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Today at Ms. | December 8, 2023
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The First ‘Health’ COP Must Prioritize Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for Young People [[link removed]]
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Participants arrive at the Health Day Opening Session at Al Waha Theatre on day four of the UNFCCC COP28 Climate Conference on Dec. 3, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Sean Gallup / Getty Images)
BY JESSIE PINCHOFF, KARIN WATSON and ELEANOR BLOMSTROM | The 28th U.N. Climate Climate Change Conference (COP) currently meeting in Dubai until Dec. 12, is being hailed as the “Health COP”––promising to bring the climate and health agenda into the mainstream. Yet we are seeing almost no direct focus on sexual and reproductive health and rights, which is a critical gap because climate change creates barriers to fulfilling those rights.
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Ms. Magazine’s Prison and Domestic Violence Shelter Program: Let Women on the Inside Know They Are Not Alone [[link removed]]
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A mother and her child in a temporary apartment for victims of domestic violence. In the U.S., one in three women, and one in four men, have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner. (Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt / AFP via Getty Images)
BY GLORIA STEINEM | Women in prison often spend 17 hours a day isolated in their cells, with no reading material except the Bible, or with only books and magazines they must share with hundreds of other women. And this past year has seen reading bans inside prisons grow at a more concerning rate than those in public schools and libraries.
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Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation: Sexual Harassment Is Pervasive in State Politics; Remembering Sandra Day O’Connor [[link removed]]
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BY CYNTHIA RICHIE TERRELL | Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation.
This week: Although Latinas represent 20 percent of California’s population, their representation in elected office lags far behind that; sexual harassment by sitting state lawmakers over the last decade is pervasive and ongoing; the urgent need for creating space for disabled leaders within the political sphere; former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor; and more.
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As various wars and conflicts continue to mount around the world, from Ukraine to Gaza, to Sudan and beyond, we’re wondering: where are the women at the negotiating table? The number of women and girls living in conflict-affected countries continues to mount, reaching 614 million people in 2022—a 50-percent increase from 2017. What do governments and NGOs need to do to make sure that women’s needs do not fall through the cracks?
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