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Apr 8th, 2018 |
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By Joshua Mirondo, guest blogger for Transition Earth. Uganda is a very young country. Young people below the age of 30 constitute over 75% of the nation’s population and eight million are youth aged 15-30. About 25% of these are in institutions of higher learning like universities and vocational technical institutes. Research shows that almost
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Tags: Climate Change, contraception, Family Planning, reproductive health, reproductive rights, SRHR, Uganda, youth rights
Feb 26th, 2018 |
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By Suzanne York. Given the chance, would you support something that many women say they want? Something that is not costly in the scheme of things? That “something” would be contraceptives and family planning services, and yet it is under threat in the U.S. and around the world (mainly because of the U.S. government). The
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Posted in Family Planning |
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Tags: contraception, international family planning assistance, reproductive health, reproductive justice, reproductive rights
Oct 5th, 2016 |
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By Suzanne York. Recent legislation in California is empowering women to make the best choices for themselves and their families, in terms of reproductive health. Though it seems as if our nation should have passed legislation easing access to reproductive health years ago, it’s nevertheless a positive path forward. As the saying goes, “better late
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Posted in Reproductive Rights/Women's Rights |
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Tags: California, contraception, reproductive, reproductive health
Jun 20th, 2016 |
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By Suzanne York, www.transition-earth.org. Lately it seems that most of the news on women’s reproductive rights is focused on the shutting down of access to reproductive health/family planning services. But there are actually some good policies on women’s reproductive health that have been passed this year at the state level. In May, the state of Maryland
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Posted in Reproductive Rights/Women's Rights |
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Tags: contraception, Maryland Contraceptive Equity Act, reproductive health, women's rights
Feb 23rd, 2016 |
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By Suzanne York, www.transition-earth.org. In some ways the following are two very different stories, but ultimately in the end both end up advancing women’s rights when it comes to family planning and reproductive health. Let’s first take a look at India – soon to be the world’s most populous country. For decades it has been relying
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Posted in Reproductive Rights/Women's Rights |
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Tags: birth control, Family Planning, reproductive health, sterilization
Aug 4th, 2014 |
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By Suzanne York, www.howmany.org Try to imagine giving birth in a spartan refugee tent, or worse, while missiles are exploding around you. Or simply visualize having to have your reproductive and women’s health needs met in a war zone. For women (and men) in the Gaza Strip, survival is paramount, but so is confronting the
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Tags: conflict, contraception, maternal health, refugees, reproductive health, Women's Health
Jun 18th, 2014 |
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By Suzanne York. In a time of government budget cuts and austerity programs, family planning is a low-cost investment that yields big dividends. And more importantly, it saves lives. Globally, there are 222 million women in developing counties who lack access to contraception. Off these, 162 million women live in the world’s poorest countries. Barriers
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Posted in Family Planning, Featured |
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Tags: contraception, global health, Guttmacher Institute, reproductive health, U.S. foreign assistance
Jan 7th, 2014 |
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By Suzanne York, www.howmany.org Full coverage for birth control, as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), kicked in as Americans rang in the new year. Contraception is now available for free from health insurance plans under the ACA. A key provision of the ACA requires employers with 50 or more workers to provide medical
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Posted in Reproductive Rights/Women's Rights |
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, birth control, contraception, Obamacare, reproductive health
Nov 24th, 2013 |
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By Suzanne York, www.howmany.org Most Americans have heard about the glitches with the roll-out of the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare. But apparently many women haven’t heard that birth control is essentially available for free under health insurance plans. According to the Phoenix Marketing Company, which has been tracking this topic, this is
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Tags: Affordable Care Act, birth control, contraception, Obamacare, reproductive health, reproductive rights, women's rights
Nov 14th, 2013 |
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By Suzanne York, www.howmany.org The 2013 International Conference on Family Planning is in full swing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, concentrated around the them of “Full Access, Full Choice.” The nearly 4,000 participants are energized around bringing family planning and reproductive rights to communities in need the world over. Ethiopia, the second most-populous nation in Africa,
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Posted in Reproductive Rights/Women's Rights |
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Tags: Family Planning, International Conference on Family Planning, reproductive health, reproductive rights, technology, youth