sexual rights
Promoting Sexual Rights: The Key to Ending the AIDS Epidemic
by Dr. Carmen Barroso, International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region (IPPF/WHR)
June 8, 2011 - 7:49pm (Print)
The connection between sexual rights and HIV and AIDS is undeniable, with the majority of HIV infections transmitted sexually. Sexuality is a natural aspect of life, and a fundamental part of our humanity. But we continue to ignore at and the price is paid in women's lives.
Promoting Sexual Rights: The Key to Ending the AIDS Epidemic
by Dr. Carmen Barroso, International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region (IPPF/WHR)
June 8, 2011 - 7:49pm (Print)
The connection between sexual rights and HIV and AIDS is undeniable, with the majority of HIV infections transmitted sexually. Sexuality is a natural aspect of life, and a fundamental part of our humanity. But we continue to ignore at and the price is paid in women's lives.
Imprisoned for Miscarriage: A Young Mexican Woman Gets 23 Years for Losing Her Baby and Advocates Call for Help
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
February 1, 2011 - 9:07am (Print)
A young woman in Baja California, Mexico has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for miscarrying her baby. Advocates are asking for your help.
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UN Vote Restores "Sexual Orientation" to Resolution on Extrajudicial, Summary Executions
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
December 22, 2010 - 8:21am (Print)
On Tuesday (12-21-10), the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted overwhelmingly in favor of restoring reference to "sexual orientation" in a high-profile resolution condemning extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. The reference to sexual orientation had been removed by an earlier amendment at the committee level by governments opposed to ensuring protection for individuals targeted because of their actual or perceived sexual orientation.
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Anti-Choice "Freedom Rides" Seek to Curtail Freedom
by Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check
June 7, 2010 - 6:00am (Print)
A legacy of the Civil Rights movement is the struggle for rights and access without fear of violence. But those who oppose abortion rights are not fighting for anything; rather they are fighting against women's freedom.
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Consenting to Sex: Yes, No, Maybe?
by Bianca M. Velez, Pro Choice Education Project, Program Assistant
February 17, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)
Violence Against Women: Cause And Consequence of HIV
January 8, 2010 - 7:00am (Print)
ICPD + 15: Debating Health Care When It’s No Longer “Business as usual”
by Carolina Austria, RH Reality Check, Asia
September 4, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)
To Be Free from Gender Violence: Our Most Basic Human Right
by Malika Saada Saar, Rebecca Project for Human Rights
October 29, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)
Against Backdrop of Sexual Violence, Ads, Too, Exploit Young Teens
by Danielle Toppin, RH Reality Check, Caribbean
October 14, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)
