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Making Gender Statistics Meaningful on the Ground
UNITED NATIONS, New York — The right data can advance understanding of gender dynamics, drive change and clarify results. But the collection of gender statistics has only been going on since 1980, and though much has…
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The Right of Women and Girls Living with HIV to Sexual and Reproductive Health Takes Centre Stage at the CSW
<p>UNITED NATIONS, New York — HIV is the leading cause of death among women of reproductive age worldwide.</p>
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Making the Connection: Building on the Synergies Between Women’s and Children’s Rights
NEW YORK — Though the rights of children and mothers are inextricably linked, in our compartmentalized world, the rights of women and those of children have often been promoted in isolation from one another.
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Two Districts in Northern Ethiopia Declare an End to Female Genital Cutting
<p>AFAR, Ethiopia — An official declaration marking the abandonment of female genital cutting was issued recently in the Amibara and the Awash-Fentale districts of Ethiopia’s Afar Region.</p>
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Facing the New Challenges of an Ageing World
What happens when there are no longer enough young people to pay for the demands on a country’s social security system as the ranks of the elderly grow?
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Congo/Women Projected on Façade of Nobel Peace Centre
OSLO — No woman should die giving life, yet almost 800 women die every day from pregnancy-related causes, 99 per cent of them in developing countries.
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New Jobs and Livelihoods Get Fistula Survivors on their Feet
DRC/ LIBERIA/REPUBLIC OF CONGO --- It takes more than an operation to get fistula survivors on their feet. First there’s a recovery period, two weeks on average, so that the patients can heal after surgery.
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New Executive Director Makes First Official Visit to Nordic Countries
<p class="paddedContent">STOCKHOLM/ COPENHAGEN/OSLO <b>---</b> Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, the new Executive Director of UNFPA, is making his first official visits to Sweden, Denmark, Norway…
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Africa Shows Signs of Winning War against Female Fenital Mutilation/cutting
<p>In Africa, if you play music in an open space, any music, then people will generally come. "It is the way to reach people, to bring them together." So says Sister Fa, a Senegalese urban soul and hip-…
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