Teen pregnancies are soaring and HIV care has stalled in rural communities hit by ‘global gag’ funding cuts

Until November 2017, a project run by Planned Parenthood Association of Zambia (PPAZ) would offer HIV testing in homes, distribute condoms in the community, and give family planning information to teenagers in schools.

Such work was halted by the Mexico City policy, or “global gag rule”, signed two years ago by Trump, which blocked US funds to any organisations involved in abortion advice and care overseas. The policy has been imposed by Republican presidents since Ronald Reagan in 1984, but Trump’s measure was more wide-reaching than ever before. Campaigners estimated that 15 times more funding would be affected. Women’s rights groups and health experts warned that progress on family planning, population growth and reproductive rights would be swept away.

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Irish ban on funding abortion services in developing world to be lifted
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Kenya hits target as married women embrace family planning
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Female Islamic preachers call for women’s rights, contraception in Niger
UNFPA
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UNAIDS

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Not all Christian leaders in Africa are opposed to LGBTQ inclusion
The United Methodist Church voted recently to continue its long-standing church bans on ordaining openly LGBTQ clergy and on performing same-sex marriages. Many American Methodists were dismayed by the decision and began talking of secession from the global church. However, Protestant opinion on LGBTQ issues in the "Global South" - particularly in Africa - may be more malleable than it seems. MORE
 

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International technical guidance on sexuality education

International technical guidance on sexuality education: An evidence-informed approach 
The guidance on was developed to assist education, health and other relevant authorities in the development and implementation of school-based and out-of-school comprehensive sexuality education programmes and materials.download

Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Turning promises into action: Gender equality in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 
This UN Women report provides a comprehensive and authoritative assessment of progress, gaps and challenges in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from a gender perspective.DOWNLOAD

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Ending child marriage: Child marriage Laws and their limitations
This brief summarizes findings from research undertaken by Save the Children and the World Bank on the lack of legal protection against child marriage for girls and marriages that take place below the national minimum age of marriage.download		  

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