Tag: women
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Zika concerns could test Singapore’s efforts to boost birth rate
“I really love kids and want to have one of my own,” the 37-year-old who declined to give her full name said after a procedure at the fertility clinic of KK Women's and Children's Hospital, the largest facility for women's health in Singapore. “I'm not postponing my pregnancy plans but I'm taking all precautions I…
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Zika concerns could test Singapore’s efforts to boost birth rate
“I really love kids and want to have one of my own,” the 37-year-old who declined to give her full name said after a procedure at the fertility clinic of KK Women's and Children's Hospital, the largest facility for women's health in Singapore. “I'm not postponing my pregnancy plans but I'm taking all precautions I…
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Russia frees Crimean dissident from psychiatric clinic
Ilmi Umerov, deputy head of the Crimean Tatars' semi-official Mejlis legislature, which was suspended by Moscow after it annexed the peninsula from Ukraine in 2014, was committed to compulsory psychiatric testing by local authorities in August. Western countries, including Britain and the United States, had called for Umerov's release, and rights activists had accused Russia…
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Exclusive: Nigerian army faces new dangers in Boko Haram campaign
By Ulf Laessing BAMA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria's military has liberated large swathes of land from Boko Haram but a ride with an army convoy, all guns firing for fear of ambush, shows how far the northeast is from normality after a brutal Islamist insurgency that has displaced millions. The moment military convoys leave the…
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Olympics-Soccer-IOC disappointed with Solo’s "cowards" comments
By Karolos Grohmann RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 13 (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is disappointed that United States goalkeeper Hope Solo branded opponents Sweden as cowards after they knocked her team out of the women’s soccer tournament, but will not take any disciplinary action. The best team did not win today.” Solo is…
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Olympics-Soccer-IOC disappointed with Solo’s "cowards" comments
By Karolos Grohmann RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 13 (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is disappointed that United States goalkeeper Hope Solo branded opponents Sweden as cowards after they knocked her team out of the women’s soccer tournament, but will not take any disciplinary action. The best team did not win today.” Solo is…
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Silent South African anti-rape protest during Zuma speech on vote
Anti-rape activists protested on Saturday as South African President Jacob Zuma delivered his first remarks since local elections gave his African National Congress (ANC) its worst results since 1994. Zuma ignored the protest while his security guards stood nearby, apparently surprised by the protest by four women dressed in black and holding up placards, some…
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Doctors should offer women birth control right after babies arrive
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Women should have the chance to get long-acting birth control like intrauterine devices (IUDs) before they leave the hospital with a new baby, a leading group of U.S. obstetricians recommends. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has long advocated that women have access to IUDs and contraceptive…