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Sexuality education is among teachings by monks in Bhutan
Bhutan
For centuries, the tenth day of the month has been celebrated in temples and monasteries throughout the mainly Buddhist Himalayan kingdom with religious mask dances performed as part of tshechu (“day ten”) festivals.…
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Five ways climate change hurts women and girls
In a year that has seen a global onslaught of catastrophic heat waves, wildfires, floods and drought, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest assessment report, released last week, serves as an…
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Student midwives persevere amid conflict and pandemic in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
The COVID-19 pandemic is not the only crisis preventing students from attending class. The recent and intensified conflicts all over Afghanistan, particularly in Kandahar Province, have also resulted in widespread fear…
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Young leaders blaze the trail toward a more equitable future
In the face of extraordinary challenges, young people are not only calling for change – they are the change.
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Midwifery training helps doctors, nurses level up their skills in rural China
China
Midwifery training is not just for midwives.
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Crises in Haiti leave women and girls ever more vulnerable
Haiti
Even before President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in early July, the already politically unstable Caribbean country was in turmoil. Last year, it had to contend with COVID-19; Tropical Storm Laura, which killed…
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Treating the invisible wounds of violence in Peru
Peru
Nearly every morning for the past six years Gabriela Gonzales has been going to the Honorio Delgado Community Mental Health Centre (CMHC) in the Jesús María neighborhood. She is a psychiatrist who treats survivors of…
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Do you know where your birth control is? Tracking contraceptives improves health services – and choice in Uganda
Uganda
When Isirimu Margret got pregnant at 16, her hope to continue her studies vanished. She dropped out of school, married her partner and had their child. So when the chance to obtain family planning counselling at her…
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Midwives bring portable ultrasound technology to remote communities in Kenya
Kenya
In her four years at Sena Health Centre, midwife Goretti Adhiambo has seen too many lives lost to complications in pregnancy and childbirth. But that is changing.
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With COVID-19 heralding possible fertility changes, leaders must urgently support women’s rights and choices
Moldova, Republic of, Mozambique, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
The pandemic has affected women’s access to family planning information and services around the world, particularly in marginalized communities. Yet at the same time, many women around the world say the pandemic and its…
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Tigray conflict decimates maternal health services, overwhelms health workers
Ethiopia
“When the conflict broke out, I was two months pregnant. We were forced to flee and walk for days under the blazing sun."
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Partnering with traditional birth attendants to reach Afro-descendant and indigenous women in Colombia
Colombia
The maternal death rate in Colombia has been falling for years, yet many of these gains have not been seen by Afro-descendant and indigenous communities. Traditional birth attendants can play a critical role in…
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