVID-19 Pandemic Risks Further Undermining Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Many Countries GlobalAbortionContraceptionPregnancyTeens July 2020 Blog / Letter / Op-ed Here's Why Congress Must Repeal the Helms Amendment NBC GlobalAbortion July 2020 Policy Analysis Just $10 Per Person a Year Could Provide Sexual and Reproductive Health Services to All—Will the United States Help Make That Happen? GlobalAbortionContraception July 2020 Policy Analysis More Is Not Enough: It’s Time to Radically Scale Up Funding for Global Family Planning GlobalContraception July 2020 Policy Analysis The United States’ Withdrawal from WHO Is a Shortsighted Tantrum with Lasting Consequences for Sexual and Reproductive Health Global June 2020 Blog / Letter / Op-ed COVID-19 Could Have Devastating Effects on Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights New Security Beat Global April 2020 Policy Analysis The Unprecedented Expansion of the Global Gag Rule: Trampling Rights, Health and Free Speech Guttmacher Policy Review GlobalAbortionContraception April 2020 Policy Analysis Crisis on the Horizon: Devastating Losses for Global Reproductive Health Are Possible Due to COVID-19 Global April 2020 Research Article Estimates of the Potential Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health GlobalAbortionContraceptionHIV & STIsPregnancy April 2020 Policy Analysis Nine Things Congress Must Do to Safeguard Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Age of COVID-19 United StatesAbortionContraception March 2020 Policy Analysis The COVID-19 Outbreak: Potential Fallout for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Global November 2019 Policy Analysis The Integration of Family Planning and HIV Services: Fulfilling Our Promises to Young Women GlobalHIV & STIsTeens November 2019 Policy Analysis Congress and the Trump Administration Must Support the International Violence Against Women Act October 2019 Policy Analysis The Support UNFPA Funding Act: Righting a Policy Wrong GlobalContraception
June 2021 Policy Analysis Here's Why Sexual and Reproductive Rights Must Be the Linchpin of Feminist Foreign Policy Global
March 2021 Blog / Letter / Op-ed The Next Federal Budget Matters a Lot for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights—Here’s What to Look Out for GlobalAbortion
February 2021 Policy Analysis A Time for Change: Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in a New Global Era Guttmacher Policy Review GlobalAbortion
February 2021 Policy Analysis The Case for Ending the “Global Gag Rule” and the Helms Amendment GlobalAbortion
February 2021 Policy Analysis Just the Start: How the Biden-Harris Administration Must Build on Its Early Actions for Lasting Change GlobalAbortionContraception
January 2021 Policy Analysis The Biden-Harris Administration Must Address Trump’s Last-Minute Attempts to Damage Health Care United StatesAbortionContraception
December 2020 Policy Analysis The First 100 Days: Biden-Harris Administration Must Use Electoral Mandate to Advance Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights United States
November 2020 Policy Analysis Reviving Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Biden-Harris Era
September 2020 Blog / Letter / Op-ed The Trump Administration Wants to Make the Global Gag Rule Even More Harmful Ms. Magazine GlobalAbortion
August 2020 Policy Analysis From Bad to Worse: The COVID-19 Pandemic Risks Further Undermining Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Many Countries GlobalAbortionContraceptionPregnancyTeens
July 2020 Blog / Letter / Op-ed Here's Why Congress Must Repeal the Helms Amendment NBC GlobalAbortion
July 2020 Policy Analysis Just $10 Per Person a Year Could Provide Sexual and Reproductive Health Services to All—Will the United States Help Make That Happen? GlobalAbortionContraception
July 2020 Policy Analysis More Is Not Enough: It’s Time to Radically Scale Up Funding for Global Family Planning GlobalContraception
July 2020 Policy Analysis The United States’ Withdrawal from WHO Is a Shortsighted Tantrum with Lasting Consequences for Sexual and Reproductive Health Global
June 2020 Blog / Letter / Op-ed COVID-19 Could Have Devastating Effects on Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights New Security Beat Global
April 2020 Policy Analysis The Unprecedented Expansion of the Global Gag Rule: Trampling Rights, Health and Free Speech Guttmacher Policy Review GlobalAbortionContraception
April 2020 Policy Analysis Crisis on the Horizon: Devastating Losses for Global Reproductive Health Are Possible Due to COVID-19 Global
April 2020 Research Article Estimates of the Potential Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health GlobalAbortionContraceptionHIV & STIsPregnancy
April 2020 Policy Analysis Nine Things Congress Must Do to Safeguard Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Age of COVID-19 United StatesAbortionContraception
March 2020 Policy Analysis The COVID-19 Outbreak: Potential Fallout for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Global
November 2019 Policy Analysis The Integration of Family Planning and HIV Services: Fulfilling Our Promises to Young Women GlobalHIV & STIsTeens
November 2019 Policy Analysis Congress and the Trump Administration Must Support the International Violence Against Women Act
October 2019 Policy Analysis The Support UNFPA Funding Act: Righting a Policy Wrong GlobalContraception