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The time is now to end Female Genital Cutting

Posted by: Nafissatou Diop, Posted on: 10 December 2012 - Categories: Development Debates, Female Genital Mutilation

Today is Human Rights day and the last of 16 days of activism to end violence against women. Around 140 million women are living with the effects of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). In Africa alone, there are around three million …

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A safer motherhood through family planning

Posted by: Christy Turlington Burns, Posted on: 12 July 2012 - Categories: Development Debates, Girls & Women

Babies don't get to choose where, when or how they come into the world. Giving mothers the chance to make those huge decisions could make all the difference in the world. I learned just how serious birth can be when …

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