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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionThursday, 22 April 2010April 22, 2010—The International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC) today lauded the introduction of the Global Sexual and Reproductive Health Act of 2010 in the House of Representatives by Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-11).
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Written By Whitney WelshimerTuesday, 09 December 2008On its sixtieth anniversary, the Universal Declaration on Human Rights is still a distant dream for most of the world's girls and women. One in every three women in the world experiences violence in her lifetime just because she is a woman.
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionTuesday, 01 July 2008
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionTuesday, 01 July 2008
Summary: By Gillian Kane, former Assistant Program Officer, Latin America, IWHC. Published in Gender and Development, July 2008. Uses the recent experiences of Colombia, Mexico City, and Nicaragua to highlight shared challenges, establish linkages with other countries in the region, and demonstrate that the many different strategies which have been adopted present an opportunity to expand access to safe, legal abortion throughout Latin America. 16 pages.
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionThursday, 01 November 2007>>Available in PDF
Summary: By Kelly Castagnaro (Exchange on HIV/AIDS, sexuality and gender, No. 3, 1-3, 2007, The Netherlands: Royal Tropical Institute in collaboration with Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service). This editorial discusses the importance of comprehensive sexuality education in reducing risky sexual behavior among youth and curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS (3 pages). -
Written By International Women's Health CoalitionSaturday, 13 October 2007>>Available in PDF
Summary: By Beth Fredrick (The Lancet, Vol. 370, No. 9595, October 13, 2007, 1295-1297). Discusses the actions that governments, donors, health practitioners, and civil society must take to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity related to unsafe abortion. -
Securing Maternal Health Through Comprehensive Reproductive Health Services: Lessons from BangladeshWritten By International Women's Health CoalitionSunday, 01 July 2007
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionFriday, 01 September 2006
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionMonday, 01 May 2006
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Written By International Women's Health CoalitionSaturday, 03 December 2005
By Juan Forero
The New York Times, December 3, 2005
PAMPLONA, Colombia – In this tradition-bound Roman Catholic town one day in April, two young women did what many here consider unthinkable: pregnant and scared, they took a cheap ulcer medication known to induce abortions. When the drug left them bleeding, they were treated at a local emergency room—then promptly arrested.
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