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Africa: Campaigners On Mission to Ensure 'Sexist Data' Reflects Women's Realities
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 18 May 2016
Campaigners are finding more and more holes in official data to track where and which women need help Read more »
Women Deliver 2016 - No Woman or Girl Left Behind #WD2016
Young people are some of the most affected by lack of access to sexual and reproductive health and rights and so they should be key advocates in the response, writes Lucy Maroncha for Key Correspondents.
Women Deliver is the world's largest global conference on the health, rights, and well-being of girls and women in the last decade.
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Africa: Young People Shout Loud for Inclusion in Health Decision-Making
Key Correspondents, 17 May 2016
Hundreds of young leaders meeting in Copenhagen, Demark for a conference to address girls' and women's health and rights issues said they must raise their voices for meaningful… Read more »
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Africa: 10 Innovative Ideas to Improve the Lives of Girls and Women
Women Deliver, 26 April 2016
Social entrepreneurs from around the world to compete at Women Deliver 2016 Conference this May Read more »
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Kenya: Delegates From 168 Countries Converge in Denmark for Women Conference
Nation, 17 May 2016
Nearly 5000 people including Kenyan representatives are meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark to discuss ways to improve the health and wellbeing of girls and women. Read more »
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Nigeria: Gates Foundation Pledges U.S.$80 Million for Women Data
Daily Trust, 17 May 2016
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $80 million to efforts to gather better quality data on women and gender gap inequality. Read more »
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Nigeria: Gates Foundation Commits U.S.$80 Million to Women's Devt
Vanguard, 18 May 2016
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a three-year $80 million commitment to close the gender data gap and accelerate progress for women and girls around the world. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Concern As Mothers Dying While Delivering Babies
CAJ News, 18 May 2016
STAKEHOLDERS have met in the African Union Headquarters in Ethiopia to address the issue of maternal and child deaths following revelations hundreds of women were dying yearly from… Read more »
