The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has
warned in a new report that political
and social polarisation has put at risk
decades of gains in ending inequalities
in sexual and reproductive health and
rights, widening the access divide and
threatening future progress.In the report, released on April 17,
the organisation says that a relentless,
well organised effort to push back
against human rights and gender
equality is underway, and also
cautions that resistance to sexual and
reproductive health and rights "is
resulting in greater marginalisation
for communities already left or
pushed behind. Efforts to control
fertility and restrict bodily autonomy
disproportionately affect migrants,
people with disabilities, and minority
and indigenous communities, among
many others."Speaking to The Lancet, Natalia
Kanem, UNFPA Executive Director,
said that considerable gains had been
made: "The unintended pregnancy
rate has fallen by nearly 20% since
1990, the materna
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