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Articles by Tharanga Yakupitiyage

Pro-choice activists demonstrate during March for Life Fund's 37th annual march marking the anniversary of the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion decision in Washington January 22, 2010. Photo credit: Molly Riley/Reuters

Family Planning is a Global Human Right

Tharanga Yakupitiyage July 16, 2018 Tharanga Yakupitiyage

“Family planning is not only a matter of human rights; it is also central to women’s empowerment, reducing poverty, and achieving sustainable development.” - Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund

The Non-Violence sculpture outside of the UN.

UN Approves Historic Nuclear Weapons Ban: Now What?

Tharanga Yakupitiyage July 14, 2017 Tharanga Yakupitiyage

More than seven decades after the deployment of deadly atomic bombs in Japan, the UN has passed a historic treaty banning nuclear weapons around the world. Though it has sparked hope for a future without nuclear weapons, uncertainty in the success of the treaty still lingers.

Saidi Olivier, a displaced farmer in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with his family in an IDP camp. Credit: IDMC

“Horrific” Increase in Worldwide Displacement: 30 Million Newly Displaced by Conflict and Disasters

Tharanga Yakupitiyage June 8, 2017 Tharanga Yakupitiyage

Over 30 million people were newly internally displaced in 2016 by conflict and disasters. The Democratic Republic of the Congo surpassed Syria and Iraq in having the most new internally displaced persons in the world.

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