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Youth Health and Rights
In 2000, the UN established eight international development goals (the MDGs) — ranging from eradicating extreme poverty to improving maternal health — [...]
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Universal health coverage is important, but it alone is not enough to guarantee access to health services and improve health. We need specific goals that address the diversity of barriers to care faced by women and adolescents.
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Today’s passage of the Violence Against Women Act is a victory for women and girls in the United States and those living abroad.
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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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An estimated 35,000 pregnancies occur every year in Peru as a result of rape. Women and girls are faced with two options: seek an illegal abortion and risk going to jail or carry the pregnancy to term.
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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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The numbers are staggering. Every year, 10 million girls under the age of 18 enter early and forced marriages, usually to men [...]
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The fall is in full swing and so are we at the International Women’s Health Coalition! We continue to push the U.S. [...]
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