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I'm 14 and My Boyfriend Wants Sex. Is Now the Right Time?

September 30, 2011 - 7:44am (Print)

Do "all guys" really always want more sexually than you really want or feel ready to do yourself? No. But even if they did, that doesn't mean it'll always be right for you -- or them! -- to engage in sex you don't feel ready for yet or don't really want yourself.

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Meeting the Reproductive Health Needs of Women and Girls Affected by the Pakistan Floods

reader diary by RHRefugee, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.

August 6, 2010 - 11:08am (Print)

The Pakistan floods have reminded us that the needs of women and girls must not be forgotten. A statement, just released by the Reproductive Health Response in Crisis (RHRC) Consortium, underscores what should be done in Pakistan to provide the minimum services until the situation stabilizes.

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Center Starts New Fellows Program on Population, Climate and Women

reader diary by Vicky Markham, Center for Environment and Population (CEP)

May 14, 2010 - 9:50am (Print)

The Center for Environment and Population (CEP) is announcing the launch of a new US and international fellowship program on "Population, Climate Change and the Environment" with a focus on women and girls empowerment and RH issues.

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Women and HIV: New Commitments on an Old Issue?

by Maeve McKean, Center for Health and Gender Equity, International Community of Women Living with HIV and AIDS

April 21, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS recently launched an action plan that targets the AIDS pandemic where it is most devastating: among women.

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Gender Roles to Rainbows: A Mother's Love

by Veronica Arreola

February 11, 2010 - 12:46pm (Print)

A love-and-justice letter from a mother to her daughter on Valentine's Day.

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Giving Girls a Choice and a Chance

by Beth Fredrick, International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC)

May 20, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Legislation to prevent child marriage around the globe was just introduced in both the House and Senate that will give girls who are married too young a choice and a chance.

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The Perfect Pantomime

by Aimee Liu, Ms. Magazine

May 13, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

What are our bodies telling us when we have an eating disorder?

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Not Just A Cosmetic Problem

by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

March 13, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

The effect that toxic chemicals in makeup have on their youngest buyers - teens who may be less discriminating about the products they use - is particularly worrisome.

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"The Most Invisible Entity" : EU Focuses on Girl Children

by Anna Wilkowska-Landowska, RH Reality Check, Eastern Europe

September 18, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

This summer, the European Council adopted a set of indicators to monitor the advancement of girls' rights to access education and sexual and reproductive health care, and to ensure the eradication of child sexual exploitation.

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Child Marriage: We Have Solutions

by Kathy Selvaggio, International Center for Research on Women

May 20, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

We know what works to increase age of marriage in communities where child marriage is common. So why are so few Republicans backing legislation to support those development programs?

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