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A girl dressed in white walks knee-deep in water after heavy rains and floods in the town of Pibor, Boma state, South Sudan, on November 6, 2019.

Family Planning: Global Disparities Persist

by Corinne Bintz, Annie Haakenstad, Susan A. McLaughlin

Contraception access and options need to improve to help empower women, young people

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Migrant workers and homeless people wait on the banks of Yamuna river in Delhi on April 15, 2020, as police arrange buses to transfer them to shelters after India extended a nationwide lockdown. This is an eerie and haunting photo with several people sitting on the ground in an outdoor location in low lighting. They are bathed in a dark red light. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

Coronavirus in India

by Poonam Muttreja

Mitigating the health effects of COVID-19 beyond the immediate

Helping youth directly address their leaders: Mariam Abou Gado, Ouagadougou Partnership Youth Ambassador in Niger, meets with President Issoufou of Niger to discuss recommendations on family planning. The photo shows a smiling Miriam shaking hands with the president. PHOTO courtesy of EtriLabs/Yves Tamomo
Gender

An Improbable Success in a Troubled Region

by Janet Fleischman, Marie Ba

The Ouagadougou Partnership in Francophone West Africa advances access to family planning for health and development

Young girls holding U.S. and Kenyan flags wait to greet U.S. Ambassador Robert Godec at a President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) project for girls' empowerment in Nairobi on Mar 10, 2018. The photo shows four girls from the stomach down holding flags. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Gender

The U.S. Government’s Role in Addressing Global Women’s Health

by Jen Kates, Kellie Moss

What will happen to women and girls in low- and middle-income countries in the future as aid stalls and progress slows?