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Action

Happy Flow Monday – It’s time for action!

This year's theme for Menstrual Hygiene Day is 'It's Time For Action'.

We asked Network members: How are you going to ACT as an individual ?





Mandi Piyasi

Having grown up in a rural ar...
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Featured Article

Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer

Chris Ifediora, Griffith University

Globally, one in six women will develop cancer in her lifetime, and one in 11 will die. Incidences of cancer are lower in women in developing countries, but they have higher cancer deaths rates than women in the developed world.

The two top cancers for women are breast and cervical. Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in women living in dev...
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Blog

Queer Up this May; a day against phobias to sexual and gender diversity

Words by Dumiso Gatsha

Working with or being in service of my peers (young people) has led me to see how we can be disengaged from human rights as an ideology, school of thought or influence. Prima...
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In The Media

Taiwan legalizes same-sex marriage in a historic first for Asia


Taiwan legalizes same-sex marriage in a historic first for Asia
Taiwan's lawmakers have passed a same-sex marriage bill, making it the first country in Asia to bring in gay marriage.
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