Let's talk about sex. Women's rights and freedoms depend on it

Mar 14, 2017

Noriany Rivera, who is 40 weeks pregnant, looks at her belly as she listens to a doctor during a routine check up, as fliers explaining how to prevent Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya viruses are posted on the wall, at a public hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 3, 2016. REUTERS/Alvin Baez - RTX25CBW

Ignoring the global crisis in reproductive rights is no longer an option Image: REUTERS/Alvin Baez

Yoriko Yasukawa

Senior Adviser to the Rector, University for Peace

Ingrid FitzGerald

Regional Gender and Human Rights Adviser, UNFPA

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