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In Flint, Pregnant Women Must Be Worrying

By Catherine Cubbin, Carol M. Lewis, Ph.D. & Por Alison Bowen ● Commentary ● February 22, 2016

Being essentially forced to give birth to children prenatally exposed to dangerous lead poisoning can be considered systemic reproductive coercion, and with this, the crimes against Flint families increase.

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India Urges Men to Woo Brides by Having Toilets

By Bhakti Bapat Mathew ● Arts & Culture ● June 26, 2013

With an eye to lowering India’s high maternal mortality, a national ad campaign and one state’s mass wedding program shifts the longstanding sanitation push to men. “Men control the household economy,” says one health activist.

It Takes Women to End Global Poverty

By Cassandra Q. Butts ● Crime & Law ● March 8, 2012

Women produce half of the world’s food, earn 10 percent of the world’s income and own less than 1 percent of the world’s property. The U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation says its anti-poverty efforts aim to change these statistics.

Toilet Queue Starts Women’s Day in Delhi Slums

By Por Alison Bowen ● Health & Science ● August 30, 2011

Thousands of women in the sprawling shantytowns outside of New Delhi face a long queue for a grimy toilet and dirty water. Even though the government recognizes women’s special need for sanitation and water, no special provisions are made.

Water Is Key to Reducing Maternal Mortality

By Latrice Davis ● Health & Science ● November 4, 2009

Improving water quality and access can help lower maternal mortality rates, say advocates. Now a new fellowship program is being launched to explore various solutions to the maternal health problem in the world’s poorest nations.

For Many Women, Clean Water Means Safety, Freedom

By Nicole Itano ● Arts & Culture ● September 6, 2002

At the World Summit on Sustainable Development, an agreement was reached to promote clean water and sanitation facilities throughout developing nations, a pact that could have a profound impact on women’s lives.