Health
Gently combating harmful childbirth traditions
Friday, April 2nd, 2010DILI, 15 April 2009 (IRIN) – Infant and maternal mortality rates in Timor-Leste are being adversely affected by harmful traditions and practices, according to experts. But fighting them is a sensitive issue.
Nadine Hoekman, country director and programme manager for Health Alliance International (HAI), a Washington-based NGO working with the Health Ministry, told IRIN it was [...]
Abortion laws in spotlight
Friday, April 2nd, 2010DILI, 18 March 2009 (IRIN) – A call for more lenient abortion legislation in this predominantly Catholic country is renewing friction between the Church and pro-abortion activists.
A working group convened by Fokupers (“Communication Forum for Women from the East”), a local NGO supported by others such as the Alola Foundation, has been pushing for a [...]