News from the Region
Below are news stories, blog posts, and other resources released this week regarding sexual and reproductive health Latin America, North America, and the Caribbean:
Republicans' war on abortion rights continues: But we can't give up the fight for women's rights | NY Daily News
People and the Planet: The World at 7 Billion | Think Progress
Joint Statement – UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health Report to the General Assembly | ACPD
Trabajan reformas a leyes de Salud y Educación | El Nuevo Diario
Chile: Transsexuals Demand a Place in Postponed Anti-Discrimination Law | Global Voices Online
Post-earthquake Reconstruction: Another Pending Matter For The Chilean Government | AWID
Beyond the Gender Gap: Latin American and Caribbean Women in Search of a New Balance | World Bank
First-Ever Legal Challenge to Jamaica’s Anti-Gay Laws | RH Reality Check
Evolving Men: Initial Results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey | Promundo
World will miss economic benefit of 1.8 billion young people | Guardian
Aprofam apoya a familias afectadas por sismos en Cuilapa, Santa Rosa | Prensa Libre
Now We Are Seven Billion | The Economist
Ovarian cancer risk almost halved after 10 years on the pill, study shows | Guardian
PLAFAM se mueve al ritmo del hip-hop | PLAFAM
New ‘San Jose Articles’ Push Abortion Stigma & False Science | Gender Across Borders
BFLA Must Close Its Doors; Can It Be Saved? | 7 News Belize
Estado incumple atención en salud y abasto de anticonceptivos | Rotativo Querétaro
Campaña de salud en prevención del cáncer de próstata | Agencia de Noticias Orbita
Aftershocks: Women speak out against sexual violence In Haiti’s camps | Amnesty International
Women still face gender gap in Latin American, Caribbean politics | Miami Herald
5ta Jornada de Ligaduras de Trompas: Una opción anticonceptiva a bajo costo. | PLAFAM
Grassroots Opposition Grows to Mississippi's Prop 26, the Egg-as-Person Initiative | RH Reality Check
Congreso de Colombia archiva proyecto de reforma constitucional que buscaba la penalización total del aborto | Center for Reproductive Rights
Asamblea IPPF renueva esfuerzos por salud sexual y reproductiva | Acento
The Criminalization of Abortion is an Abuse of State Power | RH Reality Check
MEXICO: Women Reject Normalisation of Gender Violence | IPS
Birthing kits save mothers’ lives in Haiti | The Record
La vida sexual no se acaba con la tercera edad | La Nación
The Most Shocking Thing My Mother Ever Told Me About Sex (And How It's Shaped My Politics) | Huffington Post
