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Stop playing politics with women's lives, MSF tells TrumpAs affected groups worldwide take in news of Donald Trump’s renewal of a policy that has dire implications for family planning, Médecins Sans Frontières has aimed a broadside at the US president’s stance -
Gag rule on abortion puts $9bn in health aid at risk, activists sayDonald Trump’s executive order prompts fears for groups fighting Aids and Zika and working against child and maternal deaths
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How the gag rule threatens health clinics across Kenya and UgandaCampaigners warn Trump’s reinstatement of a policy cutting aid to organisations who offer abortion services will devastate family planning provision -
African women form a united front in the battle for equalityKary Stewart looks at how feminists are championing women’s rights across the continent and beyond -
Gang rape of 16-year-old girl prompts calls to enforce sexual offences lawWomen’s groups demand perpetrators of brutal attack are brought to justice after video footage is posted on social media, sparking widespread condemnation
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Bangladesh’s plan to allow some child marriages is ‘step backwards’Campaigners say proposed law change permitting child marriage in ‘special cases’ would increase risks of rape, domestic violence and early pregnancy
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interactives
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Family planning around the worldWhere has the highest rate of male sterilisation? How many people in sub-Saharan Africa are on the pill? Explore a world of contraception data
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Abortion rights around the worldContinent-wide summaries and country-by-country breakdowns of abortion rights, including where the procedure is permitted and for what reasons
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Women's rights country by countryWhich countries have laws preventing violence? Which legislate for gender equality? And which countries allow abortion? Using World Bank and UN data we offer a snapshot of women's rights across the globe
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Cairo+20: what progress has been made?Twenty years ago, governments signed a deal that put women’s rights, empowerment and well-being at the centre of discussions about population and development. What has been achieved since?
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What is the 'global gag rule', and why does Trump support it? – videoThis US aid policy, rescinded by Obama, has been brought back by Trump. It could put millions of women’s lives at risk and lead to more unsafe abortions
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Las Patronas: mujeres mexicanas que alimentan a los migrantes – videoDurante los últimos 25 años, Las Patronas han alimentado a miles de migrantes centroamericanos que viajan sobre el tren conocido como La Bestia. Cada día los voluntarios preparan y donan unos 300 paquetes de comida a aquellos en la ruta migratoria hacia EEUU. Para muchos que huyen de la violencia y la pobreza, es una acción de pura generosidad.
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Women of Las Patronas get fast food to migrants on Mexico’s Beast train – videoFor a quarter of a century, a group of women in eastern Mexico has provided food and water to the hundreds of migrants who pass through on top of the infamous freight train known as The Beast
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Trump policy changes would leave lives of millions in balance, agencies warnExecutive orders that would hit funding of UN organisations and US refugee resettlement programme greeted with chorus of condemnation
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'Global gag rule' jeopardises future of Asia health initiatives, campaigners sayFunding for programmes from sanitation to nutrition will be subject to Trump’s far-reaching order, with huge implications for family planning providers
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'Global gag rule' could have dire impact in Latin America, activists warn