As the US delegation circulated a resolution on maternal mortality at the Beijing+15 review Friday, activists from around the globe called on governments to accompany this with strong language on sexual and reproductive rights.
According to Maria Antonieta Alcalde of the International Planned...
Haiti, which once had the highest rate of HIV/AIDS outside of sub-Saharan Africa, has in
recent years seen a decrease in infections. Once lumped into what some called the US Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention’s ‘4-H club’ of risk factors—homosexuals, hemophiliacs...
The Minister of International Cooperation, Beverley Oda, unveiled the new Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Children and Youth Strategy on Nov. 20, 2009. It aims to increase child survival —including maternal health— to improve the quality of education and ensure the...
I applaud Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn for their remarkable work of highlighting the enormous multiplier effect that the empowerment of women has on families and entire communities. Their efforts have brought to life the dynamic stories of so many girls and women in developing countries...
In many parts of the world women and girls are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS, particularly poor women in marginalized communities. Discrimination, poverty, and marginalization are drivers of the HIV epidemic as much as the specific social behaviors that typically lead to infection.
IRIN examines how a "dramatic plunge" in international donor funding for family planning could undermine other health- and humanitarian-related goals, including fighting poverty and hunger. About 200 million women do not have access to contraception, which could cause a surge in the world...
To the Editor:
Re “Would You Let This Girl Drown?” (column, July 9)
I wholeheartedly agree with Nicholas D. Kristof that we should focus on successes when seeking support for humanitarian causes.
During the election campaign of 1912, a mentally-unbalanced man fired a shot at Theodore Roosevelt, the candidate of the Bull Moose Party, at a rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The bullet was slowed by TR’s lengthy speech, which he had double folded in his pocket, and by his eyeglasses case,...
BUENOS AIRES, Jun 10 (IPS) - In an effort to promote the free enjoyment of human sexuality, separate from reproduction, the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) launched the world's first declaration of sexual rights in the Argentine capital on Wednesday."We want states to commit...
The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) has begun a petition drive to advocate “access to sexual and reproductive health services” for all people, “regardless of age.”The petition campaign, reported by the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM),...
