Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program’s “New Security Beat”: Mothers on the Front Lines: Armed Conflict, Aid Distribution, and Maternal and Child Health Elizabeth Wang, intern with the Wilson Center’s Maternal Health Initiative, summarizes a recent Wilson Center event on relationships among maternal and child health, aid, and…

Devex: Forced to choose between U.S. and Swedish funding, sexual health NGOs speak out “Sexual and reproductive health and rights NGOs struggling to deliver services in the wake of the United States ‘global gag rule’ have spent a year caught between donors, after the Swedish aid agency, a key funder…

Al Jazeera: When will the chronic malnutrition of Guatemala’s children end? (Mercer, 9/11). New York Times: It’s Not Just You: 2017 Was Rough for Humanity, Study Finds (Chokshi, 9/12). New York Times: Zimbabwe Declares Cholera Emergency as Disease Spreads in Capital (Moyo/Pérez-Peña, 9/11). NPR: For Many In Venezuela, Social Media…

The Guardian: ‘No need for birth control’: Tanzanian president’s views cause outrage “Women’s rights campaigners have expressed outrage after the Tanzanian president said there is no need for birth control. The president, John Magufuli, told a rally in Meatu, in the Simiyu region, that outsiders who promote birth control are…

Al Jazeera: Tanzania’s John Magufuli advises against birth control “President John Magufuli has advised Tanzanian couples to stop using contraceptive methods, saying that the country needs more people, according to local media reports…” (9/10). BBC News: Tanzania’s President Magufuli calls for end to birth control “…Opposition MP Cecil Mwambe has…

The Guardian: China scraps three family planning offices amid push to boost birthrate “China has done away with three family planning offices, in another sign the country may soon eliminate birth limits altogether after almost four decades of restricting family sizes…” (Kuo, 9/11). Reuters: China does away with family planning…

WHO Regional Office for Europe: Implementing the Action plan for sexual and reproductive health — how policies can make a real difference This post highlights a meeting in Stockholm that convened “national and regional experts in sexual and reproductive health from 21 countries … to assess how well countries have…

Devex: Opinion: Lifesaving solutions to climate change we need to talk about Kathy Calvin, president and chief executive officer of the United Nations Foundation “…For too long, we’ve viewed climate solutions as only for the climate; but climate action is essential to solving our biggest collective challenges across a range…

Guttmacher Institute: Adolescent Contraceptive Needs in Developing Regions: Cost and Impact of Future Growth “A new report published [Wednesday] by the Guttmacher Institute … provides estimates of the cost of adolescent contraceptive use in developing regions through 2030, and of its impact on unintended pregnancy. [The report] offers the most…

Council on Foreign Relations’ “Women Around the World”: Pregnant in a War Zone: Why Respectful Maternity Care Matters in Humanitarian Settings In this guest post, Betsy McCallon, CEO of the White Ribbon Alliance, discusses a recent meeting, hosted by the White Ribbon Alliance and the American Refugee Committee, held “to…