Women's health a contentious issue at UN commission in New York

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Updated March 16, 2010 08:24:57

Women's health proved to be a contentious issue at the 54th session of the Commission on the status of women which has just concluded at the UN in New York. Women's sexual reproductive health rights and the pro life moment were among the topics for forthright and robust presentations. United States Secretary of State Hilary Clinton also addressed the Commission. The Executive Director for FEMLINK Pacific Sharon Bhagwon Rolls was there.


Presenter: Geraldine Coutts
Speaker: Sharon Bhagwon Rolls, Executive Director for FEMLINK Pacific

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