New York Times: Brunei Says It Won’t Execute Gays After Protests of Stoning Law “Brunei said on Sunday it would not carry out executions by stoning for people convicted of adultery and gay sex, following widespread international protest over the brutality of such penalties. Critics of the country’s newly enacted…

World Economic Forum: How traditional Islamic giving can play a role in the future of aid Maram Ahmed of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London describes various mechanisms of traditional Islamic giving and examples, writing, “Policymakers and international humanitarian organizations need to start…

USAID/Medium: Partnering with Communities for Tuberculosis Control Jennifer Jackson, senior communications adviser for the Office of Health Systems in USAID’s Bureau for Global Health, discusses Indonesia’s approach to tuberculosis control, which includes engagement of civil society and faith-based organizations. Jackson notes, “Through partnerships, USAID is advancing Indonesia’s self-reliance in engaging…

The Conversation: U.S. obstructs U.N. resolution on rape. Why? A long history of religious nationalism J.M. Opal, associate professor of history and chair of history and classical studies at McGill University “A U.N. resolution to punish those who use rape as a weapon of war and to help those who…

Project Syndicate: How Abortion Hypocrisy Kills Women Patricia Nudi Orawo, advocacy officer at the Kisumu Medical and Education Trust “…If we want to reduce demand for abortion services, we must recognize that it is often the culmination of a series of systemic failures that begin during childhood, when a comprehensive…

New York Times: Brunei Stoning Punishment for Gay Sex and Adultery Takes Effect Despite International Outcry “A harsh new criminal law in Brunei — which includes death by stoning for sex between men or for adultery, and amputation of limbs for theft — went into effect on Wednesday, despite an…

Christian Science Monitor: To end an Ebola epidemic, listening helps Editorial Board “For eight months, health workers in Congo have been battling the second-worst Ebola epidemic in history. … Compared with a massive outbreak of the virus five years ago in Western Africa, this time responders in the Central African…

Devex: In the era of #AidToo, global health is short on sexual harassment policies (Ravelo, 3/7). Devex: Achieving UHC in Africa requires support for most vulnerable, experts say (Roby, 3/7). IRIN: Q&A: How churches are leading the way in helping migrants with HIV (Dupraz-Dobias, 3/7). NBC News: This African nation…

The Guardian: ‘Thousands’ of young girls denied abortion after rape in Argentina “The lives of thousands of girls in Argentina are being put at risk as legal abortions are delayed and obstructed by doctors trying to force pregnancies to full term. … According to the latest government figures, 2,493 live…

BBC News: Why Chinese mothers turned away from C-sections (Owen/Razak, 3/2). BBC News: Rohingya crisis: Bangladesh will no longer take in Myanmar refugees (3/1). BBC News: Kifafa: The mystery of East Africa’s ‘nodding disease’ (Gorvett, 2/28). Bloomberg: Smaller Countries Are Becoming the Healthiest (Blenford, 3/3). Bloomberg: The Bleak and Scary…