Tag: Health
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How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted the Health of Women and Girls?
Liz Batten, of SI Salisbury, continues the conversation on women and health, as discussed in her episode of SI Voices Podcast with this blog post focusing on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Women’s Health and Gender Inequalities: Lessons and emerging priorities 25 years after the Beijing Platform for Action
The 25 years since the visionary Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action for Women have seen dramatic changes globally. While there has been important progress on some fronts, new challenges have emerged, including the current COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, the concerns outlined 25 years ago remain deafeningly relevant for women’s and girl’s rights.
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Women and Health
As we reach the twenty-five-year review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, we can say that there have been considerable developments in specific areas of women’s health, but this year, many of these advances have not withstood the effects of the pandemic
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Findings from the ‘World Drug Report: Women and Drugs’.
Special Advisor to SI Advocacy, Linda Witong, provides insight into the ‘World Drug Report: Women and Drugs’ from the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
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Insight into the WHO Report on health of refugees and migrants
Barbara Rochman, SI UN Representative in New York, provides insight into sections of the WHO Report on ‘Health of Refugees and Migrants’, with specific focus on issues effecting women and girls.
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Addressing Menstrual Hygiene Management
Equipped with knowledge and evidence provided by Soroptimist International’s grassroots projects, UN Representative, Mary Muia speaks at the Fourth Session of the UN Environment Assembly Nairobi Kenya on the topic of ‘Menstrual Hygiene Management in a waste, toxic and disposal free world’.