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    True story - female genital mutilation in Afar, Ethiopia

    2012
    The Afar region of North-east Ethiopia has one of the country’s highest rates of female genital mutilation (FGM) with around 74 percent of women and girls undergoing the practice. Since 2000, a joint programme to abandon FGM in the Afar region carried out by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has made significant progress.
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    SafeHands for Mothers

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    For her it's the big issue: putting women at the centre of water supply, sanitation and hygiene.

    Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, 2006
    Lack of basic sanitation and safe water is a major issue for women and girls who live in poor and overcrowded areas.
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    UNFPA Philippines

    United Nations Population Fund, 2012
    Every day, around eleven women in the Philippines die during pregnancy and childbirth, and for every maternal death at least 20 other women suffer serious complications, some of which are life-long.
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    Forsaken lives: the harmful impact of the Philippine criminal abortion ban

    Center for Reproductive Rights, formerly known as the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, New York, 2010
    What is the situation with unsafe abortion and women’s reproductive health and rights in the Philippines? This report by the Center for Reproductive Rights addresses the human rights violations resulting from the imposition of the Philippines’ criminal prohibition of abortion, particularly focusing on the experiences of women who have undergone unsafe abortions.
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    Website: Women for Positive Action

    Women for Positive Action, 2012
    Are you looking for a global initiative that responds to the specific concerns of women living and working with HIV?
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    What Women Want: Meeting the Global Demand for Medical Abortion

    Marie Stopes International, 2010
    Globally, an estimated 19 to 20 million unsafe abortions take place every year. Women around the world urgently need better access to safer methods for ending unplanned pregnancies. This short publication seeks to address the lack of documentation in relation to demand for and access to medical abortion, by highlighting best practice and lessons learnt.
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    Over their dead bodies: denial of access to emergency obstetric care and therapeutic abortion in Nicaragua

    Human Rights Watch, 2007
    Nicaragua 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.
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    Female Genital Mutilation and Obstetric Outcome: WHO Collaborative Prospective Study in Six African Countries

    The Lancet, 2006
    Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a common practice in a number of countries, predominantly in Africa. Reliable evidence connecting FGM to obstetric complications during childbirthI is scarce. This study examines the effect of different types of FGM on obstetric outcome.
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    Evaluation of DFID Development Assistance: Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment. Phase II Thematic Evaluation: Maternal Mortality

    Department for International Development, UK, 2005
    Every year over half a million women die as a result of complications in pregnancy and childbirth, and unsafe abortions. This evaluation report reviews the extent to which key objectives of DFID's gender policy commitments are incorporated in the design, implementation and monitoring of DFID's maternal health investments.

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