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Melinda Gates defies Vatican to push for access to contraception in Asia, Africa

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The billionaire philanthropist Melinda Gates, a practising Catholic, has thrown down the gauntlet to the Vatican and vowed to dedicate the rest of her life to improving access to contraception across the globe. Gates, who with her husband, Bill, the founder of Microsoft, is one of the world’s biggest players…

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Melinda Gates hits ‘war on women’ on eve of family planning summit

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Religious groups attack London family planning conference as ‘blatant attack on morality’ Campaigners have attacked a “war on women” being waged by religious organisations before an international summit on family planning to be held in London this week. The conference, co-hosted by the Department for International Development (Dfid) and the…

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Women in the World

Not much blogging from me tonight, because I’m going to this big conference in Manhattan called Women in the World, which is the typical crew of rich and powerful muckety-mucks like Melinda Gates and Bill Clinton. However, you can livestream it tonight and tomorrow here. Watch live streaming video from…

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