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Large HIV Vaccine Study will not go ahead

Published date: 
25 Jul 2008
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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Administration and Projects Officer

Application Deadline: 
21 Jul 2008
MMP is currently seeking monitors for different projects and an Administration and Projects Officer.
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Appeal for Solidarity by Zimbabwean Women

Published date: 
7 Jul 2008
Zimbabwe went to the polls to elect its next government until 2013 on March 29. Results were announced a month later. The government organised a revenge campaign targeting all those that voted for the opposition. Women of Zimbabwe are urgently calling for action to women worldwide.
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Trafficking of Girls, Abuse Worsening

Published date: 
17 Jul 2008
The trafficking of girls from villages to cities in Nigeria is increasing and the state is powerless to stop the trade, officials told IRIN. 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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Climate Change and Human Rights

Published date: 
3 Jul 2008
Climate change policies have so far ignored the likely human rights impacts, according to a new report published by the International Council on Human Rights Policy. The report argues that human rights principles can guide climate change policy by focusing on individual suffering and exposure to risk.
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Call for Halt to Sexual Violence in Conflict Lauded

Published date: 
3 Jul 2008
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), welcomed last week's call by the United Nations Security Council for an immediate halt of all acts of sexual violence against women in conflict situations. The Fund described it as a historical achievement that would go a long way in protecting the dignity of women and girls who are often subjected to violence as a tactic of war.
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Lack of Cervical Cancer Screening puts Women at Risk

Published date: 
3 Jul 2008
Women in developing countries face an increased risk of cervical cancer because they are not regularly screened for the disease. Though women in low-income countries are more likely to be exposed to risk factors like smoking and unsafe sex, just 19 per cent of women in the developing world have been screened - compared to 63 per cent in developed countries.
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ANC asks Khwezi to Apologies

Published date: 
3 Jul 2008
The ANC leadership wants Jacob Zuma's rape accuser to come home from the Netherlands and apologise for making the accusation. The woman, known publicly only as Khwezi, accused Zuma of raping her in 2005 and fled to the Netherlands on a five-year asylum visa a year after he was acquitted and she began to receive death threats.
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Magistrate Puts Pressure on Simelane’s Murder

Published date: 
3 Jul 2008
The five men accused of murdering a Kwa-Thema lesbian, Eudy Simelane, were being remanded to 31 July this year, pending DNA results. The crime scene photographs are also expected by court as evidence, which were not available during the testimony yesterday, hence the postponement.
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Child Protection Week: Is Child Protection Everyone’s Business

Published date: 
4 Jun 2008
Last week was Child Protection Week, a week in which those who work in the child protection field attempt once again to remind all South African citizens, government and civil society alike, that protecting children is “everyone’s business”.
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