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- News, 06 August 2012 | Over the last couple of months, in the Stories Behind the Statistics series, the website Impatient Optimists (Bill & Mellinda Gates Foundation) shared with its readers the overwhelming rate of adolescent pregnancy and its devastating effect on the lives of girls. One of the commitments made on July 11, 2012 at the Family Planning Summit was to increase access to contraceptives for young women and girls. Read more
- News, 22 January 2013 | Karachi : Speakers at a conference on 21 January 2013 said about 72 percent of girls in rural areas of Sindh were married before the age of 18 years as the government has failed to pay heed to the social issue, which is one of the major reasons of poverty. The conference was conducted by Rutgers WPF-Pakistan in collaboration with the HANDS titled ‘Enhancing Role of Media in Eradicating Child Marriages in Sindh’ at a local hotel. Read more
- News, 20 February 2012 | ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Senate on Monday passed a bill that makes violence against women and children an offence carrying jail terms and fines, state media said. Read more
- News, 26 September 2012 | To mark World Contraception Day, photographer Graeme Robertson travelled with the International Planned Parenthood Federation to Eldoret in Kenya to document how NGOs are spreading family planning messages among local slum communities. Read more
- News, 25 August 2012 | Shamim, 14, was working at a restaurant in Kayunga district when a 20-year-old man approached her and convinced her to start a love affair. Read more
- News, 08 August 2012 | Focus Now Shifts to Ensuring Follow-Through and Implementation Centered on Individual Women's Needs and Rights Read more
- News, 30 July 2012 | Nineteen years after female condoms were approved by the US FDA in 1993, they are not yet available as widely as one would have wished. What could have delayed their optimal utilization to meet the unmet prevention needs: was it because female condoms were not rolled out under a robust enough and well resourced comprehensive programme and strategy, or potential users didn't prefer using it? The delegates of the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) vote for female condoms sending a clear message that female condom introduction must be supported by strong, well resourced and strategic scale up programmes in countries and communities where unmet need is acute. Read more
- News, 28 July 2012 | HANOI, Vietnam—Dinh Thi Hong Loan grasps her girlfriend's hand, and the two gaze into each other's love-struck eyes. Smiling, they talk about their upcoming wedding—how they'll exchange rings and toast the beginning of their lives together. Read more
- News, 01 August 2012 | Inna learned the hard way that inadequate knowledge about reproductive health can lead to bitter consequences. Read more
- News, 26 July 2012 | A major battle is underway in the United States over covering the costs of family planning. But in international circles, support for contraception is gaining momentum, boosted by two recent studies and billions in fresh funding pledges. Read more
