The Guardian: Argentina holds historic abortion vote as 1m women rally to demand change “…On Wednesday, the debate [over abortion in Argentina] comes to a climax when the country’s senate votes on a law decriminalizing abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. If approved, Argentina would become the largest…

UNFPA: Exile wreaks havoc on refugees’ sexual and reproductive health “Refugee women and girls face extraordinary hardships. They endure grave risks and often brutal violence, and many are thrust into poverty. But they can also face another, more intimate, hardship, one that is seldom discussed — the effects of exile…

Washington Post: The Senate in Argentina must vote to decriminalize abortion Mariela Belski, executive director of Amnesty International Argentina “Argentina is only days away from becoming a role model in Latin America and the world in the cause of advancing the human rights of women and girls. For that to…

Devex: Long Story Short #23: Inside the global HIV/AIDS response “…Live from AIDS 2018, this conversation covers the top stories to watch in the HIV/AIDS response — from youth engagement to integration of programming with tuberculosis, sexual and reproductive health, and more…” (Midden, 7/30).

PAI: Access Denied: Ethiopia This report documents the “preliminary impact of [the expanded Mexico City Policy] on women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights. At the time of publication, key populations who rely on the private sector — such as adolescents and youth, people living with HIV/AIDS, and sex workers…

Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program’s “New Security Beat”: A More Prosperous World: Investing in Family Planning for Sustainable Economic Growth Saiyara Khan, intern with the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program, highlights panelists’ remarks at the final event of a three-part series on the role of…

CNN Philippines: In Palawan, reproductive health remains a top concern (Ladrido, 7/27). Deutsche Welle: UNICEF: Nearly every third human trafficking victim is a child (7/29). Deutsche Welle: Saudi airstrikes in Yemen hit facilities providing water to hundreds of thousands facing cholera epidemic (7/30). Fast Company: A new plan will bring…

IDSA’s “Science Speaks”: AIDS 2018: Expanded Mexico City policy built barriers to HIV services, researchers say Reporting from the 22nd International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam, Rabita Aziz, writer at “Science Speaks” and senior global health policy specialist at IDSA, discusses the implications of the Trump administration’s reinstatement and expansion of…

AIDS 2018: New evidence shows far-reaching impact of expanded U.S. ‘global gag rule’ “Researchers shared alarming evidence at the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018) today of negative impacts of the U.S. Government’s ‘Mexico City Policy’, also known as the ‘global gag rule’…” (7/27). The latest official AIDS 2018 press…

The Guardian: Death of 10-year-old girl prompts first FGM prosecution in Somalia’s history “Somalia’s attorney general has announced the nation’s first prosecution for female genital mutilation after a 10-year-old girl bled to death following a traditional cutting last week. The announcement has been described as a ‘defining moment’ in a…