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Mandatory for pregnant women in India to undergo HIV test proposed
Passing AIDS from mother to child is a human rights violation and soon all pregnant women in India will have to undergo a mandatory HIV test, the parliamentary forum on HIV and AIDS said last week. … more →
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Mandatory for pregnant women in India to undergo HIV test proposed
womensphere wrote 1 month ago: Passing AIDS from mother to child is a human rights violation and soon all pregnant women in India w … more →
2 million babies and mothers die at birth study finds
womensphere wrote 1 month ago: More than 2 million babies and mothers die worldwide each year from childbirth complications, outnum … more →
India: Too Many Women Dying in Childbirth
womensphere wrote 1 month ago: Despite National Commitment, Many Unable to Access Services Tens of thousands of Indian women and gi … more →
One in eight women in Sierra Leone risks dying during pregnancy or childbirth - a 'human rights emergency' says new amnesty report
womensphere wrote 2 months ago: Amnesty International has launched a new campaign to reduce maternal deaths in Sierra Leone. The acc … more →
Photos of childbirth have been branded pornography in Zambia
womensphere wrote 2 months ago: An editor sent officials photos that her newspaper received of a woman giving birth to a stillborn c … more →
Kenyan mothers too poor to pay for treatment locked up in hospital
womensphere wrote 3 months ago: Campaigners say practice of detaining people for unpaid medical bills is widespread Cash-strapped st … more →
Delhi female births rise hailed
womensphere wrote 3 months ago: India’s capital, Delhi, recorded more female than male births during 2008, for the first time … more →
Midwives defy tradition and save lives in Afghanistan
womensphere wrote 3 months ago: When the first and only midwifery school was opened in 2004 in Bamyan city, central Afghanistan, not … more →
Too many teenage girls are getting married in Bangladeshsay health specialists
womensphere wrote 4 months ago: According to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) State of the World’s Children 2009 report, … more →
Taiwan women's groups angry over new registration requiring women to give complete birth history
womensphere wrote 4 months ago: Women’s groups panned the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) for a new household registration certificat … more →
Three shelters providing safe havens for women in Malaysia
womensphere wrote 4 months ago: Who can you turn to when doors suddenly close in your face; when your boyfriend is nowhere to be see … more →
Fight Sexism to Help Young Mothers – South Africa
womensphere wrote 4 months ago: “My mother was surprised that my breasts were getting bigger, and told me to go to the clinic … more →
Restricting Funding for Abortion Forces 1 in 4 Poor Women to Carry Unwanted Pregnancies to Term in US
womensphere wrote 4 months ago: Also Causes Delays for Many Who Do Obtain the Procedure Approximately one-fourth of women who would … more →
Falling family planning funding threatens global poverty fight
womensphere wrote 4 months ago: A dramatic plunge in international donor funding for family planning is threatening to undermine oth … more →
AIDS number one cause of maternal deaths in Zimbabwe
womensphere wrote 4 months ago: A new maternal mortality study names HIV and AIDS as the cause of one in four maternal deaths in Zim … more →
When Partner Abuse Isn't a Bruise But a Pregnant Belly
womensphere wrote 5 months ago: Janey (not her real name) was 19 when she fell “head over heels” for a guy six years her … more →
Countries at war get little aid for mothers and children
womensphere wrote 5 months ago: Countries that are at war such as Afghanistan, Sudan and Iraq get only US$1.30 a person a year in ai … more →
A (paid) break for fathers in Spain
womensphere wrote 5 months ago: On June 18 the Spanish parliament will rubber-stamp a new law extending paternity leave from the pre … more →
Honour Pledges on Reproductive Health
womensphere wrote 5 months ago: In 1994, the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) proposed a groundbreaking … more →
