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Countries sign UN agreement to tackle problems of reproductive health
October 27, 2004
Seventy-nine member governments of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) on 25...

Amnesty: severe health crisis in Congo
October 26, 2004
According to Amnesty International the systematic rape and torture of at least 40,000 women and...

WHO survey: Lithuanian youth start with sex at young age
October 26, 2004
A new WHO-coordinated survey on international health and living found that among 15-year-old...

Zambian NGO calls for improved women's healthcare
October 25, 2004
A women's advocacy group in Zambia has appealed to health authorities to spend more money on...

Female condoms are subsidized in Gabon
October 25, 2004
According to medical workers a sharp cut in the price of female condoms should promote their use in...

Female circumcision still widespread in Kenya
October 22, 2004
Despite Kenya having outlawed circumcision of girls by a 1999 decree and later, the Children's Act,...

UNICEF adviser speaks out on rape in Darfur
October 21, 2004
Sexual violence and rape of women and girls in the western Sudanese region of Darfur should be...

Afghan women fight for basic rights
October 20, 2004
Afghanistan is one of the worst places in the world to become pregnant.