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Reproductive Rights in the so-called Western World
There is Distress in the West too by Gudrun Haupter, Convenor of IAW Commission on Health You know about the US Senate Vote on abortion,
20 May 2022
There is Distress in the West too by Gudrun Haupter, Convenor of IAW Commission on Health You know about the US Senate Vote on abortion,
A Challenge between Hopeful Projects and a Lack of Finances by Gudrun Haupter, Convenor of IAW Commission on Health As you know we are always
Deutscher Frauenring, DFR, for decades kept carrying on this project. In the years 1982 to 1985 I was travelling in Togo with Brigitte Pross, then
Reflections on family planning and how the Vatican prevents prevention
Current global trends threaten the provision of life-saving care needed by women and girls, especially the poorest and most marginalised.
Gudrun Haupter, convener of the IAW Commission on Health, adds information to the President’s letter on FGM
IAW requests action on Women’s Sexual, Reproductive and Health Rights (SRHR) in the context of ZIKA, to commemorate May 28, the International Day of Action on Women’s Health
The IAW statement to the World Health Assembly in Geneva from 23 to 28 May, takes up an issue of high topicality: the ZIKA infection and possible consequences for women’s health, in particular to the SRHR of women.
On World Contraception Day IAW wishes to congratulate Melinda Gates on her decison to devote the rest of her life to improve access to family planning all over the globe. We hope the global movement launched at the Family Planning Summit will succeed in giving an additional 120 million women in the world’s poorest countries access to lifesaving family planning information, services and supplies by 2020.
Family planning is the bottom line for women’s empowerment as well as for poverty alleviation.
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Founded in 1904 and based in Geneva, the International Alliance of Women (IAW) is an international NGO comprising 44 member organizations involved in the promotion of the human rights of women and girls globally. The IAW has general consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council and is accredited to many specialized UN agencies, has participatory status with the Council of Europe and is represented at the Arab League, the African Union and other international organizations.