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Myanmar’s decision to take in more than 200 boat migrants has been welcomed by the UN refugee agency which on Friday called for further action to rescue more than 3,500 people still stranded at sea.

UNHCR described Myanmar’s initiative to shelter sea migrants floating off its coastline near Rakhine State as a helpful initial move.

The agency also welcomed the recent joint declaration by ministers from Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia that their countries would provide temporary aid to sea migrants.

‘The right to health is a human rights issue’, according to a senior professor at the University of Philippines.

Experts have been meeting at UN headquarters to discuss how women’s access to health is disproportionately affected to poverty.

Elizabeth Pangalangan at the University of Philippines is a strong advocate for better access to reproductive healthcare as a means to end poverty.

Cathrine Hasselberg has been speaking to the professor about some of the challenges women in the Philippines face.

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