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More action needed on reproductive rights for all

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Women queue to be registered for free family planning services in Malawi. Picture: Lindsay Mgbor/DFID

Twenty years ago the world took an important step in agreeing that population is not just about measuring the numbers of people in the world, it is about the quality of lives of individuals and that every person counts. At …

Ending violence against women is possible: a report from the UN

Posted by: , Posted on: - Categories: Development Debates, Female Genital Mutilation, Girls & Women

Defending any form of gender-based violence (GBV) on the basis of tradition, culture or religion is no longer an option. Certainly, this is one of the strongest messages to emerge from this year’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) …

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