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Mother’s Day: Maternal Health

by Lucia LupottiIn honor of Mother’s Day, we would like to share information about maternal health and its implications. What is Maternal Health?The World Health Organization defines maternal health as the health of a mother during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period. Some doctors define

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Gendered Analysis in Rights and Development

by Lucia LupottiWomen play an important role in society and their work is particularly critical for development. However, while their work is necessary for the maintenance of a community, their political, social, and economic participation is confined. Land rights, water distribution, access to

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Climate Resilience and the Role of Five Indigenous Women

By Lucia Lupotti With the beginning of 2024, we have entered the second year of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032, established by the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to prevent the extinction of 50-90% of spoken languages that are spoken today. Estimates claim that this

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Gender in Medical Treatment: Invisible Illnesses

by Francesca Tosi and Lucia LupottiGender-specific medicine, according to the World Health Organization, consists in studying the influence of biological (sex-defined) and socio-economic and cultural (gender-defined) differences of the state of health and disease of each person. These differences

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