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Women deprived of health care at key times in life: WHO
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Islamabad Women are often deprived of health care in the crucial years of adolescence and old age due to social inequalities and neglect in male dominated decision-making, the World Health Organisation said Monday. Full Article at The News
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If women are denied a chance to develop their full human potential, including their potential to lead healthier and at least somewhat happier lives, is society as a whole really healthy? What does this say about the state of social progress in the 21st century?
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We will not see significant progress as long as women are regarded as second-class citizens in so many parts of the world
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The obstacles that stand in the way of better health for women are not primarily technical or medical in nature. They are social and political
