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SEK 15,000 ($1,800). For the money, the clinic promises “small bleeding” on a couple's wedding night.
The procedure is not medically justified; 'virginity repair surgery' is similar to infibulation (#FGM Type III) where the labia of a woman are force-pulled and sewn together!
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enter marriage as a virgin and bleed on the wedding night as PROOF that she has been sexually untouched.
#Sweden has been very alarmed by the fact that a new such player, the NAB clinic, has opened its doors with a number of branches in Stockholm. A “virginity repair” costs over
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Just IN: Virginity Repair - WHY?🤦🏽♀️
SWEDEN: The Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU) has issued a warning call over clinics offering hymen restoration procedures to girls.
Hymen restoration, also referred to as “virginity repair”, rests on the notion that bride must
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21 Jan 2021
Thrilled to witness history being made as an amazing woman of color becomes the first female @VP in the USA.
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21 Jan 2021
Good morning. The Muslim Ban is gone!!🥳#ByeBan
We kicked off the first #MuslimAnd campaign 4 years ago after that chaos began in order to expand common ideas about Muslims. Join us next week as we highlight our diversity. We are #MuslimAnd so much more! actionnetwork.org/forms/musl…
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21 Jan 2021
President Biden could do this for everyone. Even Catholics 👀
(shoutout to #YWOC4RJ's @moira_mikaela for writing this story!)
teenvogue.com/story/presiden…
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21 Jan 2021
❗#GlobalGagRule UPDATE❗
Documents obtained by @TheHill indicate
#PresidentBiden will #EndGlobalGag on 28 Jan withdraw from #GenevaConsensusDeclaration
🌟#ReproRights
🌟#AbortionRights
🌟#SheDecides
@SheDecidesGFI @pai_org
@ippf @ppglobe @SRHRforAll
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19 Jan 2021
#YESHEALTH took part to the Dissemination workshop for the sharing of toolkits in Managing & improving quality of #SRHR services in Fragile & Humanitarian Settings During #COVID19 & Future Pandemics organized by @ohisd6 Friday 15 at CBC
#SRHRinFragileSettings
#OHISDimpactSRHR
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The Dissemination workshop for the sharing of toolkit in managing #SRHR in Fragile & humanitarian settings in #CMR was a great success! Thanks to @ShareNetIntl for the continuous support & @BALSDATweets for the partnership!
@OHISD3 @ShareNetNL @sharenetburundi @sogoc_cameroon
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Making #SRHR services user friendly especially for Women & girls in fragile & humanitarian setting needs to be a top priority!
@OHISD3 @ShareNetIntl @ShareNetNL @sharenetburundi @BALSDATweets
#SRHRinFragaileSetting
#OHISDimpactSRHR
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We remain grateful to @ShareNetIntl for the financial & technical support!
@BALSDATweets @MinsanteCMR
#SRHRinFragileSetting
#OHISDimpactSRHR
A Dissemination workshop for the sharing of toolkits in Managing & improving quality of #SRHR services in Fragile & Humanitarian Settings During #COVID19 & Future Pandemics!
@ShareNetNL @sogoc_cameroon @GlobalFundWomen @WomenDeliver
#SRHRinFragileSettings
#OHISDimpactSRHR
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22 Jan 2021
Maternal health care, as part of sexual and
reproductive health, should be free, confidential, adolescent-responsive and nondiscriminatory, and barriers to services such as third-party authorization requirements
should be removed.
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22 Jan 2021
States have obligations under human rights law to provide contraceptive information and services to adolescents. States are obliged to adopt legal and policy measures to
ensure access of all individuals, including adolescents, to affordable, safe and effective contraceptives
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22 Jan 2021
Community should Advocate for adolescent pregnancy prevention among all stakeholders through interventions
such as information provision, sexuality and health education, life skills building, contraceptive
counselling and service provision,and creation of supportive environments
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22 Jan 2021
If the nation is to address its rapid population growth, it is crucial to acknowledge the importance of the reproductive health concerns of adolescents and young people, particularly in their decisions related to avoidance of unwanted pregnancy.
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22 Jan 2021
It also means empowering young people to know and exercise their rights – including the right to delay marriage and the right to refuse unwanted sexual advances.
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22 Jan 2021
Adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health must be supported. This means providing access to comprehensive sexuality education; services to prevent, diagnose and treat STIs; and counselling on family planning.
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22 Jan 2021
Yet too many young people face barriers to reproductive health information and care. Even those able to find accurate information about their health and rights may be unable to access the services needed to protect their health.
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22 Jan 2021
Millions of girls are coerced into unwanted sex or marriage, putting them at risk of unwanted pregnancies, unsafe abortions, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including HIV, and dangerous childbirth. Adolescent boys are at risk, as well. Young people both boys and girls