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International Aid, Made Local

By Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check

September 15, 2009 - 6:50am

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By using the peer-to-peer model, the Minnesota International Health Volunteers program avoids, or at least reduces, public health obstacles that arise when there’s a culture clash.


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Amidst wealth, dire reproductive health needs

Reader diary posted by Bridgit Adamou, Pathfinder International

August 26, 2009 - 4:09pm

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Angola is the seventh wealthiest nation in Africa. It has oil—and lots of it. But maternal mortality is high and the total fertility rate is nearly seven children per woman, on par with some of the world's poorest countries.


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Senate Takes First Step Toward Banning Global Gag Rule

By Emily Douglas

July 10, 2009 - 7:00am

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A Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday passed an amendment that, if passed in the final foreign aid appropriations legislation, will ban future imposition of the global gag rule.

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The Long Wait: Reproductive Health Care in Haiti

Reader diary posted by RHRefugee, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.

May 28, 2009 - 4:22pm

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Last month, Haiti's donor conference raised money for a nation that has weathered storms time and time again.  The pledges added to the previously committed $3 billion in international assistance.  While all of this may seem like a large amount of money for a small Caribbean island, little investment in reproductive health has undermined overall goals of poverty alleviation. A new report highlights the gaps in reproductive health in Haiti, where re-occuring crises place women and families at risk.


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Mother's Day for Those Without Maternal Care

By Linda Suttenfield, Pathfinder International

May 8, 2009 - 8:00am

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For women in the US, Mother's Day is often about getting that perfect Hallmark card or being treated to breakfast in bed. But for many women in the developing world, celebrating motherhood through such a simple holiday is not even a possibility.

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We're Back! US Reclaims Leadership Role in International Reproductive Health

By Sharon Camp, Guttmacher Institute

April 14, 2009 - 7:00am

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At the recent Commission on Population and Development, for the first time in eight years, the US was front and center advocating an increased global commitment to reproductive health and rights.

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The Yanks Are Coming -- Back

By Gloria Feldt and Linda Hirshman

April 10, 2009 - 7:00am

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At the moment the Obama administration's decision to seek a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council grabbed headlines, the U.S. quietly took the reins on the most important human rights issue for humanity's future: sexual and reproductive rights.

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America's Uneasy Relationship With Contraception

By Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check

April 8, 2009 - 9:08am

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Colorado's Senate Bill 225 reminds us that there is still a great deal of hostility toward birth control in this country, and one of the most glaring examples of this hostility is in the United States’ international policy.


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