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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.” &ldquo…
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22 May 2018
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Stigma around women’s health in focus at Minsk event with supermodel-philanthropist Natalia Vodianova
Stigma around women’s health in focus at Minsk event
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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,…
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09 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…
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04 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…
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20 April 2018
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Real men do chores too: Engaging fathers in domestic tasks and caregiving to combat gender inequality
Real men do chores too: Engaging dads to combat gender inequality
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06 April 2018
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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…
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30 March 2018
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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…
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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…
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