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Nearly half of all women are denied their bodily autonomy, says new UNFPA report, My Body is My Own
UNFPAApril 14, 2021 GMT
New York, April 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Nearly half of women in 57 developing countries are denied the right to decide whether to have sex with their partners, use contraception or seek health care, according to UNFPA’s 2021 flagship State of World Population report, released today.
For the first time, a United Nations report focuses on bodily autonomy: the power and agency to make choices about your body, without fear of violence or having someone else decide for you. This lack of bodily autonomy has massive implications beyond the profound harms to individual women and girls: potentially depressing economic productivity, undercutting skills, and resulting in extra costs to health care and judicial systems.
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