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World YWCA Regional Training Institute for Caribbean
Port-of-Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)
24/05/2009 to 29/05/2009
5th Latin American and Caribbean Forum on HIV and AIDS and STDs
Lima (Peru)
21/06/2009 to 26/06/2009
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
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International AFTER COMMUNAL VIOLENCE, INDIAN CHRISTIANS DRAW HOPE FROM ELECTIONS
18/05 — 16:21
World YWCA
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.
17:20
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…
18/05
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 Na…
15/05
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…
01/05
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 pr…
01/05
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, w…
18/03
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…
11/03
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.
16/03
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 &q;…