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Pregnancy kills or injures one million girls a year, warns Save the Children 26 June 2012
Source: Save the Chidlren
Pregnancy is the biggest killer of teenage girls worldwide, with one million dying or suffering serious injury, infection or disease due to pregnancy or childbirth every year, Save the Children said today in a report issued ahead of the London Family Planning Summit.
Clinton: family planning key to sustainability 22 June 2012
Source: Associated Press via The Guardian
Rio de Janeiro - Hillary Rodham Clinton took a stand for women's reproductive rights during the Rio+20 United Nations conference on Friday, saying "women must be empowered to make decisions on whether and when to have children" if the world is to attain agreed-upon sustainable development goals.
Gro Harlem Brundtland censures Rio+20's gender equality outcomes 22 June 2012
Source: The Guardian
Absence of reproductive rights reference in UN Women's call to action and the Rio+20 outcome document is 'a step backwards', says former Norway prime minister.
New data shows little progress in meeting demand for contraception in developing countries 20 June 2012
A new study by the Guttmacher Institute and UNFPA has found that an estimated 222 million women in developing countries have an unmet need for contraception, and that progress in addressing unmet need has been very slow, with the number of women with an unmet need in the poorest 69 countries having increased.
World scientists call for action on population and consumption ahead of Rio+20 14 June 2012
Source: IAP
Today the world's 105 science academies have issued a joint statement highlighting the global challenges of population and consumption, calling upon world leaders to take decisive action.
Youth coalition launches video to address SRHR at Rio+20 30 May 2012
Source: Youth Coalition for Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights
In the run up to the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development taking place next month The Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights has launched a video to inform the negotiations.
United Nations adopts landmark resolution on adolescents and youth 28 April 2012
Source: IPPF
NEW YORK - Late Friday at the 45th Session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD), member states issued a bold resolution in support of young people’s sexual and reproductive health and human rights.
Royal Society calls for a more equitable future by focusing on population and consumption 26 April 2012
Source: The Royal Society
Consumption levels between developed and developing nations must be rebalanced alongside a stabilisation of the world's population by voluntary methods, according to a new report launched today by The Royal Society.
Youth group calls for Rio+20 to advance sexual and reproductive rights 20 April 2012
Source: Advocates for Youth
A petition from the organisation Advocates for Youth is calling on leaders at Rio+20 to make young people's sexual health and rights a priority at the forthcoming UN sustainable development summit.
Reaffirmation of women's rights key to Rio+20 success 16 April 2012
Source: IPS News
Previously agreed commitments to women's rights and links to sustainable development are being undermined as part of the Rio+20 process, warns Sascha Gabizon of the Women's Major Group for the forthcoming summit, in an interview with has U.N. Bureau Chief Thalif Deen.