Posts Tagged US foreign policy

Kenyan women deserve better than 6 years of inaction
By Maya Dusenbery • 8 years ago

Kenyan women’s groups demand President Obama ease restriction on aid for abortion

As President Obama visits Kenya and Ethiopia this week, local and global reproductive health advocates are taking the opportunity to highlight how his administration’s strict enforcement of the ban on using US foreign aid for abortion care is killing women. 

As President Obama visits Kenya and Ethiopia this week, local and global reproductive health advocates are taking the opportunity to highlight how his administration’s strict enforcement of the ban on using US foreign aid for abortion care ...

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By Mahroh Jahangiri • 9 years ago

On the Iran deal: Sanctions have long hurt women and we should lift them

A framework announced last week to curb Iran‘s nuclear program is the closest thing to a deal the international community has arrived at after two years of negotiations. Subject to a final agreement in June, if Iran keeps its nuclear facilities under strict production limits, the United States and others will lift some of the sanctions that have strangled the country’s economy for decades. 

A framework announced last week to curb Iran‘s nuclear program is the closest thing to a deal the international community has arrived at after two years of negotiations. Subject to a final agreement in June, ...