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A selection of resources from across the Federation
Cook Islands, New Zealand
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Ora’anga Meitaki no te Vainetini: Cook Islands Women’s Wellbeing in the Context of Abortion
In 2022, research on abortion, including unsafe abortion, in Cook Islands was conducted by the University of New South Wales, University of the South Pacific Cook Islands Campus Te Puna Vai Mārama | Centre for Research, and Cook Islands Family Welfare Association (CIFWA). Ora’anga Meitaki no te Vainetini: Cook Islands Women’s Wellbeing in the Context of Abortion includes the lived experiences and stories of women, advocates, support persons and health workers in the Cook Islands and Aotearoa New Zealand.
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| 06 July 2012
Ending Unsafe Abortion in Asia
This short film examines the effects of criminalizing abortion in the region through the lens of women. Nearly half of all abortions worldwide are illegal and most illegal abortions are taking place in developing countries. Over 3 million unsafe abortions happen yearly in this region, with poor and rural women more likely to experience severe complications as they depend on unsafe methods and providers.
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| 06 March 2011
Girls Decide: Halimah's Journey, Indonesia
Halimah was 17 when she made this film. This is the story of what happened when she first had unprotected sex: how she was ostracised by her family and thrown out of school, and how she felt that her future had been taken away. Things looked bleak for Halimah but that’s not quite the end of the story...
