World AIDS Day 2008 | RH Reality Check

Empowering Adolescents to Make Wise Sexual Choices

by Danielle Toppin, RH Reality Check, Caribbean

January 5, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

While acknowledging the "cultural context" in which many students live, Jamaican Minister of Education Andrew Holness has refused to supply students with condoms in the schools.

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Call For Justice, Health For Swazi Women

by Nosipho Dlamani, Lutheran Development Service

December 2, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)

Arrested in 2001 for killing over 40 women and children in Swaziland, David Simelane has not been brought to trial. Women in Swaziland are particularly vulnerable to sexual assault, violence and HIV/AIDS infection.

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Silent No More: Gender Norms and HIV/AIDS

by Wendy Turnbull, Population Action International

December 1, 2008 - 5:41pm (Print)

Deeply entrenched social norms make women and girls highly vulnerable to HIV - the central tenet of PAI's newest documentary, The Silent Partner: HIV in Marriage, which premiered in Nairobi last week.

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Roundup: World AIDS Day, FOCA and the Fallout, South Dakotans in the Common Ground, Personal Takes on Adoption and Surrogacy

by Emily Douglas

December 1, 2008 - 12:19pm (Print)

More on FOCA and Obama; South Dakotans took the common ground on abortion; take action on the HPV vaccine requirement for immigrant women; personal takes on surrogacy and adoption.

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HIV/AIDS: What Would Jesus Do?

by Scott La Cross, Advocates for Youth

December 1, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)

Based on his actions in the Bible, I'm inclined to say that Jesus would be right in the midst of the pandemic -- comforting those affected by AIDS, fighting to keep others from contracting HIV, and making himself a nuisance to complacent politicians.

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World AIDS Delay or Why We Really Need, and May Even Get, A National U.S. AIDS Strategy

by Julie Davids, CHAMP

December 1, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)

The change we need for the country as a whole is the change we need to fight HIV/AIDS. Let's insist that economic stimulation and health care reform become components of a comprehensive strategy to fight HIV/AIDS, rather than being complicit with this stable epidemic that will infect another person every nine minutes on this World AIDS Day.

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World AIDS Day 2031: How We Could Outsmart HIV

by Brian Ackerman, Advocates for Youth

November 30, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)

In 2031, HIV will still be a reality. But if the Obama administration leads the world in promoting smart and evidence-based prevention education, it will be a disease everyone on the planet knows how to prevent.

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The Time Is Now

by Abbey Marr, Advocates for Youth

November 30, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)

We no longer have a non-receptive administration as an excuse to make change on HIV policy. It is no longer acceptable (was it ever?) to play it safe for fear of getting attacked on issues such as access to condoms or needle exchange.

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Delivering The Truth: World AIDS Day 2008

by Kimberly Whipkey, CHANGE

November 30, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)

After years of ineffective, ideologically-driven U.S. HIV prevention policies, faith leaders are speaking up this year about comprehensive sex ed and the importance of access to a full range of sexual and reproductive health services in the fight against HIV and AIDS.

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In Their Own Beds: HIV and Marriage

by Amy Coen, Population Action International

November 30, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)

The institution of marriage cannot be considered a safe haven from HIV infection. In Population Action International's new documentary, married women share their stories.

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