Hospital detentions for new mothers challenged in Ugandan court
Two cases to be heard this month could serve as legal precedent to outlaw the holding of patients against their will for unpaid bills Two...
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Sewage technique cuts time to detect polio in half, study finds
Outbreaks may be addressed sooner by avoiding need for sending stool samples abroad Polio could be detected in wastewater in half the time using a...
‘Dire crisis for children’ in Sudan, aid groups warn as millions more go hungry
Up to 17,000 more children a day lack food, Save the Children say, as global indifference to humanitarian crisis condemned as ‘racist’ The past four...
Youth say they need education and job skills to thrive in the modern world
The pandemic, cost-of-living crisis and the climate emergency are influencing responses to the largest-ever survey of young people Getting a good education and a job...
Women’s health at risk from UK aid cuts, Foreign Office warned
Thousands more women will be forced into unsafe abortions and die in pregnancy and childbirth, ministers told Hundreds of thousands more women will face unsafe...
Twenty years ago, Africa’s women’s treaty set a path to equality. We must be ready for the next steps
The landmark Maputo protocol has led to huge gains in women’s rights, from abortion access to equal pay. But to go further will require political...
‘Gut-churning’: anger as Hungarian president addresses major women’s rights conference
Katalin Novák, an anti-abortionist and promoter of pro-natalist policies, spoke at the opening of the Women Deliver conference in Rwanda Delegates at a women’s rights...
Three arrested in Kenya as backlash grows over period strip-search
Police take action as activists, politicians and the company involved all condemn tactics used by managers investigating who put sanitary towel in wrong bin Three...
UK aid should not fund private hospitals in developing countries, says Oxfam
Development charity says patients denied treatment or held hostage until fees paid in private facilities in India and Kenya Private hospitals in India and Kenya...
Peru violated rights of 13-year-old girl repeatedly raped by father, UN rules
Authorities denied pregnant Indigenous girl her legal right to an abortion and ‘re-victimised’ her, UN child rights committee says Peru violated the rights of a...
