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Afternoon Roundup: Personhood in Florida, Margaret Cho on Bristol Palin, Zimbabwe's Women's Health Activists Speak Up!

December 1, 2010 - 7:59pm (Print)

Florida is (unsuccessfully) attempting to get a Personhood measure on the ballot, New York's domestic workers are finally guaranteed one day off a week and paid leave, anti-choice advocates succesfully interject anti-choice language into a law about women veterans access to health care and Margaret Cho speaks out about Bristol Palin?

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This World AIDS Day, Putting the Power of Prevention in Women’s Hands

reader diary by Lori Adelman, International Women's Health Coalition

December 1, 2010 - 3:50pm (Print)

Woman-initiated prevention methods are key to the fight against HIV because they offer agency and protection to a disproportionally vulnerable demographic—women.

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Roundup: World AIDS Day Activism

by Beth Saunders, RH Reality Check

December 1, 2010 - 10:45am (Print)

Magic Johnson, Mondo Guerra, Kim Kardashian, and a whole bunch of college students are speaking out (or not!) on World AIDS Day.

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Behind Bars: People Living with HIV Have Rights Like Any Other Person

by Kevin Osborne, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)

November 29, 2010 - 6:14pm (Print)

This interview with Alice Mwangi, a beauty therapist from Yamumbi, Kenya, is part of the Behind Bars series by Kevin Osborne and the International Planned Parenthood Federation.

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More Michigan Teens Becoming Infected with HIV

by Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow

December 1, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Michigan teenagers continue to become infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, at an alarming rate, Michigan health officials say.

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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 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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More Than Numbers Make the Fight

by Masimba Biriwasha, RH Reality Check, Africa & Asia

January 29, 2008 - 8:57am (Print)

The new AIDS data -- indicating that the number of cases of HIV worldwide is not as high as previously estimated -- must be seen as a call to vigilance.

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In India, HIV Destigmatization Desperately Needed

by Deepali Gaur Singh, RH Reality Check, Asia

November 30, 2007 - 3:38pm (Print)

In India, the number of HIV infections may be substantially lower than estimated, but the country still has a huge amount of prevention and destigmatization to do.

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