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Maternal and Child Health

Abortion in Canada — Legal for Decades But Hindered by Stigma

Abortion access differs by province partly because healthcare in Canada is a provincial responsibility. According to 2019 figures, Quebec has the highest number of access...

Inter Press Service - 31 July 2022

Accountability

First Person: I Go to Sleep and Wake Up to the Sound of Gunfire

A young man whose community has been at the epicentre of the violence that has been raging between rival gangs in the troubled neighbourhood...

OWSA Contributor - 30 July 2022

Accountability

Colombo’s Controversial New President

Ranil Wickremasinghe’s appointment is controversial. He was once considered a highly credible presidential candidate. Yet most Sri Lankans believe he now lacks legitimacy to...

East Asia Forum - 28 July 2022

Accountability

Myanmar Executes Four Pro-Democracy Activists

As part of democratic reforms in 2014, the sentences of prisoners on death row were commuted to life imprisonment. But several dozen convicts received...

OWSA Contributor - 26 July 2022

Freedom of speech and expression

Under Attack, Global Sexual Health ‘Can’t Rely On US’

For almost 40 years, the controversial US ‘global gag rule’ has been used by Republican presidents to block federal funding to non-US organisations that...

SciDevNet - 23 July 2022

Accountability

Unprecedented Threats Against “Right to Protest” on the Rise World-wide

Protesters across the globe are facing a potent mix of pushbacks, with a growing number of laws and other measures to restrict the right...

Inter Press Service - 22 July 2022

Accountability

Bangladesh’s NHRC to Probe Attack on Hindus; Administration Negligence

The Bangladesh NHRC investigation into the riots in Lohagara, where Hindu homes and shops were attacked, will also explore negligence on the part of...

OWSA Staff - 18 July 2022

Bangladesh