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Devex: Family planning sector needs ‘moral leadership,’ says UNFPA chief “The newly appointed executive director of the United Nations Population Fund has described a situation of injustice when it comes to women and girls’ access to reproductive health and rights, saying that their needs are being ‘relegated to the bottom…
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s “Impatient Optimists”: Strong Minds for Stronger Adolescent and Young Mothers Janna Patterson, senior program officer with the Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH) team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Karlee Silver, vice president of Targeted Challenges for Grand Challenges Canada; and Nicole Sirivansanti,…
Devex: Poorest women feel inequality gap most as they try to access health care, reports UNFPA “Increasingly, women and girls across different strata of society are experiencing a greater divide as they seek to obtain access to sexual and reproductive health care. As inequality continues to rise within countries, it…
Thomson Reuters Foundation: We have a collective responsibility to halve food loss and waste Liz Goodwin, senior fellow and director for food loss and waste at the World Resources Institute “…Can the world really cut global food loss and waste in half by 2030? The answer is yes — but…
Al Jazeera: Indian court rules sex with minor wife is rape “The Indian Supreme Court has ruled that sexual intercourse with a wife between the age of 15 and 18 years is a crime…” (Aziz, 10/11). Deutsche Welle: India’s top court says sex with child bride is rape “…The landmark…
The Hill: Empower girls, change the world Gayatri Patel, senior policy advocate for gender and empowerment at CARE USA; Helena Minchew, program officer for U.S. foreign policy and advocacy at International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC); Lyric Thompson, director of policy and advocacy at the International Center for Research on Women…
USAID: USAID Celebrates International Day of the Girl In a statement, Clayton M. McCleskey, acting spokesperson at USAID, says, “USAID celebrates the International Day of the Girl, and reaffirms the commitment of the United States to breaking down barriers that keep girls from learning and leading. … From advancing entrepreneurship…
Financial Times: Girls: The Path to Gender Equality “Investing in girls and narrowing the gender gap brings a ‘triple benefit’ to society,” the series summary says. Highlights from the series include the following articles, among others: Financial Times: Why invest in teenage girls? “The economic argument is compelling: adolescence is…
Associated Press: Children’s obesity rates in rich countries may have peaked “While the obesity rate among children in rich countries may have peaked, kids in developing countries are increasingly putting on unhealthy pounds, according to research released Tuesday. Globally, more children are still underweight rather than obese although the researchers…
HuffPost: International Day of the Girl Child: Helping Girls Pursue Their Dreams Deborah Birx, U.S. global AIDS coordinator and U.S. special representative for Global Health Diplomacy “On the International Day of the Girl Child — and every day — the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) celebrates the…
