A new formulation of a drug, called carbetocin, could prevent thousands of women from dying due to excessive bleeding after childbirth, a WHO-led study shows. Heat-stable carbetocin has proven to be as safe and effective as the commonly used drug oxytocin but, unlike oxytocin, continues to remain effective in hot and humid conditions - good news . Learn More
Women Most at Risk from Traffickers in India, Libya, Myanmar – Poll
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Girl Ambassadors for Peace – GNWP
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No Change in the Overall Average of Women in Parliaments Despite an Increase in the Percentage of Seats Won by Women in the 2017 Parliamentary Elections Worldwide
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Sexual Abuse By Soldiers, Or By Humanitarian Workers – Different Interpretations, Different Accountability, Double Standards!
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Rohingya “Camp of the Widows” Faces New Peril with Monsoon Torrential Rains
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EU – Istanbul Convention on Violence Against Women – Countries Ratified – Schedule of Countries Under Review by Grevio Committee
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Yemen – Protracted Conflict, Abject Poverty, Dire Humanitarian Crisis, Hunger, Malnutrition, & Now Pending Famine – Women & Children
A nurse weighs a malnourished boy at a malnutrition treatment center in Sanaa, Yemen © Khaled Abdullah / Reuters 28 January 2017 - Yemen could face famine this year unless immediate action is taken to stop the ongoing conflict that’s led to the deaths of over 7,000 people and has left two-thirds of the nation in dire need of humanitarian aid, . Learn More
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Yemeni child suspected of being infected with cholera is checked by doctor at makeshift hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders (AFP) July 20, 2017 - Yemen is suffering from the world’s largest cholera epidemic on record, Oxfam said on Friday morning. The organisation documented more than 360,000 suspected cases of cholera in a three-month . Learn More
Yemen – Civilians Trapped in Port City of Hodeidah – Panic & Fear as Armed Forces Close In – Women & Children
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Yemen – Child Under 5 Dies Every 10 Minutes – World’s Serious Humanitarian Crisis – Aid Nearly Blocked Inbox x
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USA – Supreme Court Upholds Trump Travel Ban
he Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump's travel ban, which restricts entry from seven countries to varying degrees: Iran, North Korea, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Venezuela. USA - Supreme Court Upholds Trump Travel Ban By Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow June 26, 2018 - The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that President Trump has . Learn More
Afghanistan – Half a Million Widows, Mostly Poor, & The Number Is Increasing, Says the Afghan Government
File photo from the "hill of widows," some 15 kilometers south-east of the capital. It is also known as “Zanabad,” the city of women. (AFP photo – March 20, 2017) Masooma, left, working at Kabul’s municipality cleaning roads. She lost her husband in a rocket attack 17 years ago in Kabul and since then has been feeding and raising . Learn More
Report on Opioid Use, Misuse & Overdose in Women
Direct Link to Full 87-Page 2017 Report: https://www.womenshealth.gov/files/documents/final-report-opioid-508.pdf . Learn More