Devex: Biggest global health moments of 2017 “…We’ve rounded up some of the biggest, headline-grabbing moments of 2017, from groundbreaking innovations and partnerships, to a multitude of controversies that grabbed the attention of the global health community…” (Ravelo, 12/21). The Guardian: The year’s top development stories: 2017 in review “As…

Devex: How Donald Trump changed U.S. development policy in 2017 “For the U.S. development community, 2017 was different. Drastic budget proposals, hiring freezes, and murky reorganization plans sent development advocates scrambling. They watched a skeptical White House call for deep cuts — and the U.S. Congress emerge as foreign aid’s…

PBS NewsHour: Impact of ‘global gag rule’ goes beyond abortion for these health groups in Kenya “Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Kenya on a policy governing foreign aid for health care services. … In a nearby tent, health workers offer contraception for anyone that requests it. ……

New York Times: A Woman’s Voice for Women at the U.N. Agency for Reproductive Rights “…With operations in 155 countries and territories, most notably the poorest, the [United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)] is the world’s leading provider of family planning services, including contraception. … The fund has helped prevent millions…

New York Times: When Victims of Wartime Rape Are Scorned Riada Asimovic Akyol, writer on gender, nationalism, and religion and Ph.D. candidate at Galatasaray University in Istanbul “Last month, Human Rights Watch published a report confirming that Myanmar’s army is engaged in the mass rape of Rohingya Muslim women and…

FRONTLINE: At Home and Abroad, Trump Moves To Broaden Abortion Fight “As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump vowed to restrict access to abortion. As president, he’s started doing just that — and more, pursuing a far-reaching strategy to reshape the federal government’s position on reproductive rights. … Trump didn’t just…

Devex: Opinion: Rohingya women have suffered enough. They don’t deserve discriminatory health care. Anu Kumar, interim CEO for Ipas; and Sayed Rubayet, Bangladesh country director for Ipas “…As the number of women and girls living in humanitarian settings around the world continues to swell, we need more than ever to…

Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program’s “New Security Beat”: Healthy Women, Healthy Families: Saving Money and Lives With Faith-Based Family Planning Anuj Krishnamurthy, intern with the Environmental Change and Security Program at the Wilson Center, highlights an event held in July at the Wilson Center, during which panelists…

New York Times: In Myanmar’s Divided Villages, Fear Prevails and ‘Life Has Stopped’ (Cumming-Bruce, 12/13). New York Times: Irish Lawmakers Recommend Repealing Strict Abortion Ban (O’Loughlin, 12/13). NPR: Our 10 Most Popular Global Health And Development Stories Of 2017 (Gharib, 12/13). Thomson Reuters Foundation: Stephen Hawking says eliminating neglected tropical…

The Guardian: India bans condom adverts during primetime TV “India has banned television adverts for condoms during primetime hours, citing rules against content that ‘endangers the safety of children’ and promotes ‘unhealthy practices.’ The information and broadcasting ministry ordered the country’s estimated 900 television channels to restrict condom commercials to…