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UN Women Report: Ending Gender Inequality Within the Family

Across the world, girls and women still lack the choice of “who and when to marry,” according to Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Under-Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director. As stated in the Report, “Two-thirds of countries around the world allow girls to be married before 18 with parental or judicial consent.” When it comes to equal rights within a marriage, "out of 189 countries, 19 explicitly require women to obey their husbands, [and] in 17 countries, married women are not allowed to travel outside the home in the same way as married men.” Furthermore, “in 37 countries married women are not allowed to apply for a passport in the same way as married men.” In addition, “women and men do not have equal rights to inherit assets from their spouse” in 37 out of 183 countries.

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My Friend Needed Money for an Abortion. I Do Not Regret Giving It to Her

Miles and years away, last spring I visited one of the Planned Parenthood clinics in New York. Before security escorted me in, I was briefly harassed by the 2 or 3 protesters standing outside in the rain. They screamed at me, “Are you interested in alternative information?”  Eleven years after I lent money for an abortion, I knew better than to engage with “pro-life" people. Maybe I should have told them that the only alternative options I am interested in are birth control, sexual education and free healthcare. If these are not available, then there must be a law allowing abortion. Laws on abortion exist because abortion exists, not the other way around. I wish my friend and all women, whether in the DR, Alabama, or Italy had that option.

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