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- Barbara Crossette
- • November 26, 2019
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It did not take long after the 74th General Assembly session opened this fall for the Trump team to signal that its strategy in key United Nations meetings would be to act as uncooperative and obstructive as possible, especially on…
- Categories: Health and Population, Women
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- Mantoe Phakathi
- • November 13, 2019
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NAIROBI, Kenya — More than 6,000 delegates in the population development sector are gathering in the Kenyan capital here this week to renew the promise made to girls and women 25 years ago in Cairo. In firm voices, young…
- Categories: Africa, Health and Population, SDGs, Women
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- Barbara Crossette
- • March 1, 2016
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For more than a quarter-century, beginning in the late 1970s, the number of children born to a woman in Egypt had been declining, on average, to about 3.0, in line with declining fertility rate trends in much of North…
- Categories: Health and Population, Middle East, Women
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- Opinion by Rebecca Brown
- • November 21, 2014
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The Human Rights Council passed its fifth resolution on preventable maternal deaths and pregnancy complications recently, reaffirming the steadfast commitment of the United Nations toward eliminating preventable maternal deaths. Led by Burkina Faso, Colombia and New Zealand, the resolution…
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- Opinion by Rebecca Brown
- • March 9, 2014
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Earlier this year France was the latest to join a handful of progressive countries to expand access to reproductive health services — with its National Assembly amending the country’s laws to affirm a woman’s right to an abortion through…
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