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Reproductive and Sexual Rights
HEALTH-NIGER: Enlisting Men in the Fight Against Fistula
When poverty and traditional practices collide in Niger, the results can be ruinous – particularly for teenage girls.HEALTH-KENYA: Contraceptives? You’re Lucky if You Get Them
Kenya's government has again been criticised for its failure to provide enough contraceptives for its citizens - this at a two-day conference on maternal deaths and unsafe abortions that was held in the capital, Nairobi.HEALTH-NEPAL: No Sniggers on Condom Day
There were no sniggers at the National Condom Day rally in this Himalayan capital - not even when someone suggested that the 172 year-old Bhimsen tower stretching 50 meters into the clear blue mountain skies was ideal for a giant condom display.
HEALTH-MOZAMBIQUE: The Condom and Culture Clash
Earlier this year, a chilling statistic cropped up repeatedly at a conference on reproductive rights that was held in London.ARGENTINA: Major Shift in Political Support for Reproductive Health
The Argentine government of Néstor Kirchner is forging ahead with a strong agenda of sexual and reproductive health policies that is in line with demands by women's groups.RIGHTS-AFGHANISTAN: A Minister’s Quest for Gender Equality
For Habiba Sarabi, Afghanistan's minister of women's affairs, the quest to secure women's rights in her country remains a daunting task and it begins with fundamentals such as the expression of ''gender equality.''POPULATION: Rising Growth Still an Issue, Says UNFPA
The U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) is dispelling a widespread notion - prevalent mostly in Western countries - that population growth has ceased to be a serious socio-economic problem primarily because of declining numbers.DEVELOPMENT: Poor Countries Footing Reproductive Bill
Developed countries are failing to live up to their commitments to fund sexual and reproductive health care leaving poorer countries to pick up the bill, says a new UN report released Wednesday.HEALTH: New Hope for Reproductive Rights
Positive developments have given new rise to hopes of moving towards the goal of reproductive rights for all women by 2015, UNFPA executive director Thoraya Ahmed Obaid says.HEALTH: New Hope for Reproductive Rights
Positive developments have given new rise to hopes of moving towards the goal of reproductive rights for all women by 2015, UNFPA executive director Thoraya Ahmed Obaid says.RIGHTS-ASIA: A Role for Men in Gender Equality Fight
When the international community meets next year to review the status of women 10 years after a ground-breaking conference on gender, the role of men in the quest for the equality of sexes will be high on the agenda.HEALTH: The Divergence of AIDS, and Sexual and Reproductive Rights
AIDS prevention efforts and initiatives to support sexual and reproductive health would seem to be natural allies. Why is it then that projects to advance these causes so often proceed in isolation of each other?RIGHTS: London Conference Backs Abortion
The London conference on reproductive health concluded Thursday with a resolution backing the right to abortion.HEALTH-LATIN AMERICA: Contrasts in Sexual and Reproductive Health Policies
Colombia, caught up in an armed conflict and with a hard-right government that tends to clash with rights groups and other civil society organisations, nevertheless has fairly advanced sexual and reproductive rights policies.HEALTH-ASIA: Legal Abortion Does Not Necessarily Mean Safe Abortions
The legalisation of abortion is necessary but not sufficient to put an end to the myriad deaths and injuries caused by unsafe abortions, says a study on six Asian countries released Wednesday in the British capital.HEALTH: It Gets Worse in Africa
The state of reproductive health is getting worse in several African countries, a new 'report card' prepared for a London meet reveals.RIGHTS: Islam Can be Liberating for Women, Says Palestinian Activist
"I think Islam can be very liberating for women if truly followed," said young Palestinian activist Rana Abu Ghazaleh in an interview with IPS on the conflict in the Israeli-occupied territories, the rise in fundamentalism, and women's rights.HEALTH: New Priorities to be Set at London Meet
A London conference of non-governmental organisations will set ''clear and coherent'' new priorities to take forward the agreements on reproductive health reached in Cairo ten years back.HEALTH: All Uphill from Cairo into Africa
A new push to reproductive health services planned at a London conference next week will have to work in Sierra Leone if anywhere.HEALTH: London Never Further from New York
There could hardly be two conferences taking place at the same time whose aims would be further apart than the Republican Party convention in New York and the reproductive health conference in London. Both meetings begin end of this month.HEALTH: Recalling Cairo Ten Years Later
More than 700 professionals in the health field from 107 countries will gather in London next week to push forward a delivery of reproductive health services that has been slowing down if not stalling.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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