Source: ReliefWebUp to ¾ of maternal deaths could be avoided by enabling access to emergency obstetric care, says MSF. Mothers’ lives can be saved for less than the cost of a loaf of supermarket bread.
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Source: Maghreb Arabe Presse HRH Princess Lalla Hasnaa chaired, on Thursday in Casablanca, the opening ceremony of the 5th International Congress of African Women, held under the patronage of HM King Mohammed VI on "Innovation, Sustainable Development and South-South Cooperation."
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Source:Liberian Daily ObserverThe Honorary Consulate General of India in Liberia has today, November 19, announced that the President of the Republic of Liberia, Her Excellency Mrs. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has been awarded the Indira Gandhi Prize 2012 for Peace, Disarmament, and Development.
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Source: Council Foreign RelationsGiven the news dominating the headlines this week (CIA sex scandals and an increasingly Orwellian surveillance apparatus), it is unsurprising that a report published by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA),
The State of the World Population 2012, received little attention. And yet, underpinning the report is a paradigm shift in how the world body conceptualizes and articulates family planning: not as a privilege, but as a fundamental human right.
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Source: Times of ZambiaTHE Church in Zambia is in order to raise alarm at the increasing number of gender-based violence (GBV) cases the country continues to witness.
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Source: SW Radio AfricaViolence against women remains one of the biggest challenges in Zimbabwe, especially during election periods, and there are fears the inclusive government has not made any progress to combat this crime.
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Source: Tanzania Daily News
THE Tanzania Education Authority (TEA) has raised about 50m/- for the construction of dormitories for girl students in eight secondary schools, aimed at addressing challenges that result in poor academic performance.
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Source: UN RadioThe Gambia's first woman village chief is not only changing perceptions of what a chief looks like, but also of what they do.
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Source: IRINAbortions are illegal in Swaziland and have resulted in criminal convictions, but in October 2012 more than 1,000 women were treated for abortion-related complications at a single clinic in the country’s second city Manzini, says the Family Life Association of Swaziland (FLAS), a family planning organization.
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Source: IRINSupporters of the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) will today take to the streets of the capital Freetown for the last time before presidential, parliamentary and local elections on 17th November.
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Source: UNFPAAccess to family planning is an essential human right that unlocks unprecedented rewards for economic development, says new UNFPA report.
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Source: IRINCut off from development by five decades of civil war, South Sudan has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world and high levels of infant mortality and morbidity. Large families struggle to get by in the war-ravaged new nation.
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Source: This Day LiveCitizenship should, by best practice, be defined by residency and domicile, with reasonable safeguards, writes Chino Obiagwu
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Source: SouthAfrica.info Nearly two-thirds of South African women aged 15-49 are making use of modern contraceptives - in line with the average level for developed countries, and three times the average for sub-Saharan Africa - according to the State of World Population 2012 report published by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Wednesday.
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