Gender Affairs launches short series to highlight issues affecting boys and men
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Men’s Critical Issues.
The Facebook live series, which will be aired every Thursday throughout the month of May, initially, features influential men in society who are interviewed on key topics such as behaviour, alcohol and drug abuse, fatherhood and education and professional development, among others.
Acting Director of the Gender Affairs Jamie Saunders explained that the programme is designed to highlight issues affecting men and young boys in Antigua and Barbuda.
He said while there are different platforms for women to share common issues, a platform for men was non-existent.
SC lawmakers eye raising legal age to marry to 18 Emily Bohatch, The State (Columbia, S.C.)
Apr. 28 COLUMBIA, S.C. A South Carolina bill that would require brides and grooms to be legal adults to get married took its first steps in the state Senate Wednesday.
A bipartisan panel of lawmakers voted unanimously to advance the bill, which would raise the legal age to get married from 16 to 18 across the state. The bill would allow no exceptions, including if a 16 or 17 year old girl was pregnant.
Under current South Carolina law, 16 or 17-year-olds can get married if they have permission from their parents or guardians. If a girl is pregnant, the father of the child can get married without parental permission, but the girl still needs permission from her parents, according to the S.C. Appleseed Legal Justice Center.
There has been some progress in efforts to improve women’s access to birth control in South Carolina. Senate bill 0628, the “Pharmacy Access Act,” would allow pharmacists to prescribe and dispense contraceptives.
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