News Releases
U.S. Congress Considers Bold Legislation to Combat Child Marriage
Friday, 08 May 2009
May 7, 2009- More than twenty leading organizations lauded the introduction of legislation in both the United States Senate and House of Representatives to prevent child marriage in developing countries.
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Obama Administration's Swift Action on Women's Health and Rights Sends Strong Signal
Friday, 23 January 2009
January 23, 2009, NEW YORK, NY-Within just three days of the inauguration, the Obama Administration has made clear that achieving national security requires equal attention to human security. Three early actions signal that sexual and reproductive rights and health are fundamental to human security in the new Administration.
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Statement to the Commission on Population and Development
Tuesday, 20 January 2009
Statement to the Commission on Population and Development (submitted January 16, 2009)

Five years remain to achieve the Program of Action agreed to at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD).  The Programme of Action provides the foundation stone-a blueprint in fact-to achieve the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The heart of the Programme of Action and a target under MDG 5 is universal access to sexual and reproductive health and protection of reproductive rights.  Only when we achieve this target will we secure social justice and human rights for all.
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Comment on UNICEF 2009 Report "State of the World's Children"
Thursday, 15 January 2009
January 15, 2009, New York (NY) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) 2009 report, "The State of the World's Children: Maternal and Newborn Health ," released today, brings much needed attention to the world's shameful neglect of 500,000 deaths and millions of injuries related to pregnancy and childbirth every year.
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