Below is the speech delivered by Imane Khachani, MD, Msc, from the Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights for the High-Level Meeting at the International Parliamentarians' Conference on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action.
Updates
World Delegates Affirm Family Planning at High-Level Meeting
October 27th, 2009
Addis Ababa — Ending the needless death and suffering of women during pregnancy is one of the greatest moral, human rights and development challenges of our time, agreed more than 150 delegates that met at the High-Level Meeting on Maternal Health. Facing that challenge requires concrete action to protect and fulfill everyone’s right to sexual and reproductive health, they declared.
NY Times: Fighting for Family Planning in the Philippines
October 26th, 2009
On October 25, 2009, the NY Times published a story about a bill that has been introduced in the Philippines to increase contraceptive use.
Fight For Your Right to Maternal Health
October 19th, 2009
This blog-post was originally published at Conversations for a Better World, a shared blog on population gender and health.
Women around the world have had to struggle for decades, for centuries, to achieve equal rights and to achieve the human rights every man and woman deserves. And while the struggle has resulted in many positive steps forward, there are still areas where women are considered less than their male counterparts.
Restrictive Abortion Laws Account for Maternal Deaths
October 14th, 2009
New York – Increased contraceptive use has led to fewer abortions worldwide, but deaths from unsafe abortion remain a severe problem, killing 70,000 women a year, according to a major global survey from the Guttmacher Institute.