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IMF Analysis Targets US Social, Environmental Policies
August 29, 2017
As part of its recommendations to maintain economic growth and "resilience" in the US, staff from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently advised US officials to impose a tax on carbon emissions, enhance "social assistance" programs at the federal and state levels, and prevent a roll-back in healthcare coverage granted under the Obama Administration.
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UN Agencies Create Database on Abortion Rights
August 28, 2017
The Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) reports that the UN's World Health Organization and Department of Economic and Social Affairs have partnered on a global database cataloging government laws and policies on access to abortion as a political tool to advocate for controversial "sexual and reproductive health rights" around the world.
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UN Agency Prioritizes "Sexual and Reproductive" Rights
August 28, 2017
The Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) reports that a draft, three-year strategic plan from UN Women focuses in part on combating "structural barriers" to women's equality that include the denial of "sexual and reproductive health" rights, a term often interpreted to include access to abortion.
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UN Group Warns of "Backlash" on Women's Rights
August 28, 2017
A group of UN human rights mandate holders recently issued a warning that "fundamentalist groups" are leading a "backlash" against women's rights, based on the "misuse" of principles such as the importance of family and national sovereignty, and called for the UN and governments to maintain efforts toward the recognition of "sexual and reproductive health" rights.
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UN Agent: US Violates Data Privacy Rights
August 28, 2017
After his first official visit to the US, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy Joe Cannataci warned that mass surveillance and looser safeguards for the protection of privacy rights for non-citizens violated America's international human rights obligations and called on the country to review and reform its data privacy laws to conform with global standards.
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