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  • Moving in Opposite Directions: Abortion Rights in Latin America and the United States

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    Dot-Mom  //  August 31, 2022  //  By Beatriz García Nice
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    In its June 2022 decision, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the U.S. Supreme Court abandoned decades of precedent to strike down the constitutional right to abortion. This ruling—and a shift in regulatory power over abortion to individual states—is having a profound impact in American society. Already, a record number of abortion measures are on ballots to protect or abolish abortion rights. In many states, the fight over abortion access continues to take place in courtrooms. Far from settling the matter, the Supreme Court’s ruling showcases the deep divide over abortion in American society.

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  • Cascading Impacts of the War in Ukraine: Mental, Maternal, and Newborn Health

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    Dot-Mom  //  July 20, 2022  //  By Sarah B. Barnes

    FILE - Medical workers hold newborn Alana close to her mother after a cesarean section at a hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, March 11, 2022. Alana's mother had to be evacuated from another maternity hospital that was bombed by Russian forces and lost some of her toes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

    This article was originally published as part of the summer 2022 issue of the Wilson Quarterly: Ripples of War.

    Ukraine and its people will feel the effects of the Russian invasion for years to come. More than 6 million refugees have left Ukraine, another 8 million Ukrainians are internally displaced. Among those most impacted are Ukraine’s women and girls, who have a greater chance of experiencing gender-based violence, exploitation, and trafficking. They also face escalated maternal and newborn mortality rates stemming from lack of services and diminished care, as well as injuries and trauma due to the ongoing conflict. Less visibly, Ukrainians are confronting severe emotional distress and trauma.

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  • Chaos Continues: The Impact of the Revocation of the Global Gag Rule

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    Dot-Mom  //  On the Beat  //  June 8, 2022  //  By Deekshita Ramanarayanan
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    Many researchers have documented the impact of the Global Gag Rule (GGR) around the world—and what happens when the policy is in place. “But we don’t know enough about what happens when the policy is revoked,” said Bergen Cooper, Director of Policy Research at Fòs Feminista at the launch of the organization’s new report, Chaos Continues: The 2021 Revocation of the Global Gag Rule and The Need for Permanent Repeal.

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  • #BringBackOurGirls: Ecofeminism, Climate, and Conflict

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    Guest Contributor  //  April 14, 2022  //  By Adenike Oladosu
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    On the night of April 14, 2014, a group of militants attacked the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria. They kidnapped 276 female students, ranging from ages 15 to 19 years. An armed group called Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the kidnapping.

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  • It’s Not Ok: How Data from Nigeria Reveals the Role of Addressing Community Attitudes to End Violence Against Women 

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    Guest Contributor  //  March 22, 2022  //  By Maria Fernanda Espinosa & Onyishi Bukola Adeola
    Abuja,,Nigeria:,Cross,Section,Of,Women,Wearing,Facemasks,Down,From

    Globally, one third of women (736 million) have experienced physical and/or sexual violence, oftentimes when they were still children. Domestic violence and violence against women (VAW) have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.  

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  • Raising Momentum for Integrating Respectful Maternity Care in Humanitarian Settings

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    Dot-Mom  //  Guest Contributor  //  March 9, 2022  //  By Pooja Sripad & Andrea Edman
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    Greater than one third of all women experience mistreatment during facility-based childbirth. Mistreatment, particularly in humanitarian settings, may include verbal or physical abuse, poor patient-provider rapport, a lack of information about maternal and newborn health (MNH) services for both pregnant women and providers, lack of privacy within facilities, challenges with receiving informed consent from women for medical procedures due to language and cultural barriers, and denied or delayed care. Such mistreatment can stem from historical tensions between populations seeking care and health workers (both foreign and local) as well as systemic mistreatment of providers who are burned out and possibly carry their own biases. Evidence shows that some women delay seeking care, or avoid care entirely because of social fears stemming from negative stigma or negative perceptions of their situation. 

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  • The Lasting Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women’s Work, Health, and Safety (New Report)

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    Covid-19  //  Dot-Mom  //  March 2, 2022  //  By Chanel Lee

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    While the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the lives of many around the world, its effects on women have been particularly devastating. Even before the pandemic, women are highly affected by violence. Since the pandemic, rates of gender-based violence have risen, while uptake of critical health services have decreased. Women, especially low-income women, women of color, and migrant women, are also more likely to work in jobs that are underpaid, undervalued, and unprotected, and they comprise the majority of the frontline or “essential” workforce, which includes grocery and food retail workers, health care workers, and care workers.

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  • Through the COVID-19 Lens: Essential Services Needed to Prevent Unintended Pregnancies

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    Covid-19  //  Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  December 15, 2021  //  By Shariq Farooqi
    Manica,,Mozambique,-,September,08,2021:,Women,Dressed,In,Traditional

    “The current pandemic is straining human resources, disrupting supply chains and service delivery, and negatively impacting service seeking among women and girls in countries across the globe,” said Sarah Barnes, Project Director of the Wilson Center’s Maternal Health Initiative. She spoke at a recent event, co-hosted by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), on unintended pregnancies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The increasing rates of unintended pregnancies during the pandemic have exacerbated the vulnerabilities of many women, said Anneka Knutsson, Chief of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Branch at UNFPA.

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