The Hill: Global Gag Rule is just the tip of the iceberg: Why Repealing the Helms Amendment matters Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) (12/17). Ms. Magazine: The Helms Amendment: 47 Years of Denying U.S. Support for International Reproductive Health and Rights…

Health Affairs Blog: In Global Efforts To End HIV And Advance Reproductive Health, President-Elect Joe Biden Should Seize The Opportunity For Bold Leadership Monica Kerrigan, executive director of Planned Parenthood Global, discusses the links between HIV prevention and reproductive health and rights and outlines actions the Biden administration could take…

AP: Argentina’s lower house approves bill legalizing abortion “Lawmakers in Argentina’s lower house on Friday passed a bill that would legalize elective abortions to the 14th week of pregnancy, a proposal from President Alberto Fernández in response to long-sought demands from women’s rights activists in the homeland of Pope Francis.…

NPR: A Biden Promise About Overseas Abortion Funding Could Prove Difficult To Implement “Among the promises that President elect-Biden is expected to fulfill immediately upon taking office: lifting [the Mexico City policy]. … Even if he repeals the [policy] as expected, there’s reason to wonder how much things will actually…

Mail & Guardian: Battery acid, cassava sticks and clothes hangers: We must end the global gag rule Nelly Munyasia, executive director at Reproductive Health Network Kenya and member of She Decides Kenya, and Womba Wanki, executive director of Generation Alive and member of She Decides Zambia “…Research has found that…

AP: Rage and hope fuel women’s revolt over abortion in Poland (Gera, 12/2). Devex: World Bank updates procurement policy to enforce gender-based violence rules (Saldinger, 12/1). IPS: COVID-19 an Opportunity to Build Resilience around Food Systems (Phakathi, 12/1). Nature: Meet the scientists investigating the origins of the COVID pandemic (Mallapaty,…

AFP/France 24: Thousands in Argentina march against new move to legalize abortion (11/28). BBC News: Detained and forced to have a ‘virginity test’ (11/27). Borgen Magazine: Food Fortification in Africa Fights Hidden Hunger (Beutel, 11/30). The Guardian: A year after Wuhan alarm, China seeks to change Covid origin story (Graham-Harrison/McKie,…

Al Jazeera: On global health, Biden needs to achieve more than just a reset Kiiza Africa, researcher, activist, and development anthropologist with SEATINI-Uganda and member of the Progressive International COVID-19 Response Collective, and colleagues (11/27). The Hill: Biden and reproductive health rights Bridget Kelly, research director of the Population Institute…

Devex: Biden said he’ll rescind the ‘global gag rule.’ What then? “President-elect Joe Biden is expected to repeal the Mexico City policy as one of his early acts in office. But a memorandum rescinding the policy — which has been expanded during President Donald Trump’s administration — is only the…

Borgen Magazine: Gene Therapy to Possibly Cure Sickle Cell Disease in Africa (Shores, 11/20). Borgen Magazine: How World Organizations Fight the Health Crisis in African Countries (Kuzel, 11/19). Borgen Magazine: How Technology is Advancing Global Healthcare (Hudson, 11/19). Borgen Magazine: The United States’ Fight Against Locusts in East Africa (Scalora,…