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Tackling FGM in the UK: intercollegiate recommendations for identifying, recording and reporting
The Royal College of Midwives, 2013The number of communities affected by female genital mutilation (FGM) is growing, and with increased migration from countries where FGM is practiced, more girls in the UK are at risk.DocumentWhat works and what does not: a discussion of popular approaches for the abandonment of female genital mutilation
Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2013A range of interventions have been carried out over the past few decades to promote the abandonment of female genital mutilation (FGM). While these efforts have had varied success, the prevalence of FGM is reducing in nearly all the countries in which it is traditionally practiced.DocumentWebsite: Women for Positive Action
Women for Positive Action, 2012Are you looking for a global initiative that responds to the specific concerns of women living and working with HIV?DocumentRisk and Resilience: Obstetric Fistula in Tanzania
EngenderHealth, 2006Obstetric fistula is a hole that forms between the bladder and the vagina or between the rectum and the vagina during prolonged and obstructed child labour. Approximately two million girls and women are estimated to be living with fistula worldwide, yet fistula remains one of the most neglected issues in women's health and rights.DocumentFreedom of Choice: A Youth Activist's Guide to Safe Abortion Advocacy
Youth Coalition, 2007This guide aims to build young people's capacity to advocate for safe abortion care services. It is aimed at young people, people working with young people, and sexual and reproductive health and rights advocates.DocumentOver their dead bodies: denial of access to emergency obstetric care and therapeutic abortion in Nicaragua
Human Rights Watch, 2007Nicaragua is one of only three countries in the world to maintain a blanket ban on abortion, even in cases of rape, incest, or life- or health-threatening pregnancies. Such blanket abortion bans are incompatible with international human rights obligations, including obligations on the rights to life and health.DocumentBreaking the Silence: the Global Gag Rule's Impact on Unsafe Abortion
Center for Reproductive Rights, formerly known as the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, New York, 2003To what extent is the Bush Administration's gag rule contributing to the global crisis of unsafe abortion? The global gag rule (also known as the Mexico City Policy) is an executive order, issued by President Bush in 2001, which restricts foreign Non Government Organisations (NGOs) who receive USAID family planning assistance from using their own, non-U.S.DocumentAdvocating for Abortion Access: Eleven Country Studies
Centre for Health Policy, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, 2001What factors influence a country's legal position on abortion? This publication isDocumentIncreasing Access to Reproductive Health Services through Social Business. The Role of Marie Stopes South Africa in Delivering Termination of Pregnancy Services
2002In 1996 legislation was passed in South Africa that derestricted access to termination of pregnancy (TOP) services, creating huge demand which the public sector was unable to meet. This paper examines the effectiveness of Marie Stopes South Africa's (MSSA) provision of TOP services in order to assess the contribution the not-for-profit social business made in this context.DocumentSafe Abortion: Technical and Policy Guidance for Health Systems
2003What actions should health professionals and others both inside and outside of government take to ensure the provision of safe, good-quality abortion services as allowed by law?Pages