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BBC: Sudan scraps apostasy law and alcohol ban for non-Muslims (7/12). Devex: The power of choice: Ensuring access to family planning in the COVID-19 era (7/13). Devex: Q&A: How data can stop women from going hungry (Castell, 7/13). IPS: How Senegal Is Providing Reproductive Health Services To Those Who Can…
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Trump Administration Actions to Protect Life and Conscience This release outlines actions taken by the Trump administration to address reproductive health and religious conscience, including both domestic and global actions (1/23).
France24: FGM kills 12-year-old in Egypt as illegal practice resists eradication “The arrest of the parents of a 12-year-old Egyptian girl who died after undergoing genital mutilation and the doctor who performed the procedure highlight the difficulty of eradicating the increasingly medicalized felony practice…” (El-Faizy, 2/3). The Guardian: FGM doctor…
International Women’s Health Coalition: IWHC to U.S. Congress: Protect Women’s Health In a statement submitted to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Nina Besser Doorley, associate director of advocacy and policy at the International Women’s Health Coalition, discusses the impact of the Trump administration’s Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance…
