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| Policy Recommendations for the ICPD Beyond 2014: Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights for All |
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Resources for ICPD Beyond 2014 Task Force Publications
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| Policy Recommendations for the ICPD Beyond 2014: Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights for All |
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Resources for ICPD Beyond 2014 Task Force Publications
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| WWW at the 57th Session of the CSW |
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In the framework of the 57th session of the Commission on the
Status of Women (CSW) of the United Nations, the international campaign “Women Won’t Wait. End HIV & Violence
against Women NOW”, with Foundation
for Studies and Research on Women –FEIM- as campaign co-coordinator,
organized and participated in many important events to bring visibility to the
intersection of violence against women and girls and HIV/AIDS, within the
framework of the women’s rights agenda at the 57th CSW, whose
priority theme was: “Elimination and Prevention of All Forms of Violence
against Women and Girls”. |
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| HIV and Violence Against Women: Putting World AIDS Day in the Context of the 16 Days Campaign |
| By Mabel Bianco, MD, MPH, Epidemiologist. President of Fundación para Estudio e Investigación de la Mujer (FEIM) and representative of Latin America and the Caribbean on the UNAIDS PCB NGO Delegation. | |
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| Malawi: Courageous Move to Suspend Anti-Gay Laws |
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Malawi: Courageous Move to Suspend Anti-Gay Laws Other States That Criminalize Same-Sex Conduct Should Do the Same (Nairobi, November 6, 2012) – The Malawian government’s decision to suspend enforcement of laws that criminalize consensual same-sex conduct is the right thing to do, and should serve as an inspiration to other countries that criminalize homosexuality, Human Rights Watch said today. During a radio debate last week with activists from Malawi’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, the justice minister announced a moratorium on arrests on the basis of the country’s colonial-era sodomy laws. |
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| WWW at the XIX International AIDS Conference |
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At the
XIX International AIDS Conference, held in Washington D.C. from 22-27 July 2012,
Women Won’t Wait Campaign members presented part of the results of the
campaign’s 2011-2012 project for “Promoting the Integration of VAW in National HIV
Responses”, in the pre-conference Satellite Session organized by IAWC/Women
ARISE/FEIM/CHANGE: “Women and Girls Turning the Tide” on 22 July, and in
the panel discussion organized by Women Won’t Wait/FEIM/IAWC in the Women’s
Networking Zone of the Global Village: “Contributions for Integrating HIV &
Violence Against Women in National HIV Responses” on 23
July.
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