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International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
Global (Global)
26/06/2009
5th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention
Cap Town (South Africa)
19/07/2009 to 22/07/2009
44th CEDAW Session
New York (United States of America)
20/07/2009 to 07/08/2009
The 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia-Pacific (ICAAP)
Nusa Dua, Bali (Indonesia)
09/08/2009 to 12/08/2009
Articles
02 Jun 2009 — 13:58
International Africa Steps Up the Fight Against Maternal and Child Deaths
The very survival of women and children in Africa may depend on the newly-launched Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa (CARMMA). According to latest estimates by the African Union (AU), over the next ten years there will be 2.5 million maternal deaths, another 2…
27 May 2009 — 14:20
International The rights of Iran's women
A feminist initiative in Iran is seeking to ensure that awareness of women's rights is on the agenda of the presidential election, says Nazenin Ansari. "You want our support? Support our bill of rights!" In the official political manoeuvrings around the Islamic Republic of Iran's p…
27 May 2009 — 13:59
International Top UN Official Urges End to Mother-to-Child AIDS Transmission by 2015
21 May 2009 – The head of the United Nations agency charged with coordinating the fight against HIV/AIDS has called for a virtual elimination of mother-to-child AIDS transmission worldwide by 2015.
25 May 2009 — 17:20
International UNAIDS calls for a virtual elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV by 2015
UNAIDS’ executive director meets Ministers of Health and the UN Secretary General during the World Health Assembly in a bid to accelerate progress towards universal access GENEVA, 21 May 2009 – During the week of the World Health Assembly, UNAIDS’ executive director met with more than 80 He…
18 May 2009 — 16:21
International AFTER COMMUNAL VIOLENCE, INDIAN CHRISTIANS DRAW HOPE FROM ELECTIONS
According to an Indian church worker, the violence against Christians in the Indian state of Orissa last year was not a one-time event but the consequence of a fragmented society. However, the results of the recent general elections are heartening.
18 May 2009 — 13:23
International UNFPA Boosts its Lifesaving Support for Pregnant Women Displaced by Sri Lanka Conflict
COLOMBO – At least 3,000 pregnant women have fled the fighting in northern Sri Lanka in recent days and some 350 of them will give birth in the next month, according to estimates by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. With health services increasingly challenged by the influx of inter…
15 May 2009 — 9:53
International President's Budget Flat Funds Services for Women with HIV
HIV-positive women outraged at lack of funding for women & families Women living with HIV throughout the U.S. were disappointed at some details of the President's FY 2010 budget, released late last week. The overall budget calls for a modest increase in funding to fight the growing dome…
01 May 2009 — 13:19
International UN: Punish Abuse of Children in War
(New York) - The United Nations Security Council should impose sanctions on governments and armed groups for using child soldiers, sexual violence against children, and attacks on schools, and should promote effective prosecution of the commanders responsible, Human Rights Watch said today.…
01 May 2009 — 13:22
International In New Study of Sexually Experienced Teenage Women in Jamaica, Half Reported Sexual Coercion and Nearly All Pregnancies Were Unintended
In New Study of Sexually Experienced Teenage Women in Jamaica, Half Reported Sexual Coercion and Nearly All Pregnancies Were Unintended Forty-nine percent of 15–17-year-old women in Kingston, Jamaica, who were interviewed to identify risk factors for teen pregnancy reported having experience…
18 Mar 2009 — 13:56
International India - Radio Drama Addresses Gender Inequality
The BBC World Service Trust announced today a new radio drama addressing gender inequality in India. The drama will be the first of its kind on FM in India, and has been developed in response to the rising numbers of sex selective abortions (abortion of foetuses because they are female) in t…
11 Mar 2009 — 14:49
International Iraqi women 'lack basic services'
Women in Iraq still lack security and basic services, despite an overall drop in violence six years after the US-led invasion, aid agency Oxfam says.
16 Mar 2009 — 9:46
International Time Has Come for a New U.N. Women's Agency says Stephen Lewis
After being blind for years to the needs and rights of women, the United Nations is finally well on its way to create a "fully-resourced" women's agency, says Stephen Lewis, the former U.N. Special Envoy for HIV and AIDS in Africa.

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