Senegal
On World AIDS Day, A Health Hut In Senegal Reveals What's Possible
by Maureen Greenwood-Basken, United Nations Foundation (UNF)
November 30, 2011 - 7:41pm (Print)
Senegal provides a fascinating case study in how to work simultaneously to prevent the spread of HIV and meet the family planning needs of women and families. The country's successes also reveal why now, more than ever, U.S. investments in family planning are critical to empowering women, reducing poverty, reducing transmission of HIV and deaths from AIDS, and saving lives.
"This One Will Not Be Cut:" How A Movement to End Female Genital Mutilation is Spreading Through Senegal
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
October 17, 2011 - 9:21am (Print)
A campaign to eradicate female genital mutilation has taken off in Senegal. What if, with the incredibly small sums of money needed by the United Nations campaign to fund these strategies across a continent, we could end FGM within the next ten to 15 years? Both UNICEF and UNFPA work to end FGM, though the GOP-led House of Representatives is seeking to eliminate funding for both.
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HIV Activists/Gay Men Sentenced in Senegal: The Other Side of Rick Warren's "Humanitarian Issue"
by Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check
January 8, 2009 - 12:09pm (Print)
