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House Committee Votes to Reinstate Global Gag Rule (Again) and Other Misogynistic Amendments
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
July 21, 2011 - 8:18pm (Print)
Just weeks after publication of a major report underscoring the benefits of robust U.S. investment in family planning worldwide, the GOP-controlled House Foreign Affairs Committee voted in the early hours of the morning today to reinstate the Global Gag Rule with broader and more damaging implications than ever before.
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Trafficking Report: Less Sensationalism, More Reality
by Melissa Ditmore, Independent consultant
June 23, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
The State Department's new Trafficking in Persons report suggests that the Obama administration will opt for evidence-based responses to trafficking over putting restrictions on women "for their own good."
Obama Names Ambassador for International Women's Issues
March 9, 2009 - 11:10am (Print)
Will Obama's State Department Respond to LGBT Persecution Abroad?
by Mark Bromley, Council for Global Equality
March 9, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
Clinton to Name Human Rights Activist as Assistant Secretary of State
February 26, 2009 - 2:14pm (Print)
"Homeland" Security Under Napolitano, Key Player in Fight Against Trafficking
by Katherine Franke, Columbia Law School
February 18, 2009 - 12:40pm (Print)
AIDS Advocates Call for Open Process For Global AIDS Administrator
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
January 28, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
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HIV Prevention Hypocrisy Watch: Fight the Virus, Punish the Victim?
by Mark Bromley, Council for Global Equality
January 21, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
