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Burma’s Ongoing Reproductive Health Disaster
What would your life be like if you were a young woman living in one of the longest-running conflicts in the world? According to a new report from Ibis Reproductive Health, looking at the state of reproductive health of women living inside eastern Burma and those who’ve fled to Thailand, it’s likely that you would [...]
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UN Study shows female genital mutilation/cutting on the decline in Africa
A new United Nations report shows that almost 2,000 communities across Africa abandoned female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) last year, marking significant change across many nations and communities on the continent. According to the report, issued jointly by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), a total of 8,000 communities have renounced [...]
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One million signatures and new property laws for women in Pakistan
Violence against women is a human rights and health emergency in Pakistan— rape, honour-killing, trafficking of women, burning, acid attacks, denial of inheritance rights, giving of girls as compensation and other social and economic discriminations are commonplace. But there’s good news and important forward movement to report. A Pakistani regional assembly has passed a law [...]
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It’s better (and worse) than we thought: UN releases 2011 Human Development Report
Given that it’s a new year, it’s the perfect time to highlight the previous year’s human development news. Human development is about expanding people’s choices and building sustainable societies on shared natural resources. Recently released, the 2011 Human Development Report from the United Nations Development Fund focuses on linking the challenge of sustainable development to the [...]
Afghan woman to box in summer Olympics