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100 Years' Commemoration - 18 July 2018
"I was viewed as a misfit due to my club foot, but girls' club treats me as equal"
Empowering girls in Uganda to achieve their dreams
Balloons, disinfectant, brandy used in attempts to prevent pregnancy
Adolescent girls empowered to claim their right to family planning

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10 July 2018

Family planning is not only a matter of human rights; it is also central to women’s empowerment, reducing poverty and achieving sustainable development. Yet, in developing regions, some 214 million women still lack safe...

9 July 2018

How family planning has had a liberating effect for a woman in rural Ethiopia

Hulunayehu Belay’s family of nine ekes out a living by farming a small plot of land at the edge of a mountain, supplemented by her husband’s small income earned as a priest. Thirteen years ago they made a significant...

5 July 2018

One-stop care centre helps women amid South Sudan’s epidemic of violence

Violence against women is epidemic in South Sudan. Ann*, 16, was kidnapped on her way home from school, then raped repeatedly during five days of captivity. Talia* was battered and tortured for years by her husband, who...