Humanitarian groups are working to provide aid to the hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees who have fled to Jordan, most of which are women and children, but the specific needs of women and girls all too often fall through the cracks.
If you don’t want to provide the obstetric or gynecological services your patient needs—which may include an abortion—maybe you should choose another field of specialty.
The High-Level Task Force for the International Conference on Population and Development takes aim at violence and maternal mortality.
As of 2011, 1 in 12 private-sector workers was employed in the restaurant industry. But women, especially women of color, face a variety of struggles in this growing field.
A 22-year-old Salvadoran woman with severe chronic medical conditions is pregnant with a fetus without a brain. But a 1998 law in El Salvador prohibits all abortions, without exception.
In Case You’ve Ever Thought Anti-Bullying and Anti-Discrimination Measures Aren’t Worth Taking
Are sticks and stones really the only ways to inflict pain? This TED Tallker Shane Koyczan, has an important message about the effects of discrimination that perhaps if we spread to everyone from an early age, would lead to much fewer hate and prejudice-related issues in the country at large in future generations.
Across the country, employers are choosing to cut worker hours in order to save money and dodge requirements in the Affordable Care Act. And some workers are fighting back.
New Zealand Parliament Passes Gay Marriage Bill, Breaks into Song
New Zealand legalizes gay marriage and, rightly, celebrates.
At a campus forum on women and sustainable development issues in the Texas Bible Belt and the Women in the World summit in New York, I saw that “women’s rights are the biggest unfinished agenda of 21st century.”
Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the case Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl. While arguments touched on a number of topics, they centered on an issue crucial to all of us – how a parent is defined under the law.
Why Is El Salvador Letting a Woman Die? 
Stoking Fire: Addressing the Specific Needs of Female Syrian Refugees 
Disney Backtracks Over ‘Sexy’ Princess Merida Makeover 
Adoption Imperialism: A Q&A With ‘The Child Catchers’ Author Kathryn Joyce 
T.R.M. Howard: Civil Rights Rabble-Rouser, Abortion Provider
Ariel Castro Could Face Murder Charges for Terminating Victim’s Pregnancies 
Star Parker, CURE Exploit Gosnell Case to Promote Debunked ‘Black Genocide’ Narrative 
Get Real! What to Do When Sex Has Only Either Felt Painful or Like Nothing? - Disney Backtracks Over ‘Sexy’ Princess Merida Makeover
- Why Is El Salvador Letting a Woman Die?
- Why Is El Salvador Letting a Woman Die?
- Star Parker, CURE Exploit Gosnell Case to Promote Debunked ‘Black Genocide’ Narrative
Anti-Abortion Laws Are Crimes Against Women 
Ohio House: Defund Planned Parenthood, Send Taxpayer Money to CPCs 
When Health-Care Providers Refuse Care, Whose Rights Are at Stake?
- Worked Up About Teens and Plan B? Here’s What the Kids Actually Think. – JezebelSource: RHRC Google News | Published on 2013-05-16
- Fighting Maternal Mortality in Somaliland – Huffington Post (blog)Source: RHRC Google News | Published on 2013-05-16
- Gosnell Verdict Raises Questions About Access To Abortions – NPRSource: RHRC Google News | Published on 2013-05-16
- Free maternal health in danger – GhanaWebSource: RHRC Google News | Published on 2013-05-16
- MEPs express concern at ‘restrictive aspects’ of Irish abortion legislation – Irish TimesSource: RHRC Google News | Published on 2013-05-16
- 75000 teenage girls in Ghana get pregnant every year – New Straits TimesSource: RHRC Google News | Published on 2013-05-15
- Nonprofits, health clinics see bigger roles – The Register-GuardSource: RHRC Google News | Published on 2013-05-15
