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2013/06/20 05:30
2013/06/20 05:30
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WHEN she was 13 years old, Margreth Kibasa was married off to a 40 year old man, dashing her hope of joining secondary school and eventually becoming someone important in society. Margreth who is now...
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2013/06/20 05:29
2013/06/20 05:29
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FEMALE condoms and emergency contraceptive pills will now be available in public health facilities, thanks to a donation of family planning life-saving supplies from the United Nations Population Fund...
2013/06/14 11:31
2013/06/14 11:31
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The Country Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Madam Esperance Fundira, has stressed the need for collective efforts in combating obstetric fistula in Liberia. Obstetric...
2013/06/14 09:31
2013/06/14 09:31
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Lilongwe — As Malawi joins the rest of the world in commemorating the Day of the African Child, Government has called on stakeholders to join hands in the fight against child marriages in the...
2013/06/13 10:15
2013/06/13 10:15
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Obstetric fistula, an abdominal injury that occurs in unattended childbirth and causes incontinence, is among the most intractable challenges of extreme poverty. In Tanzania, however, a pilot program...
2013/06/13 06:30
2013/06/13 06:30
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Dar es Salaam — Tanzania has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. On average, some two out of five girls will be married before their 18th birthday. In 2010, about 37 percent of...
2013/06/11 09:31
2013/06/11 09:31
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Thirteen-year-old Sohair al-Batea died shortly after a Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) operation was conducted on her Thursday evening at a clinic in the governorate of Daqahlia, a UN statement...
2013/06/10 12:30
2013/06/10 12:30
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Matola — The female condom has been making its way across developing countries, particularly those in the African continent. While many see this as a woman's commodity, one man in Mozambique is...
2013/06/10 09:45
2013/06/10 09:45
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Contractions becoming more and more intense as their intervals become shorter and shorter is one of the many signs of labor. For many pregnant women, this would mean going to...
2013/06/08 15:29
2013/06/08 15:29
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June 8, 2013 (CHICAGO) -- Through July 14, 2013, you can experience Indian culture to the fullest right here in Chicagoland. The not-for-profit organization "Eye on India" (EOI) (www.eyeonindia.org)...
2013/06/06 20:16
2013/06/06 20:16
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The Child Development and Women's Affairs Ministry provided motorcycles for 124 women development officers (WDOs) attached to divisional secretariat offices. The final phase of this project was held...
2013/06/02 15:12
2013/06/02 15:12
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To eradicate poverty and to achieve sustainable development, countries must first achieve gender equality. Women must be offered the same access to all aspects of life as men in order to reach equal...
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2013/06/02 00:46
2013/06/02 00:46
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TOO YOUNG: Child marriages turning into a major social problem was discussed at large at the Women Deliver Global Conference 2013 held earlier this week in Kuala Lumpur. Suzanna Pillay reports on how...
2013/06/01 16:30
2013/06/01 16:30
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On the second day of Women Deliver 2013, the largest conference on girls and women of the decade, global leaders announced progress and new commitments toward expanding contraceptive access for women...
2013/06/01 16:01
2013/06/01 16:01
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Albay leads the way As the rainy season comes, so do typhoons, floods, and landslides. Death and devastation follow. The greatest defense of typhoon-prone regions is, therefore, preparation –...
2013/06/01 08:29
2013/06/01 08:29
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Kuala Lumpur — Liberian journalist Mae Azango says she spent a year living "like a bat, going from tree to tree" with her daughter in order to escape religious fanatics who were threatening to kill...
2013/05/31 12:30
2013/05/31 12:30
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This may be against the grain but the intention is not to stir the hornets' nest. Conventional wisdom is that we should plan our families. We should have a few children that we can adequately cater...
2013/05/30 08:45
2013/05/30 08:45
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malayasia – The enactment of the Reproductive Health Law in the Philippines was cited as one of the achievements made at advancing contraceptive access and improving maternal health at...
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2013/05/30 06:44
2013/05/30 06:44
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STOP PRACTICE: There's a need to debunk misperception that marriage protects girls KUALA LUMPUR: CHILD marriages can be eradicated not only with a strong political will, but also by educating...
2013/05/30 02:29
2013/05/30 02:29
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A mother and her child from West Point, a low-income neighbourhood of Monrovia, Liberia. The 10-worst countries in which to be a mother are all in sub-Saharan Africa. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — On the...