In 2000, the UN established eight international development goals (the MDGs) — ranging from eradicating extreme poverty to improving maternal health — [...]
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From the category archives:
Comprehensive Sexuality Education
After two weeks of fierce negotiations at the United Nations’ annual Commission on the Status of Women, on March 15 more than 130 governments committed to ending violence against women and girls, and reached strong agreements to promote gender equality and ensure access to sexual and reproductive health services.
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The post-2015 development agenda must focus not only on the direct determinants of HIV infection, but also the profound gender inequalities and resulting discriminatory practices which make women more vulnerable to the virus and which stand squarely in the way of addressing its spread.
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The International Women’s Health Coalition is centrally concerned with the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people. The following contribution focuses specifically on the challenges facing girls, who continue to experience systematic social, economic and political marginalization in every part of the world.
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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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Zonibel Woods is the founder of the Women and Climate Change Foundation and a member of RESURJ. This post originally appeared on [...]
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We, civil society organizations working to promote women’s and young people’s human rights, call on world leaders on the eve of the [...]
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Dear Friend of IWHC, In February, I was honored to become the third president in the International Women’s Health Coalition’s 28-year history. [...]
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