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Aspen Institute Panel Speakers Call For Increased Aid For Women To Help Plan Families
A panel hosted by the Aspen Institute's Global Leaders Council on Monday called for "a boost of aid for women in developing countries such as Somalia to help them control their fertility," Agence France-Presse reports. "Somalia has the eighth highest birth rate in the world, and the average family has seven children," the news agency notes, adding that "one percent of married women in Somalia have access to modern contraception, ... according to data compiled by the Population Reference Bureau."
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