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"We’ve got much lower numbers of non-pregnant women coming. Women are scared, just in general, to come into hospital. When they do come into hospital, they haven’t perhaps got a support person with them." #ZeroToleranceDay https://eachother.org.uk/fgm-covid-19-midwives/
Just 635 cases of FGM were recorded by NHS England between July and September 2020 – a fall of more than a third compared to the same period in 2019. And it isn't the only impact the pandemic is having on care. #FGMZeroToleranceDay2021 https://eachother.org.uk/fgm-covid-19-midwives/
Community groups across the UK show that the endurance of human rights depends on what we do with them closer to home. https://eachother.org.uk/in-pictures-how-we-can-build-a-human-rights-bridge-out-of-poverty/
Based on lived experiences, new series of cartoons pulls together the importance of human rights in building a bridge out of poverty. @EssexHRC https://eachother.org.uk/in-pictures-how-we-can-build-a-human-rights-bridge-out-of-poverty/
'The differing levels of support care leavers receive from local authorities in different parts of the country have been described as a “postcode lottery”. But all young people should be given consistent, fair opportunities to move on with their lives.' https://eachother.org.uk/how-care-leavers-at-university-are-facing-another-level-of-isolation/
The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the inequalities we face around the environment. And the inequality is everywhere. https://eachother.org.uk/from-green-spaces-to-air-pollution-we-arent-all-treated-equally-when-it-comes-to-the-environment/
