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Marina Plesons retweeted
4 Feb 2020
"We are not merely beneficiaries. We are equal partners with knowledge and expertise critical to ensuring the appropriateness, effectiveness and sustainability of action on #ASRHR." Young co-authors of this @WHO @UNFPA supplement assert their autonomy: bit.ly/398t2FL
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Marina Plesons retweeted
Full house session (rightly so!) that brought together so many important insights on how we can better prevent, prepare for and deal with backlash on CSE. Thank you @WHO Marina and Chandra for bringing us all together! @Rutgers_INTL
"If there's no backlash, maybe we're doing something wrong." Fascinating lessons from India Nigeria Pakistan & Texas on #CSE & the need to put culture & context at the center, while working collaboratively at scale to build more equitable social norms #ICFP2018 @ChandraMouliWHO
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"If there's no backlash, maybe we're doing something wrong." Fascinating lessons from India Nigeria Pakistan & Texas on #CSE & the need to put culture & context at the center, while working collaboratively at scale to build more equitable social norms #ICFP2018 @ChandraMouliWHO
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Marina Plesons retweeted
5 Jun 2018
"My mother sends me to the market w/o money & she expects me to come home w/ meat" Miranda van Reeuwijk of @RutgersNL quoting a Tanzanian girl to argue for the need to combine #sexualityeducation with efforts to create a supportive environment for #ASHR. #EDD18 @WHO @HRPresearch
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Marina Plesons retweeted
5 Jun 2018
Deputy Secretary-General of the UN @AminaJMohammed at #EDD18: #SDG 5 on #genderequality is the docking station of all other goals. We cannot possibly address all of the world's most pressing problems with only half of the world's assets.
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Marina Plesons retweeted
European Development Days #EDD2018 in Brussels starting now! When women and girls are protected, empowered and invested in - we all have a voice! #Sheiswe #SRHR #UHC
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Good quality comprehensive sexuality #education, promotes health & well-being, respect for #humanrights, gender equality & empowers children & young people to lead healthy, safe & productive lives. @WHO @HRPresearch event at #EDD 5/6/18 14.00 D5 Lab #SRHR #UHC @ChandraMouliWHO
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Marina Plesons retweeted
Just 15 of the biggest ships emit more oxides of nitrogen and sulphur than all of the world's cars put together econ.st/2y1pRya
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While the number of women awarded has increased through the years, a significant gender gap still remains on.natgeo.com/2xnoKH8

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This is nothing less than sexism. It's the latest display of Republicans’ total disdain for women’s ability to control their own lives. x.com/NPR/status/91632238101…

6 Oct 2017
Breaking: Trump administration will allow employers to refuse to cover contraception. n.pr/2ksmNIm
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Marina Plesons retweeted
More than 55 million women have access to birth control without copayment because of the contraception coverage mandate. Trump reversed it.
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