Inter Press Service: E.U. Urged to Ban Early & Forced Child Marriages Rangita de Silva de Alwis, associate dean of international affairs at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and adviser to the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals Fund “Something historic was initiated at the European Development Days (EDD) in early…

Agence France-Presse: Ultra-secure lab in Gabon equipped for Ebola studies (6/19). The Guardian: These Guatemalan women save mothers and babies. Why are they treated so badly? (Johnson, 6/20). The Guardian: The doctor from Myanmar faced with 1 million patients and a plague of rats — podcast (Lamble/Stephens, 6/20). Homeland Preparedness…

Council on Foreign Relations’ “Women Around the World”: A Decrease in Child Marriage is Good for Everyone In this post, a “Voices from the Field” feature, Lakshmi Sundaram, executive director of Girls Not Brides, discusses progress toward and challenges to reducing child marriage worldwide. Sundaram writes, “Tackling child marriage will…

UNFPA: Period shame, misinformation linked to serious human rights concerns “Shame, stigma, and misinformation surrounding menstruation are contributing to serious human rights concerns for women and girls, emphasizes a new report commissioned by UNFPA. The report, a comprehensive review of available evidence on menstrual health management in East and Southern…

Globe and Mail: Trudeau says gender equality will be top priority at G7 summit despite concern about Trump’s distractions “The Trudeau government says gender equality will be a top priority as a reachable goal at the G7 leaders’ summit in Quebec this week, despite concerns Canada’s agenda could be overshadowed…

Globe and Mail: Real change for girls requires more than words at G7 summit Michael Messenger, president and CEO of World Vision Canada; David Morley, president and CEO of UNICEF Canada; and Caroline Riseboro, president and CEO of Plan International Canada, with signatories Bill Chambers, president and CEO of Save…

Devex: No mention of reproductive rights in declarations out of G7 development ministerial “Official declarations released by the G7 at the conclusion of a three-day development ministerial focused on women and girls — but with no mention of reproductive rights. Instead, the Declaration on Unlocking the Power of Adolescent Girls…

Project Syndicate: The Cost of Child Marriage Henrietta H. Fore, executive director of UNICEF; Natalia Kanem, executive director of UNFPA; Mabel van Oranje, initiator and chair of Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage “…Ending child marriage will require ambition, creativity, and money. But that is just…

Global Health NOW: Clade X: A Mock, Yet Entirely Plausible, Pandemic (Myers, 5/22). The Guardian: ‘Every girl is forced by our culture into FGM’: battling for change in Kenya — podcast (Lamble/Stephens, 5/23). HealthDay News: Small World? Not With One-Quarter Obese by 2045 (Dallas, 5/22). Reuters: Cholera outbreak kills 12…

BBC News: Malaria genetics: study shows how disease became deadly (Gill, 5/22). Bloomberg: China Considers Ending Birth Limits as Soon as This Year (5/21). Forbes: ‘Fatal Disconnect’ — Millions Of Children Are Victims Of Road Traffic, Yet World Is Silent (Mohn, 5/21). The Guardian: HIV drug shortage puts hundreds of…