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Thu Feb 21, 2008
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IPPF's news letter NewsNewsNews provides you with international news on sexual and reproductive health and rights, SRHR.
Go to IPPF's web site and read more: NewsNewsNews.
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Thu Feb 21, 2008
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IPPF European Network''s news letter IPPF ENews provides you with European news on sexual and reproductive health and rights, SRHR.
Visite IPPF European Network''s web site and read more: NewsNewsNews.
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Wed Jun 27, 2007
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Humanity will have to undergo a “revolution in thinking” in order to deal with the doubling of urban populations in Africa and Asia by 2030, warns UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. In a new report released today, The State of World Population 2007: Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth, the organization maintains that over 30 years, the population of African and Asian cities will double, adding 1.7 billion people—more than the populations of China and the United States combined.
Read more: State of World Population – web site.
Film: "A Teenage Mother in Manila''s Slums". Janice Banaag, 18, lives with her husband and baby underneath a Manila bridge.
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Mon Feb 12, 2007
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Sunday, 11 February, 59,25% of the Portuguese who voted in the Referendum on abortion voted YES, allowing abortion on woman's request until 10 weeks of pregnancy when performed in legal health services.
This has been a big victory for the sexual and reproductive health and rights in Portugal; was historical in Portugal the most significant debate and mobilization on SRHR.
All the main political leaders, Prime-Minister José Socrates and the opposition leader, Marques Mendes have recognized the Yes victory and as a political signal to the Parliament.
For more information go to www.ippg.org.
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Wed Jan 24, 2007
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Sida, the Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation, has published an action plan on how the agency will work on sexual orientation and gender identity in international development cooperation 2007-2009. The action plan follows up a study on Swedish policy and administration of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi and transgender) issues in international development cooperation.
Read the action plan on Sida''s web site: Sida's work on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender issues in international development cooperation.
Read more about Sida: www.sida.se -> about Sida
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Fri Dec 1, 2006
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A crucifix for the right to contraception and sexual education. The copper sculpture depicts a pregnant teenager in natural size crucified on a big cross. It is a harsh comment to the impact of the fundamentalist branch of the Christian church, with President Bush and the Pope in the lead, on contraception and sexual education. Women, including teenagers, bear the brunt of the disastrous consequences of the ban on condoms based on "Christian" morality.
The first sculpture will be inaugurated on 1st December 2006, international AIDS day, in front of the Cathedral of Copenhaguen.
Read more: www.aidoh.dk.
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Fri Dec 1, 2006
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The annual AIDS epidemic update reports on the latest developments in the global AIDS epidemic. With maps and regional summaries, the 2006 edition provides the most recent estimates of the epidemic’s scope and human toll, explores new trends in the epidemic’s evolution.
UNAIDS'' homepage: AIDS Epidemic Update: December 2006
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Thu Nov 16, 2006
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"Women on the Run" is a trilogy about women in East Africa. In the three films we meet women who have, in one way or the other, run away from difficult situations.
In Women on the Run we meet Linah Kilimo who ran away from the knife when she was about to be circumciced. Kidnapped Childhood features Betty, who was pregnant when she escaped from the LRA. Today her daughter lives at a childcare centre but Betty hopes to be able to take care of her in the duture. The third film Hyena Square is about Elisa who used to live a miserable life as a prostitute in Dar es Salaam. Today she has a meaningful work and receives medicines to control her HIV-infection.
Read more: www.womenontherun.se.
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Wed Oct 25, 2006
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On Thursday October 12 2006 The Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, opened the first-ever museum exhibition dedicated to gay animals.
The exhibit puts on display a small selection among the more than 1500 species where homosexuality have been observed. This fascinating story of the animals'' secret life is told by means of models, photos, texts and specimens. The visitor is confronted with all sorts of creatures from tiny insects to enormous spermwhales.
On their hompepage the museum states that "... We feel confident that a greater understanding of how extensive and common this behaviour is among animals, will help to de-mystify homosexuality among people. At least, we hope to reject the all too well known argument that homosexual behaviour is a crime against nature."
The exhibit will run to August 19 2007.
Read more here.
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Wed Sep 13, 2006
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Sweden has decided to contribute SEK 15 million to each of three research organisations for their work with vaccines and microbicides against HIV and AIDS.
"Our increased contribution gives us the opportunity to put economic weight behind our policy in the area of HIV/AIDS. Research, preventive measures, care and treatment as well as opinion forming with regard to the causes and consequences of the pandemic are all important parts of our cohesive strategy against HIV/AIDS," says Minister for International Development Cooperation Carin Jämtin.
The organisations are the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), the International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) and the Population Council.
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