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For village health worker Regina Mokoena, family planning becomes even more of an imperative for women in times of drought. And the new self-injection contraception method, Sayana Press, is making important inroads in rural areas where clinics are hard to reach.

“People, especially men, need to understand that it is an equal human right for a young girl and a woman to live her life and have full autonomy of her body. It is not men who should be making decisions for her.”