She has been active in the field of reproductive health and rights for over 20 years.[6][7] Kacupura has authored many publications on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Central and Eastern Europe.[7] As part of ASTRA, she has co-authored a report on 'Sexual and reproductive health rights and the implication of conscientious objection', at the request of the FEMM Committee.[8]
Activism
As part of her work with Federation for Women and Family Planning, Kacpura was involved in the organising the Polish Women's Strike, known as Black Monday.[9] 90,000 people gathered on the streets of Warsaw, which according to Urgent Action Fund alerted the international community triggering interventions by UN human rights experts, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and 200 NGOs.[10]
Kacpura organised a campaign to raise awareness of the implications of a proposed total ban of abortion in Poland tabled by the Stop Abortion Initiative[11] The campaign included the distribution of leaflets to women on the streets, in shops, offices and school and the mobilisation of women to engage in street debates and demonstrations against the bill. She spoke publicly calling for solidarity and support from politicians; appealed to gynaecologists to support the campaign. She explains in an interview. 'It was like I was in a trance: thousands of individual conversations; dozens of debates, demonstrations, marches; hundreds of phone calls, emails. I knew I had to find the strength to keep going. When I was tired, I opened my drawer with the signatures of hundreds of Poles under the Save Women Initiative – a reminder that all those people trusted me and my organisation'.[12]
Much of her work highlights the issues surrounding the "conscientious objections" by Polish doctors that negatively impact on women's ability to access abortion services in Poland.[13] The Federation for Women and Family Planning monitors hospital procedures and the experience of women seeking abortions and maintains a helpline.[14]