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Blog about Female Genital Mutilation (FGM); video and slides from EU Public Health Week webinar on FGM

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Ending Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

Over 200 million women have undergone female genital mutilation (#FGM), a procedure where their vagina has been cut or mutilated. FGM occurs in over 90 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, as well as in Europe, the US and other places people from those countries move. Learn tips on conducting outreach to communities where FGM occurs.

Breathe: LA County's guaranteed income program

Universal Income

Instead of providing welfare payments to people who have to prove they have extremely low incomes, an alternative theory involves guaranteeing a basic income to everyone. The latest guaranteed income program is in Los Angeles county, California, USA. The Breathe program targets people with lower incomes who have been hurt by COVID-19. It will provide $1,000 a month to 1,000 people for 3 years, helping them “breathe easier”.

Helping Ukraine

(updated) How can you help the people in the Ukraine? By supporting #charities that support the people. At this point, it's most important to support humanitarian organizations, including those helping refugees. Liberico (lphr.org) https://lnkd.in/dQYpQfEm Vostok SOS...

The SDGs and businesses

22 November 2021 The UN's Sustainable Development Goals are targets for how we, on a planetary basis, need to restructure our economies, production, use of natural resources, and the living circumstances of men, women and children around the world. The 17 goals fall...

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Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and the poorest billion

NCDs and injuries among the world’s poorest 1 billion people; heart disease, asthma, diabetes, cancer, and mental health are a problem in developing countries.