Latest items for DACH-PRACTICE-1
April 15, 2025, 7:13 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"According to reports, women cannot authorize themselves to undergo cesarean section, husband’s signature is required" (14).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"According to reports, women cannot authorize themselves to undergo cesarean section, husband’s signature is required" (14).
April 11, 2025, 3:49 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Government paid the monthly premium of the poor people of its Universal Health Coverage. Critics are: (1) the essential package of reproductive health are still limited; (2) the access of reproductive health package is still discriminative based on the marriage status and age; (3) unwanted pregnancy services were not covered and moreover every health provider are prohibited to refer an unwanted case to any specific Service Delivery Point while actually the health law no 9-2009 said that abortion under special condition (such as rape and serious fetal problem) are allowed... Data show that 117 districts had not set up a primary health centre, whereas a district consists of at least...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Government paid the monthly premium of the poor people of its Universal Health Coverage. Critics are: (1) the essential package of reproductive health are still limited; (2) the access of reproductive health package is still discriminative based on the marriage status and age; (3) unwanted pregnancy services were not covered and moreover every health provider are prohibited to refer an unwanted case to any specific Service Delivery Point while actually the health law no 9-2009 said that abortion under special condition (such as rape and serious fetal problem) are allowed... Data show that 117 districts had not set up a primary health centre, whereas a district consists of at least...more
April 10, 2025, 7:06 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with concern… (e) The poor implementation of the curriculum that incorporates gender equality and age-appropriate sexual health education" (9-10). "[I]t notes with concern… (d) The shortage of vital medications for pregnant women, women and girls with infectious and non-communicable diseases, such as cancer, malaria and tuberculosis, low-income women and women in detention" (11). "[I]t notes with concern... (g) The hazards posed by mercury contamination to women in the State party and reports of mercury poisoning in rural areas inhabited by Indigenous persons, such as in the Orinoco Mining Arc, and the health impact of this on citizens, including women and children" (11).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee notes with concern… (e) The poor implementation of the curriculum that incorporates gender equality and age-appropriate sexual health education" (9-10). "[I]t notes with concern… (d) The shortage of vital medications for pregnant women, women and girls with infectious and non-communicable diseases, such as cancer, malaria and tuberculosis, low-income women and women in detention" (11). "[I]t notes with concern... (g) The hazards posed by mercury contamination to women in the State party and reports of mercury poisoning in rural areas inhabited by Indigenous persons, such as in the Orinoco Mining Arc, and the health impact of this on citizens, including women and children" (11).
April 4, 2025, 9:14 a.m.
Countries: El Salvador
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The National Cross-sectoral Strategy for the Prevention of Pregnancy in Girls and Adolescents was established with the overarching goal of eradicating pregnancy in girls and adolescents through coordinated cross-sectoral measures that incorporate the human rights, gender and inclusion perspectives, facilitating the empowerment of girls and adolescents with a view to their full development. It incorporates measures aimed at keeping girls and adolescents in school, ensuring their right to education and comprehensive sex education, improving their access to health care and promoting enabling environments that facilitate their comprehensive development and are free of violence" (16). "The roll-out of the Gender Equity and Equality Policy has led to the following initiatives... a...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The National Cross-sectoral Strategy for the Prevention of Pregnancy in Girls and Adolescents was established with the overarching goal of eradicating pregnancy in girls and adolescents through coordinated cross-sectoral measures that incorporate the human rights, gender and inclusion perspectives, facilitating the empowerment of girls and adolescents with a view to their full development. It incorporates measures aimed at keeping girls and adolescents in school, ensuring their right to education and comprehensive sex education, improving their access to health care and promoting enabling environments that facilitate their comprehensive development and are free of violence" (16). "The roll-out of the Gender Equity and Equality Policy has led to the following initiatives... a...more
March 28, 2025, 2:19 p.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"It nevertheless remains concerned at the pervasiveness of such attitudes and the social legitimization of harmful practices against women and girls in the State party, as manifested in… Gender-based violence against women and discrimination against women with disabilities, lesbian, bisexual and transgender women and intersex persons, refugee or asylum-seeking and migrant women and indigenous and Afro-Peruvian women, in particular in the delivery of health services" (7-8). "It notes with concern... The lack of age-appropriate sexuality education at all levels, including education on sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality" (12). "The Committee notes the measures taken by the State party to prevent early pregnancies, including the National Multisectoral...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"It nevertheless remains concerned at the pervasiveness of such attitudes and the social legitimization of harmful practices against women and girls in the State party, as manifested in… Gender-based violence against women and discrimination against women with disabilities, lesbian, bisexual and transgender women and intersex persons, refugee or asylum-seeking and migrant women and indigenous and Afro-Peruvian women, in particular in the delivery of health services" (7-8). "It notes with concern... The lack of age-appropriate sexuality education at all levels, including education on sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality" (12). "The Committee notes the measures taken by the State party to prevent early pregnancies, including the National Multisectoral...more
March 27, 2025, 7:22 p.m.
Countries: Cambodia
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Cambodia lacks a sufficient complaint mechanism to address issues of medical malpractice or the failure to provide sexual and reproductive health services (SRHS). In 2019, there have been several cases of medical malpractice reported in the media, including unlicensed practitioners maintaining businesses for years until patients die. Other cases resulting in the deaths of women had the families taking their grievances to social media due to a lack of response to formal complaints. Lack of sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) education and services is another key issue" (8).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Cambodia lacks a sufficient complaint mechanism to address issues of medical malpractice or the failure to provide sexual and reproductive health services (SRHS). In 2019, there have been several cases of medical malpractice reported in the media, including unlicensed practitioners maintaining businesses for years until patients die. Other cases resulting in the deaths of women had the families taking their grievances to social media due to a lack of response to formal complaints. Lack of sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) education and services is another key issue" (8).
March 21, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Afghan girls are going without vital surgical procedures because of discriminatory restrictions put in place by the Taliban, new medical data and first-hand accounts from the country suggest. Instead they are being forced to rely on faith healers and traditional medicine – even in cases of serious and life-threatening injury and illness. Despite a fifty-fifty gender split among children, over 80 per cent of all surgical procedures carried out at a charity-run paediatric unit in Kabul were performed on boys, according to a survey of its first 1,000 operations" (para 1-3). "Of 1,014 patients under the age of 14, 80.5 per cent were male. The proportion of boys being given...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Afghan girls are going without vital surgical procedures because of discriminatory restrictions put in place by the Taliban, new medical data and first-hand accounts from the country suggest. Instead they are being forced to rely on faith healers and traditional medicine – even in cases of serious and life-threatening injury and illness. Despite a fifty-fifty gender split among children, over 80 per cent of all surgical procedures carried out at a charity-run paediatric unit in Kabul were performed on boys, according to a survey of its first 1,000 operations" (para 1-3). "Of 1,014 patients under the age of 14, 80.5 per cent were male. The proportion of boys being given...more
March 19, 2025, 11:07 p.m.
Countries: Uganda
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Although strategic plans developed by the Government to address the intersecting health needs of Ugandan women and promote accessibility to a wide range of healthcare solutions in all districts, including remote areas remains commendable, Uganda still has an unacceptably high mortality rate, at 343 per 100,000 live births" (3).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Although strategic plans developed by the Government to address the intersecting health needs of Ugandan women and promote accessibility to a wide range of healthcare solutions in all districts, including remote areas remains commendable, Uganda still has an unacceptably high mortality rate, at 343 per 100,000 live births" (3).
March 19, 2025, 10:12 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, MISA-PRACTICE-1
"Many women in displacement also suffer a wide range of health issues, from severe post-traumatic stress to complicated gynaecological issues, disease and life limiting disabilities; they are in great need of psychotherapy and counselling amongst other specialised care and protection measures such as suitable sanitation facilities for people with disabilities and gender-segregated safe spaces for girls and women" (5).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, MISA-PRACTICE-1
"Many women in displacement also suffer a wide range of health issues, from severe post-traumatic stress to complicated gynaecological issues, disease and life limiting disabilities; they are in great need of psychotherapy and counselling amongst other specialised care and protection measures such as suitable sanitation facilities for people with disabilities and gender-segregated safe spaces for girls and women" (5).
March 15, 2025, 11:45 a.m.
Countries: Lebanon
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The State party has not adopted any temporary special measures to achieve substantive equality between women and men in areas where women are underrepresented or disadvantaged, such as in political participation, education, employment and health care" (6). "No measures have been taken yet to introduce age-appropriate education on sexual and reproductive health and rights in school curricula or to increase the access of women and adolescent girls, in particular rural women and girls, to sexual and reproductive health services" (12).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The State party has not adopted any temporary special measures to achieve substantive equality between women and men in areas where women are underrepresented or disadvantaged, such as in political participation, education, employment and health care" (6). "No measures have been taken yet to introduce age-appropriate education on sexual and reproductive health and rights in school curricula or to increase the access of women and adolescent girls, in particular rural women and girls, to sexual and reproductive health services" (12).
March 14, 2025, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"WUD [women who use drugs] need to be accurately informed in an appropriate manner so that they can make informed decisions if they want to continue or stop using drugs; start substitution therapy; and if they want to continue with the pregnancy etc. Health workers should provide a comfortable environment for women to talk about drug use, so that WUD can access sexual and reproductive health rights and other essential services" (10).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"WUD [women who use drugs] need to be accurately informed in an appropriate manner so that they can make informed decisions if they want to continue or stop using drugs; start substitution therapy; and if they want to continue with the pregnancy etc. Health workers should provide a comfortable environment for women to talk about drug use, so that WUD can access sexual and reproductive health rights and other essential services" (10).
March 14, 2025, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Between 2013 and 2015, 18 Centres providing assistance and comprehensive training to women were created in order to decentralize the services providing social, gynaecological, obstetric, legal and psychological assistance, together with training and empowerment. The goal is to prevent violence against women and help to eradicate this scourge by guaranteeing the full exercise of the rights of women in all their diversity. It proved difficult to obtain medicines and to maintain equipment and infrastructure for these Centres, because of the unilateral coercive measures taken against Venezuela, and so the specialized services provided under this programme have been reduced to the provision of social and legal services" (7-8). "In order to...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Between 2013 and 2015, 18 Centres providing assistance and comprehensive training to women were created in order to decentralize the services providing social, gynaecological, obstetric, legal and psychological assistance, together with training and empowerment. The goal is to prevent violence against women and help to eradicate this scourge by guaranteeing the full exercise of the rights of women in all their diversity. It proved difficult to obtain medicines and to maintain equipment and infrastructure for these Centres, because of the unilateral coercive measures taken against Venezuela, and so the specialized services provided under this programme have been reduced to the provision of social and legal services" (7-8). "In order to...more
March 13, 2025, 10:21 p.m.
Countries: Namibia
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The nurse at the clinic will help other people before us San people, even though we were the first to come to the clinic. We San people are dying earlier than other Namibians from preventable diseases such as TB, malaria, HIV/Aids, diabetes, cervical cancer and breast cancer... At the clinic in our village, people have to pay a small fee for consultations. Many poor people cannot afford this and go without treatment. Also, ambulances do not come to our villages because we are not able to pay the drivers. Our clinic has only one room – there is no privacy and people have to be attended to on the waiting...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The nurse at the clinic will help other people before us San people, even though we were the first to come to the clinic. We San people are dying earlier than other Namibians from preventable diseases such as TB, malaria, HIV/Aids, diabetes, cervical cancer and breast cancer... At the clinic in our village, people have to pay a small fee for consultations. Many poor people cannot afford this and go without treatment. Also, ambulances do not come to our villages because we are not able to pay the drivers. Our clinic has only one room – there is no privacy and people have to be attended to on the waiting...more
March 11, 2025, 5:27 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"More than a third of US counties do not have a single medical birthing facility or the services of an obstetric clinician, causing health advocates to warn about the dangers of “maternity care deserts”, a new report says. The report, issued by March of Dimes, an infant health non-profit, and published on Tuesday, found that 35.1% of US counties are what the group calls maternity care deserts, meaning there are no specialist medical services available to provide care. These 1,104 counties are home to more than 2.3 million women of reproductive age, the report states, and in these counties in 2022, women gave birth to more than 150,000 babies. The...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"More than a third of US counties do not have a single medical birthing facility or the services of an obstetric clinician, causing health advocates to warn about the dangers of “maternity care deserts”, a new report says. The report, issued by March of Dimes, an infant health non-profit, and published on Tuesday, found that 35.1% of US counties are what the group calls maternity care deserts, meaning there are no specialist medical services available to provide care. These 1,104 counties are home to more than 2.3 million women of reproductive age, the report states, and in these counties in 2022, women gave birth to more than 150,000 babies. The...more
March 11, 2025, 4:59 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Fewer resources are invested in girls in terms of education and health. Investment in women is not approached through a lens of social and economic equality, but from the perspective of families and communities which will thrive with healthy and educated women in their midst" (par. 5).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, AFE-PRACTICE-1
"Fewer resources are invested in girls in terms of education and health. Investment in women is not approached through a lens of social and economic equality, but from the perspective of families and communities which will thrive with healthy and educated women in their midst" (par. 5).
March 5, 2025, 8:35 p.m.
Countries: Ecuador
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The same document also refers to violence against women and to the role of health-care personnel in these cases, stating that 'they have an obligation to report when the patient is a victim of crime and requires protection to prevent a recurrence, for example, in cases of violence and sexual violence'. Lastly, the document emphasizes the importance of safeguarding patient confidentiality" (30). "In 2017, Ecuador formulated its national sexual and reproductive health plan for 2017–2021. It also has the Ecuador 2018–2025 intersectoral policy for the prevention of pregnancy in girls and adolescents, whose primary objective is to help adolescents gain universal access to information and education, including comprehensive sex education...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The same document also refers to violence against women and to the role of health-care personnel in these cases, stating that 'they have an obligation to report when the patient is a victim of crime and requires protection to prevent a recurrence, for example, in cases of violence and sexual violence'. Lastly, the document emphasizes the importance of safeguarding patient confidentiality" (30). "In 2017, Ecuador formulated its national sexual and reproductive health plan for 2017–2021. It also has the Ecuador 2018–2025 intersectoral policy for the prevention of pregnancy in girls and adolescents, whose primary objective is to help adolescents gain universal access to information and education, including comprehensive sex education...more
March 3, 2025, 9:03 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the adoption of policies and guidelines for institutions to ensure the accessibility of maternal health services during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic,... the issuance of guidance on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic prevention and control for elderly women and women with disabilities. However, the Committee is concerned that measures taken to contain the pandemic, such as restrictions on freedom of movement, have disproportionately restricted women’s and girls’ access to justice, shelters, education, employment and health care, including sexual and reproductive health services" (Page 3). "Implement institutional, legislative and policy measures to redress long-standing inequalities between women and men and to give renewed impetus to the achievement of...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the adoption of policies and guidelines for institutions to ensure the accessibility of maternal health services during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic,... the issuance of guidance on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic prevention and control for elderly women and women with disabilities. However, the Committee is concerned that measures taken to contain the pandemic, such as restrictions on freedom of movement, have disproportionately restricted women’s and girls’ access to justice, shelters, education, employment and health care, including sexual and reproductive health services" (Page 3). "Implement institutional, legislative and policy measures to redress long-standing inequalities between women and men and to give renewed impetus to the achievement of...more
Feb. 28, 2025, 5:42 p.m.
Countries: Niger
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, CRPLB-PRACTICE-1, MMR-PRACTICE-1
"Numerous measures have been taken to improve maternal and reproductive health, such as the creation of healthcare centres, free access to certain products necessary for maternal and child health, and free healthcare for children aged 0 to 5 years. However, the rates of infant and maternal mortality remain high because the increase in services is not proportionate to the high population demography and some villages are still far removed from health centres. A lot of men still refuse to allow their wives to access antenatal consultations and the lack of financial means results in many women, even nowadays, giving birth at home without ever going to a health centre" (1-2).more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, CRPLB-PRACTICE-1, MMR-PRACTICE-1
"Numerous measures have been taken to improve maternal and reproductive health, such as the creation of healthcare centres, free access to certain products necessary for maternal and child health, and free healthcare for children aged 0 to 5 years. However, the rates of infant and maternal mortality remain high because the increase in services is not proportionate to the high population demography and some villages are still far removed from health centres. A lot of men still refuse to allow their wives to access antenatal consultations and the lack of financial means results in many women, even nowadays, giving birth at home without ever going to a health centre" (1-2).more
Feb. 26, 2025, 8:27 p.m.
Countries: Dominican Republic
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"In the Dominican Demographic and Health Survey, for... the questions 'Who makes decisions about women’s health care?' and 'Who makes decisions about visiting other family members?', the percentages associated with women’s empowerment and shared decisions increased between 2007 and 2013" (8). "From 2012 to 2019, through the 'Babies? Think it through' project, the 'Progressing with Solidarity' programme raised awareness among and provided guidance to 25,004 adolescents and young people regarding sexual and reproductive health (see the statistics provided in annex A)" (13). "The Centre for the Promotion of Comprehensive Health Care for Adolescents of the Ministry of Women, established in Santo Domingo with funds from the Korea International Cooperation Agency,...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"In the Dominican Demographic and Health Survey, for... the questions 'Who makes decisions about women’s health care?' and 'Who makes decisions about visiting other family members?', the percentages associated with women’s empowerment and shared decisions increased between 2007 and 2013" (8). "From 2012 to 2019, through the 'Babies? Think it through' project, the 'Progressing with Solidarity' programme raised awareness among and provided guidance to 25,004 adolescents and young people regarding sexual and reproductive health (see the statistics provided in annex A)" (13). "The Centre for the Promotion of Comprehensive Health Care for Adolescents of the Ministry of Women, established in Santo Domingo with funds from the Korea International Cooperation Agency,...more
Feb. 13, 2025, 10:47 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Some reproductive health services were suspended or relocated to provide space for Covid-19 patients. Reassignment of medical staff to Covid-19 wards and absence of personnel due to illness or self-isolation also led to reduced services" (4). "Law 194 obliges authorities to ensure that conscientious objection does not prevent fulfilment of legal requests for abortion, even if this necessitates relocating personnel... However, activists and doctors told Human Rights Watch that these measures are not upheld or enforced, including during the pandemic. In some cases, this impacted women’s access not only to abortion but to other essential reproductive health care" (5). "According to the March 30 Health Ministry circular, non-deferrable care during...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Some reproductive health services were suspended or relocated to provide space for Covid-19 patients. Reassignment of medical staff to Covid-19 wards and absence of personnel due to illness or self-isolation also led to reduced services" (4). "Law 194 obliges authorities to ensure that conscientious objection does not prevent fulfilment of legal requests for abortion, even if this necessitates relocating personnel... However, activists and doctors told Human Rights Watch that these measures are not upheld or enforced, including during the pandemic. In some cases, this impacted women’s access not only to abortion but to other essential reproductive health care" (5). "According to the March 30 Health Ministry circular, non-deferrable care during...more
Feb. 6, 2025, 7:27 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"[Morocco needs to] take steps to ensure that sexual and reproductive health information is widely available to young people, including through adding comprehensive sexuality education to the school curricula" (11).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"[Morocco needs to] take steps to ensure that sexual and reproductive health information is widely available to young people, including through adding comprehensive sexuality education to the school curricula" (11).
Feb. 6, 2025, 7:05 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
In Table 10, titled "Social coverage," the percentage of health coverage for active working population 15 years and older in 2018 is recorded. 53.6% of women and 43.3% of men have health coverage (28). "53 per cent of beneficiaries [of the medical assistance system] are women and 47 per cent are men" (31). This statistic shows women have equal access to the Moroccan medical assistance system (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT). "The national plan for the advancement of health in rural areas has enabled improved access for rural women to health services" (31). To enhance maternal and child health services, under the 2011-2020 National Reproductive Health Strategy, comprehensive, accessible and reasonable...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
In Table 10, titled "Social coverage," the percentage of health coverage for active working population 15 years and older in 2018 is recorded. 53.6% of women and 43.3% of men have health coverage (28). "53 per cent of beneficiaries [of the medical assistance system] are women and 47 per cent are men" (31). This statistic shows women have equal access to the Moroccan medical assistance system (CEC2 - CODER COMMENT). "The national plan for the advancement of health in rural areas has enabled improved access for rural women to health services" (31). To enhance maternal and child health services, under the 2011-2020 National Reproductive Health Strategy, comprehensive, accessible and reasonable...more
Feb. 5, 2025, 7:03 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Data spanning from 1995 to 2021 in India revealed a striking gender imbalance in organ transplants, with four men getting organ transplants for every woman. A total of 36,640 transplants took place in this period, out of which 29,000 were for men and 6,945 for women. This substantial difference is attributed to a complex interplay of economic responsibilities, societal pressures, and deeply ingrained preferences. Dr Anil Kumar, director of the government-run National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) highlighted this significant aspect of the organ donation landscape. While more men contribute as cadaver donors, a staggering 93 per cent of total organ donations in the country come from living donors,...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Data spanning from 1995 to 2021 in India revealed a striking gender imbalance in organ transplants, with four men getting organ transplants for every woman. A total of 36,640 transplants took place in this period, out of which 29,000 were for men and 6,945 for women. This substantial difference is attributed to a complex interplay of economic responsibilities, societal pressures, and deeply ingrained preferences. Dr Anil Kumar, director of the government-run National Organ & Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) highlighted this significant aspect of the organ donation landscape. While more men contribute as cadaver donors, a staggering 93 per cent of total organ donations in the country come from living donors,...more
Feb. 5, 2025, 4:44 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"She was taken to Rabat’s Ibn Sina hospital, where she was subjected to a gynecological examination without her consent" (4).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"She was taken to Rabat’s Ibn Sina hospital, where she was subjected to a gynecological examination without her consent" (4).
Feb. 3, 2025, 5:21 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Women in Afghanistan have been banned from training to become midwives in the latest crackdown unveiled by the Taliban. Trainee midwifery students, who have been ordered to no longer attend classes, urged Taliban leaders to allow them to continue studying. A director at leading global charity Human Rights Watch said the measures would lead to women and girls dying due to struggling to receive healthcare during childbirth" (Para 1,2,3).The Taliban's decision to close institutions providing education for midwives, thereby restricting women's access to healthcare services, clearly indicates an impending shortage of midwives to care for women.(UST - CODERS COMMENT). "The Taliban have also banned women from being treated by male...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Women in Afghanistan have been banned from training to become midwives in the latest crackdown unveiled by the Taliban. Trainee midwifery students, who have been ordered to no longer attend classes, urged Taliban leaders to allow them to continue studying. A director at leading global charity Human Rights Watch said the measures would lead to women and girls dying due to struggling to receive healthcare during childbirth" (Para 1,2,3).The Taliban's decision to close institutions providing education for midwives, thereby restricting women's access to healthcare services, clearly indicates an impending shortage of midwives to care for women.(UST - CODERS COMMENT). "The Taliban have also banned women from being treated by male...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 2:25 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Women in Afghanistan have been banned from training to become midwives in the latest crackdown unveiled by the Taliban. Trainee midwifery students, who have been ordered to no longer attend classes, urged Taliban leaders to allow them to continue studying. A director at leading global charity Human Rights Watch said the measures would lead to women and girls dying due to struggling to receive healthcare during childbirth" (Para 1,2,3).The Taliban's decision to close institutions providing education for midwives, thereby restricting women's access to healthcare services, clearly indicates an impending shortage of midwives to care for women.(UST - CODERS COMMENT). "The Taliban have also banned women from being treated by male...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Women in Afghanistan have been banned from training to become midwives in the latest crackdown unveiled by the Taliban. Trainee midwifery students, who have been ordered to no longer attend classes, urged Taliban leaders to allow them to continue studying. A director at leading global charity Human Rights Watch said the measures would lead to women and girls dying due to struggling to receive healthcare during childbirth" (Para 1,2,3).The Taliban's decision to close institutions providing education for midwives, thereby restricting women's access to healthcare services, clearly indicates an impending shortage of midwives to care for women.(UST - CODERS COMMENT). "The Taliban have also banned women from being treated by male...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 1:49 p.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Official statistics in Iran indicate that an average of over 74,000 women annually visit forensic medical centers for examinations related to spousal abuse. In other words, one in every 300 married women in Iran seeks assistance from forensic services to report domestic violence. However, not all cases are reported. Estimates suggest that the actual instances of domestic violence against women in Iran are approximately 100 times higher than this figure" (Para 1). The fact that only one in 300 women seeks forensic assistance highlights significant healthcare gaps, with many unable or unwilling to access essential support for domestic violence (UST - CODERS COMMENT).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Official statistics in Iran indicate that an average of over 74,000 women annually visit forensic medical centers for examinations related to spousal abuse. In other words, one in every 300 married women in Iran seeks assistance from forensic services to report domestic violence. However, not all cases are reported. Estimates suggest that the actual instances of domestic violence against women in Iran are approximately 100 times higher than this figure" (Para 1). The fact that only one in 300 women seeks forensic assistance highlights significant healthcare gaps, with many unable or unwilling to access essential support for domestic violence (UST - CODERS COMMENT).
Jan. 30, 2025, 8:27 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Waiting lists for gynaecology appointments across the UK have more than doubled since February 2020, BBC research reveals. Records show around three-quarters of a million (755,046) women's health appointments are waiting to happen - up from 360,400 just before the pandemic. This would suggest around 630,000 people - at the very least - are on the list to be seen for problems that range from fibroids and endometriosis to incontinence and menopause care. Health ministers across the UK say they are working on plans to improve the situation, but health leaders say that women are being let down" (para 1-4). "A year on, she says she is still in pain...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Waiting lists for gynaecology appointments across the UK have more than doubled since February 2020, BBC research reveals. Records show around three-quarters of a million (755,046) women's health appointments are waiting to happen - up from 360,400 just before the pandemic. This would suggest around 630,000 people - at the very least - are on the list to be seen for problems that range from fibroids and endometriosis to incontinence and menopause care. Health ministers across the UK say they are working on plans to improve the situation, but health leaders say that women are being let down" (para 1-4). "A year on, she says she is still in pain...more
Jan. 30, 2025, 4:08 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The alarming lack of medical services for survivors of sexual violence is compounded by a general shortage of doctors across the country. In 2018, Human Rights Watch found that conventional obstetrician-gynecologists performed non-standardized forensic examinations of sexual violence survivors, and that there was only one practicing forensic doctor in the country. The state does not permit midwives to perform forensic examinations, despite calls for them to be allowed to do so by nongovernmental organizations because there are more female midwives than female doctors. According to representatives of Médicos del Mundo in Mauritania, in most public hospitals and health centers, the doctor who examines and performs forensic testing on sexual violence...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The alarming lack of medical services for survivors of sexual violence is compounded by a general shortage of doctors across the country. In 2018, Human Rights Watch found that conventional obstetrician-gynecologists performed non-standardized forensic examinations of sexual violence survivors, and that there was only one practicing forensic doctor in the country. The state does not permit midwives to perform forensic examinations, despite calls for them to be allowed to do so by nongovernmental organizations because there are more female midwives than female doctors. According to representatives of Médicos del Mundo in Mauritania, in most public hospitals and health centers, the doctor who examines and performs forensic testing on sexual violence...more
Jan. 29, 2025, 7:35 p.m.
Countries: Costa Rica
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"[I]t notes with concern… (c) The lack of public transport in rural areas, which complicates rural women’s and girls’ access to education, employment opportunities and quality and specialized health services" (10). "Indigenous women and girls have limited access to... culturally appropriate health services in the State party" (11). "The Committee notes with concern... (c) The onerous fees and administrative procedures faced by refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls to have their educational certificates evaluated and obtain the identification documents required to access education, employment, health care, housing and social benefits; (d) The limited access to health services for asylum-seeking women who do not contribute to the Costa Rican Social Insurance...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"[I]t notes with concern… (c) The lack of public transport in rural areas, which complicates rural women’s and girls’ access to education, employment opportunities and quality and specialized health services" (10). "Indigenous women and girls have limited access to... culturally appropriate health services in the State party" (11). "The Committee notes with concern... (c) The onerous fees and administrative procedures faced by refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls to have their educational certificates evaluated and obtain the identification documents required to access education, employment, health care, housing and social benefits; (d) The limited access to health services for asylum-seeking women who do not contribute to the Costa Rican Social Insurance...more