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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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  • Silencing the Stigma of Menstruation

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    Dot-Mom  //  May 18, 2022  //  By Chanel Lee
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    Every month, young women and girls in the villages of Nepal make their way into makeshift huts where they will reside for the week until their menstruation has finished. Some of them will turn to nearby sheds whereas others will travel through dense forests to reach these huts. Venomous snake bites, asphyxiation, and rape are just a few of the harsh realities of living in these poorly ventilated and weakly protected menstrual huts. This practice of self-isolation called “chhaupadi” is an ancient tradition of “untouchability” rooted in the belief that menstruation is sinful and impure. Considered bringers of misfortune, menstruating girls and women are forbidden from taking part in any household, religious, and social activities under this tradition, forcing them to distance themselves from their family and community during this time. Although chhaupadi seems like an extreme case or isolated custom, it actually represents a common global issue—menstrual stigma.

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  • Addressing the Global Stigma of Being Childfree

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    Dot-Mom  //  May 11, 2022  //  By Claire Hubley
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    Women around the world are choosing to forego motherhood. Yet more often than not stigma remains the global response, despite a decades-long global trend of women making this decision.  

    Varied social perceptions greet the choice to not bear children, depending on the culture and economic status of the country. Yet regardless of income level, globally recognized female stereotypes often place a high value on a woman’s fertility and her potential role as a mother, making it harder for women to exercise their agency to embrace other alternatives.

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  • Gender Inequality in Mexico’s Fractured Public Health System

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    Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  Guest Contributor  //  April 20, 2022  //  By Samantha Kane Jiménez
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    In recent years, Mexican women have experienced a significant downgrade in the quality and accessibility of public healthcare – and not due to the COVID-19 pandemic – said Irene Tello, Executive Director of Mexican impunity watchdog Impunidad Cero, at a recent event hosted by the Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute. The expert panel agreed that the greatest barriers for Mexican women seeking medical attention lie in the current government’s nearsighted health policies and mismanagement of the public health sector.

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  • 66th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women: Six Pillars to Support Midwives

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    Dot-Mom  //  On the Beat  //  April 13, 2022  //  By Chanel Lee
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    “When women can decide on the timing and spacing of their births, are treated with respect, and offered quality of care across the life course—they are not only able to survive, they, their families, and their communities are able to thrive and flourish. By directly and indirectly contributing to women’s empowerment, midwives are contributing to strengthen economic and productive and equitable societies,” said Dr. Julitta Onabanjo, Director of the Technical Division at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), New York, at a recent event hosted by UNFPA as part of the 66th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. Midwives and midwifery experts convened to discuss the important role that midwives play in the improvement of gender equality, women’s economic empowerment, and climate justice.

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  • New Security Brief | Converging Risks: Demographic Trends, Gender Inequity, and Security Challenges in the Sahel

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    Africa in Transition  //  April 4, 2022  //  By Wilson Center Staff
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    Security conditions in the Sahel are rapidly deteriorating. Since 2016, the region has witnessed a 16-fold increase in terrorist attacks. In Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger, 10.5 million people are facing starvation, and with climate-related disasters increasing and intensifying in the region, food insecurity is projected to rise. Against this backdrop, rapid population growth is outpacing governments’ ability to provide access to basic services. These pressures have transformed the central Sahel into the epicenter of a forced displacement crisis, with dire long-term and global humanitarian consequences that reverberate well beyond the region’s borders.

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  • No Progress Without Quality: Why Quality of Care Matters

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    Covid-19  //  Dot-Mom  //  From the Wilson Center  //  February 16, 2022  //  By Chanel Lee

    Midwife Rebecca Aryee washes her hands during a lesson at Cape Coast Midwifery School, Cape Coast, Ghana, on Monday 4 June 2018. Jhpiego has set up a ‘skills lab’ at the Cape Coast midwifery school, and sponsored the development of learning apps to help facilitate the training of new midwives.

    Evidence shows that in low- and middle-income countries, the expansion of health coverage or access to care has not always reduced overall mortality, said Dr. Patricia Jodrey, Child Health Team Lead in the Office of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). “However, the analysis also showed that when countries have progressed in improving the quality of their health systems, the survival rate tends to improve,” she said.

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  • Integrating Leadership Skills in Cervical Cancer Prevention Efforts

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    Dot-Mom  //  On the Beat  //  February 2, 2022  //  By Shariq Farooqi
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    With a high burden of cervical cancer in Tanzania, we are advocating for the government’s parliament to prioritize cervical cancer prevention in its annual budget, said Dr. Safina Yuma, a Reproductive Cancer Coordinator at the Ministry of Health, Tanzania, at a recent event hosted by TogetHER for Health on cervical cancer leadership in recognition of cervical cancer awareness month. At least 270,000 women die globally from cervical cancer each year and in Tanzania, it is a leading cause of death, taking the lives of approximately 4,200 women annually. However, cervical cancer is 90 percent preventable with appropriate prevention strategies such as human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations and screenings. Expert leaders from NJIA, a leadership development program for practitioners working in cervical cancer research and prevention, discussed strategies for improving collaboration and leadership within the medical profession to reduce avoidable deaths.

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