Every day, approximately 39,000 girls under the age of 18 get married. Often committed under the guise of religious or cultural traditions, [...]
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Jennifer Redner
We here at IWHC are thrilled that young people and adult allies spoke out in support of a bold and progressive vision for what the global community must do to achieve the largest generation ever of educated, empowered, safe, and healthy young people.
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The last couple of days of the ICPD Global Youth Forum in Bali, Indonesia, have seen a flurry of around-the-clock activity by [...]
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Starting today, the ICPD Global Youth Forum brings together nearly 1,000 young people, government leaders, advocates, academics, and others together to discuss [...]
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Whether at risk for early and forced marriage or already married, millions of girls and their communities are impacted by this practice [...]
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For the last two days, I have been participating in a strategy planning meeting to explore creating a global alliance to end [...]
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The International Women’s Health Coalition and our colleagues around the world know that information about and access to contraception and safe abortion [...]
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More than 60 million girls are currently married and if present trends continue, in the next 10 years, 100 million girls will [...]
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Today, a Senate committee took a first and important step to permanently repeal the Global Gag Rule during markup of the fiscal [...]
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The U.S. Senate has taken a stand against homophobia by unanimously passing a resolution that calls upon members of the Ugandan parliament [...]
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