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Wanted: New Champions for Family Planning

This Fall is proving to be a watershed moment for women’s development issues, especially on reproductive health and sustainable development.

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After Rio+20, Women's Voices Loud and Clear

women stayed the course and ensured that language around women’s and young people’s health and human rights was maintained and agreed upon as critical elements to achieve sustainable development.

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Emerging Social Media Themes from Rio+Social

Rio+Social, the UN Foundation and Mashable’s one-day social media conference for social good, got underway last week on the eve of Rio+20. There, notables from leading nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), the UN, and the private sector dissected how social media plays a role in the global fight for good.

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Live from Rio+20, Day Three: “The Voices of Women”

The Rio+20 conference is now entering its last days, final negotiations have begun, and tensions are rising as the challenge to our issues is acute.

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Live from Rio+20, Day Two: "Favelas and Protests"

This morning I ventured the opposite direction from Rio Centro where the UN Rio+20 negotiations are taking place, and traveled with colleagues to the Cachoeirinha (I was told it means “waterfall”) Favela in Rio de Janeiro.

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