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Ashley Karungi 33, a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTQ) community and a single mother of two poses for a picture with rainbow colours at the offices of Rella Women's Empowerment Program, for LGBTQ rights advocacy, after a Reuters interview in Kulambiro suburb of Kampala, Uganda April 4, 2023.

LGBTQI+ People Need a Permanent End to the Global Gag Rule

by Beirne Roose-Snyder

The Global Gag Rule disrupts health services and relationships for LGBTQI+ people and harms LGBTQI+ rights globally

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A health worker sits outside a makeshift camp for blood tests on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, on November 30, 2006

Addressing Contraceptive Needs for Women Living With HIV

by Preetika Banerjee, Ipsita Bhattacharjee, Shalini Singh

How community health workers can help promote choice in reproductive health care

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Bringing Personal Experience With Sexual and Reproductive Health to Work

by Nandita Thatte

How one woman’s experience with maternal care shaped her professional understanding

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.
Gender

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

Jiejin Qiu, six months pregnant with her first baby, poses underwater during a photo shoot at a local wedding photo studio in Shanghai on September 5, 2014—as China began easing its one-child policy. The photo shows the expecting mother floating underwater in a dream-like shot. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
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Data for Contraceptive Security Decision-Making

by Thidiane Ndoye, Michael A. Cohen

Newly launched interactive visualization tool will help measure and track access to contraceptives and guide programs

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
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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
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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
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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?

A mother kisses her child as she walks past graffiti in Mumbai on March 27, 2014. The image is striking with a large, artistic image behind a woman who is walking and holding a child. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
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Human Development is the Best Contraceptive—Why India Does Not Need a Two-Child Norm

by Poonam Muttreja

Key to harnessing potential of India is enhancing capabilities of young people and expanding freedoms of girls and women