Equal rights for girls and women
Discrimination against girls and women is a colossal human tragedy and waste; it also contributes to rapid population growth. Therefore, population policy must emphasize legal and social measures to protect and enhance women’s rights. These include primary and secondary education for girls; enforcing laws and human rights standards that prohibit child marriage and gender-based violence; and improving women’s access to credit, land, employment, and training—in short, the full legal and social rights of citizenship.
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October 1, 2009
Throughout the world, there are currently more than 51 million child brides. If this trend continues, an additional 100 million girls will be married in the next decade. Girls married
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October 4, 2009
Violence against women is a major cause of poverty and a huge barrier to economic opportunity. In addition to being an extreme human rights violation, it keeps women from getting
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October 5, 2009
Investing in women is one of the surest routes to end poverty in the developing world. The Global Resources and Opportunities for Women to Thrive Act (GROWTH) would make U.S.
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October 1, 2009
During the past 10 years, the federal government has funded over $1.5 billion for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs that censor information about the health benefits of contraception and condoms. During the same
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October 3, 2009
The United States has the highest rate of unintended teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections among all industrialized nations. American teens acquire an estimated 9.1 million sexually transmitted diseases a
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