News & Announcements
07/21/2008 - Journalist Funds a Rewrite of Gender Rules
Source: Women’s Enews, Author: Ruth Ann Harnisch
Ruth Ann Harnisch didn't take "no girls allowed" as an answer. After a journalism career, she decided to flex some muscle and tackle the issues affecting women that confronted her on the job.
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07/21/2008 - Large HIV Vaccine Study will not go ahead
Source: Aids Map News, Author: Keith Alcorn
The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced on 17 July, that it will not move ahead with the PAVE 100 study, which was intended to test a vaccine with similarities to the failed Merck Ad5-vectored HIV vaccine.
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07/21/2008 - Pregnant Women Still Struggle to Prevent HIV
Source: Plus News, Author: Plus News
Larger numbers of pregnant women living with HIV in Swaziland can now access services to prevent mother-to-child transmission, but activists and health officials say more emphasis should have been placed on quality rather than quantity.
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07/21/2008 - White House Defines Contraception as Abortion
Source: Women’s Enews, Author: Allison Stevens, Washington Bureau Chief
Federal funding for family planning clinics could dry up under a proposal from the Bush administration. Pro-choice advocates attacked the proposal as an assault on women's health and for expanding the definition of abortion to include birth control.
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07/21/2008 - Poverty, Wars and Alcohol Perpetuate Domestic Violence
Source: IRIN News, Author: IRIN News
Armed conflict, poverty, alcohol abuse and cultural attitudes are responsible for the high incidence of domestic violence in Ugandan communities, according to a report presented to parliament by jurists.
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07/21/2008 - Police Left a Rape Victims with the Rapist
Source: Dispatch online, Author: Dispatch online
A HORRIFIED rape victim, locked in with her attacker who had passed out, pleaded with police officers she thought would rescue her.
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07/21/2008 - Sex Trap Snares Girls
Source: Independent Online, Author: Helen Bamford
Cape Town teenagers are being tricked into prostitution by misleading advertisements offering huge salaries and incentive bonuses.
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07/21/2008 - Genital shedding of HIV in women with undetectable viral load
Source: Aids Map News, Author: Michael Carter
Antiretroviral treatment significantly reduced the frequency of genital shedding of HIV in women, according to a study conducted in Burkina Faso and published in the June edition of Sexually Transmitted Infections.
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07/14/2008 - Trafficking of Girls, Abuse Worsening
Source: IRIN News, Author: IRIN News
The trafficking of girls from villages to cities in Nigeria is increasing and the state is powerless to stop the trade, officials told IRIN.
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07/14/2008 - Domestic Workers face Harsh Abuses
Source: Human Rights News, Author: Human Rights News
Saudi Arabia should implement labor, immigration, and criminal justice reforms to protect domestic workers from serious human rights abuses. Employers often face no punishment for committing abuses including months or years of unpaid wages, forced confinement, and physical and sexual violence.
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