The Guardian: Why Trump’s travel ban hits women the hardest Michelle Chen, contributing writer at the Nation and contributing editor at In These Times and Dissent magazines “[U.S. President] Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ is a frontal assault on many universal human rights principles. But the latest temporary reinstatement of the order’s…

The Guardian: How Trump signed a global death warrant for women “Six months ago, one powerful white man in the White House, watched by seven more, signed a piece of paper that will prevent millions of women around the world from deciding what they can and can’t do with their…

Seacoast Online: Letter to the editor: It’s time to permanently repeal the Global Gag Rule Mindi Messmer, Democratic candidate for New Hampshire’s First Congressional District “…Autonomy for reproductive planning and health care are essential to women’s economic empowerment and gender equality. The effectiveness of public health policies like the [Mexico…

New York Times: The New Era of Abstinence Editorial Board “The administration of Donald Trump … is promoting abstinence with a zeal perhaps never before seen from the federal government. … The administration’s approach defies all common sense. There is no good evidence that abstinence-only education prevents or delays young…

Washington Post: The many countries where abortion is basically banned “…Only four countries regulate the procedure more strictly [than Ireland did before it repealed its ban on May 25], banning the procedure in all cases. … The countries with total bans house six percent of the world’s 1.64 billion women…

CIDRAP News: Rift Valley fever sickens 10 in Kenya, triggers response (Schnirring, 6/12). Devex: Ghana PPP pilots breakthrough insecticide to fight mosquito resistance (Pallares, 6/12). The Guardian: ‘My body, my choice’: Argentina moves closer to legal abortion with key vote (Kim, 6/13). Inter Press Service: Project Population: Addressing Asia’s Aging…

Devex: Set of congressional budget hearings lay out U.S. aid funding “Congressional appropriators met this week to approve the United States foreign aid budget, once again pushing back on President Donald Trump’s proposed cuts and keeping funding at about the same levels as last fiscal year. There was some disagreement…

Reuters: Brazilian Congressional committee votes to ban all abortions “A Congressional committee led by Evangelical Christians has voted to ban abortion in Brazil in all situations, including cases of rape and where the mother’s life is in danger. The decision was voted 18-1 late on Wednesday by a special committee…

Reuters: U.N. calls on El Salvador to stop jailing women for abortion “El Salvador should apply a moratorium on laws that punish women with harsh jail terms for having an abortion while it reviews cases of those already incarcerated in the socially conservative Central American country, a top U.N. official…

HuffPost: How One Woman In Uganda Is Speaking Out Against Gender-Based Violence Seema Jalan, executive director at Universal Access Project “…Women and girls who experience gender-based violence have had their basic human rights violated and are at increased risk of a myriad of other sexual and reproductive health threats, including…