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Cape Town (Women’s Feature Service) – As the curtains go up and the bright lights dramatically illuminate the room, all the audience can see is a bare stage with three chairs. A stark setting indeed and, yet, it’s the perfect… Continue Reading →
PLEASE SIGN PETITION BELOW Karnataka Chief Minister: STOP medically unwarranted hysterectomies and arrest erring doctors Now T.V. SIVANANDAN A random sampling of 76 women has revealed that most hysterectomies were medically unnecessary. There’s a nexus between private hospitals… Continue Reading →
in Delhi: RTI reply Sidhartha Dutta, Hindustan Times New Delhi, August 11, 2014 Sterilisation of women in Delhi was close to thirteen times more than men in 2013-14, the reply to an RTI application has found. According to the RTI reply,… Continue Reading →
BEYOND THE SIMPLE FORMULAS BY SHWETA KRISHNAN ‘Woman? It’s simple, say the fanciers of simple formulas: she is a womb, an ovary; she is a female – this word is sufficient to define her.’ –Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex These… Continue Reading →
TED‘s mission further stigmatizes abortion by conceding to the harmful societal assumption that abortion is something that can’t be openly discussed. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Steve Jurvetson from Menlo Park, USA Think Progress / By Tara Culp-Ressler Editorial Note: After The Nation‘s Jessica… Continue Reading →
MCT MCT BY MIRTA OJITO [email protected] Seven countries in Latin America and the Caribbean — El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Chile, Suriname, Dominican Republic and Haiti — do not allow abortions for any reason, not even to save the life… Continue Reading →
Think Progress / By Tara Culp-Ressler GOP lawmakers certainly failed our women this year. 2013 hasn’t been a great year for reproductive rights. Ever since 2010, abortion opponents have imposed a flurry of state-level legislation intended to slowly chip away at abortion access,… Continue Reading →
By Erin Browner WeNews correspondent Tuesday, August 27, 2013 The prime minister’s statements against abortion and in favor of large families have something like the power of unwritten law. That’s why some women have joined the anti-government protests and others… Continue Reading →
AARTI DHAR, The Hindu When medical professionals, legal experts, health activists, and the officials of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare meet here on Monday, on their agenda is a rather peculiar subject — rising cases of hysterectomies in… Continue Reading →
New strategy free from taboos and coercion, and moves away from a camp-based approach, says health official Nikita Mehta , Mint According to UN Millennium Development Goals, India is likely to miss its target for reducing the maternity mortality rate. Photo:… Continue Reading →