Each year IWHC issues a publication highlighting the “Top Ten Wins for Women’s Health and Rights” for that year. This week on [...]
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U.S. Foreign Policy
Yesterday, lawmakers from the House and Senate met to agree upon a “mini omnibus” appropriation bill for FY2010 spending for the six [...]
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After intense activism on both sides of the issue, the Senate rejected an effort to include a provision to severely restrict coverage [...]
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The news that the House of Representatives passed a bill that, if enacted, would fundamentally change how abortion services are covered by [...]
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The Global Gag Rule has been used as a political football since it was initially instated by Ronald Reagan in 1984, with [...]
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In the beginning of March, I noted that the US is the only democracy in the world that hasn’t ratified the Convention [...]
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In a powerful speech at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs yesterday, Ambassador Susan Rice emphasized the U.S. Administration’s renewed commitment to engaging [...]
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The U.S. Senate is in the process of allocating funding for various priorities in the FY2010 State/Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill. The bill [...]
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Last week, the U.S. released its 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report, also called the TIP Report. The report, developed by the U.S. [...]
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Yesterday, I spoke to 56 members of Parliament from 28 countries gathered at the G8 International Parliamentarians’ Conference about the immediate actions [...]
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