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07/21/2008 - Genital shedding of HIV in women with undetectable viral load
Aids Map News
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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07/21/2008 - Sex Trap Snares Girls
Independent Online
Cape Town teenagers are being tricked into prostitution by misleading advertisements offering huge salaries and incentive bonuses.
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07/21/2008 - Police Left a Rape Victims with the Rapist
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 - Poverty, Wars and Alcohol Perpetuate Domestic Violence
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 - White House Defines Contraception as Abortion
Women’s Enews
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 - Pregnant Women Still Struggle to Prevent HIV
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 - Large HIV Vaccine Study will not go ahead
Aids Map News
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 - Journalist Funds a Rewrite of Gender Rules
Women’s Enews
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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Job and Study Opportunities Calendar of Events
Program Officer
Washington, DC, United States | National Endowment for Democracy (NED) | Deadline: Not specified
National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is seeking to employ a qualified Program Officer.
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Programme Manager
Brighton, United Kingdom | The International HIV/AIDS Alliance | Deadline: 10 August 2008
The International HIV?AIDS Alliance has an opportunity for a Programme Manager in Eastern Europe and Central Asia in Asia and Eastern Europe (AEE) Team.
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Resident Advisor
Ndjamena, Chad | Internews Network | Deadline: Not specified
Internews Network is seeking a Resident Advisor for its Gender Based Violence (GBV) program based in Chad.
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Marketing and Fundraising Officer
Bangkok, Thailand | Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC) | Deadline: 15 August 2008
Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific is seeking to employ a Marketing and Fundraising Officer.
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Volunteer
Johannesburg | Media Monitoring Project | Deadline: Not specified
The Media Monitoring Project (MMP) is looking for a volunteer to assist the organisation in running some of its core functions.
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Monitors/ field workers
Johannesburg | Media Monitoring Project | Deadline: 30 July 2008
The Media Monitoring Project (MMP) seeks to employ part-time seasonal ‘field workers’ or monitors. These monitors will help contribute towards broader research projects, either on race or HIV.
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Senior Gender Programme Officer
Transkei | The Transkei Land Service Organisation (TRALSO) | Deadline: 25 July 2008
TRALSO invites applications for the position of Senior Gender Programme Officer.
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MobileActive08
Johannesburg | SANGONeT | Deadline: Open
SANGONeT and MobileActive.org invites people to participate in MobileActive08.
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Office Manager / Administrator
Transkei | The Transkei Land Service Organisation (TRALSO) | Deadline: 25 July 2008
TRALSO invites applications for the position of Senior the Office Manager/Administrator.
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08/10/2008 - 08/12/2008
Gender and Media Summit, Conference, South Africa
Gender Links
Gender Links (GL) in partnership with the Gender and Media Southern Africa (GEMSA) Network and the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), is hosting the third Gender and Media (GEM) Summit from 10-12 August 2008 in Johannesburg.
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08/03/2008 - 08/08/2008
International AIDS Conference, Conference, Mexico
AIDS 2008
The International AIDS Society and its partners, invite you to the XVII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008) to be held from 3-8 August 2008 in Mexico.
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07/29/2008 - 07/29/2008
Gender and Xenophobia, Seminar, South Africa
Gender Links, CSVR, Institute for Security Studies
Gender Links, the South African Local Government Association in Gauteng, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, the Institute for Security Studies, as well as the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, will be hosting a seminar on Gender and Xenophobia on 29 July 2008 in Germiston.
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