Cervical cancer vaccines are a recent addition to the regular vaccination list and were added after a revision to the Preventive Vaccination Law that took effect in April, 2013. In Japan, cervical cancer is second only to breast cancer among those aged 20 to 39 and is estimated to strike nearly 9,000 women each year. Source: Japan Times Read more
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Around 350 women of the Gond and Korku tribes, in Betul district’s Hardoo village, were illegally subject to pregnancy tests before participating in a mass marriage ceremony under the Mukhyamantri Kanyadan Yojana. This state funded wedding for more than 400 couples was attended by local MLA Geeta Uikey and former minister Vijay Shah. Source: The Hindu Read more Women’s health activists have asked the Centre not to rush into finalising the ‘Assisted Reproductive Technologies (Regulation) Bill, 2013’ and, instead, hold wider deliberations with women’s rights organisations, queer rights, human rights and legal rights organisations across the country.
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