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3 July 2018
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Moldova takes lead in adopting new national programme on sexual and reproductive health and rights
CHISINAU, Moldova — A new National Programme on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights puts Moldova at the forefront of improving access to and quality of sexual and reproductive health services... Read more
20 June 2018
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Photo project in Georgia supports girls’ right to reach their full potential
TBILISI, Georgia — “I want to have my own business and travel around the world.” “I want to become a lawyer because I hate injustice.” “I’ll have a family after I’m 24. Until then I have to study.”... Read more
22 May 2018
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Stigma around women’s health in focus at Minsk event with supermodel-philanthropist Natalia Vodianova
MINSK, Belarus — Alexandra Chichikova has been in a wheelchair since she broke her back in an accident at the age of 17 — but she doesn’t think her disability should keep her from becoming a mother... Read more
14 May 2018
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Fifty years ago, it became official: Family planning is a human right
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Fifty years ago, on 13 May, the world declared family planning to be a basic human right. Throughout all of human history, efforts to plan, avoid or delay pregnancy had... Read more
9 May 2018
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A ‘gynaecologist at my fingertips’ for millions of smartphone users
ISTANBUL – Having the popular period-tracker app and women’s health platform Flo on a smartphone is “like having a gynaecologist at my fingertips”, one user raves in online reviews of the app. Flo “... Read more
4 May 2018
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Helping medical professionals step up to the challenge of preventing cervical cancer
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Each year, some 300 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, which has one of the highest incidence rates of the disease in all of... Read more
20 April 2018
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Real men do chores too: Engaging fathers in domestic tasks and caregiving to combat gender inequality
ISTANBUL, Turkey — The idea of a workshop to teach men how to iron clothes was initially greeted with skepticism, if not outright mockery, by Aleksandar Grujic’s male peers in the former Yugoslav... Read more
6 April 2018
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Rima, a Syrian refugee now working as a health mediator in Turkey
Syrian refugee women get ‘second chance in life’ as health mediators in Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey — When Amira* was 14 years old and growing up in Syria, she agreed to marry a man she didn’t love to fulfil her dying mother’s wish to witness her daughter’s wedding day. But once they... Read more
30 March 2018
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Two actors perform a scene from the forum theater play ‘Ruža’
Depicting life for Roma girls on stage to combat early marriage in Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina — Growing up in poverty, Ruža felt trapped and betrayed when her brother arranged for her to be married off to an older man at the age of 15, forcing her to drop out... Read more
14 March 2018
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Tackling violence against women and girls through evidence-based policies
UNITED NATIONS, New York — The robust collection of data and the adoption of policies based upon it can help countries successfully tackle the global scourge of violence against women and girls,... Read more

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