Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, Aug 14 2009 (IPS) – Tired of calling for the decriminalisation of abortion the leading cause of maternal death in Argentina a network of women s rights activists launched a telephone hotline to inform women on…
Jessie Boylan COBUE, Mozambique, Sep 17 2009 (IPS) – In the Niassa province of northwest Mozambique, one doctor has been working with local communities to overcome the delays responsible for three-quarters of maternal deaths each year. A healthy baby at…
Ashfaq Yusufzai PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov 3 2009 (IPS) – Until the Taliban were forced to flee by the military, the militant group s deadly opposition to vaccination had been severely hampering efforts to make Pakistan a polio-free country in the…
BRATISLAVA, Nov 27 2009 (IPS) – Rights activists are hoping a landmark announcement by the Czech government regretting forced sterilisation of Roma women in the past will push politicians in neighbouring Slovakia to follow suit. The Czech government this week…
Kathryn Barry NEW YORK, Jan 6 2010 (IPS) – The documentary Living in Emergency is as graphic as it is gripping, following doctors working in humanitarian crises as they face death, disease and despair in Liberia and the Democratic Republic…
Claire Ngozo LILONGWE, Mar 15 2010 (IPS) – At the age of 66, village headman Kamwala of Dedza district in central Malawi is starting to feel the effects of ageing. He gets tired easily and needs frequent naps but says…
Zofeen Ebrahim KARACHI, Pakistan, Apr 21 2010 (IPS) – Thirty-something Shazia could not contain her joy as she watched an artificial leg being strapped on her right leg, just below her knee. My husband carried me here, but I will…
Wambi Michael* KAMPALA, May 21 2010 (IPS) – The international push behind Kenya s controversial Anti-Counterfeit Act of 2008 dates back as far as October 2006 when the World Customs Organisation held its first intellectual property rights (IPRs) seminar in…
Daniela Estrada* SANTIAGO, Jul 22 2010 (IPS) – Many Latin American countries have made strides in legislation and policies that promote sex education and health services for young people, which are essential for fighting AIDS. But implementation has been slow…
NAIROBI, Aug 20 2010 (IPS) – Kenyans are still euphoric over the referendum endorsing a progressive new constitution; but the heat generated by its opponents around their main rallying point abortion rights is a reminder of the wide gap between…