Teachers and hospital workers walk out in three-day national public sector strike in Portugal against poor pay; protests including by cement factory workers against rise in pension age continue in Iran over cost of living and authoritarian rule; continuing doctors’ national strikes in Uganda over lack of funding joined by teachers in Busia district over unpaid wages
For International Safe Abortion Day (ISAD), marked on 28 September, the 10 national member societies FIGO supports through its Advocating for Safe Abortion Project developed educational activities and awareness-raising campaigns in their countries and communities.