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3/15/2007 - New Bills Would Facilitate HIV Research
Bills introduced in the Senate and House would increase AIDS medical research....
3/13/2007 - Two Iranian Feminists Still Jailed
Prominent Iranian women's rights leaders Shadi Sadr and Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh remain in jail after being arrested for peacefully protesting on March 4....
2/27/2007 - Nigeria Considers Ban on Homosexuality
The Nigerian House of Representatives held public hearings last week on a bill that would criminalize all expressions and forms of homosexuality in Nigeria....
2/23/2007 - SD Senate Nixes New Abortion Ban
South Dakota senators in the State Affairs Committee voted 8 to 1 on Wednesday to kill, a proposed ban on abortion similar to the one rejected by voters last year....
2/12/2007 - Portugal Abortion Referendum Fails, Government Moves to Legalize
After a referendum on Portugal's strict abortion laws failed due to low voter turn-out, the country's Socialist government has announced that it will work to legalize abortion in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy....
2/1/2007 - Trials on HIV Microbicide Gels Halted
Two full-scale trials on topical microbicides that were designed to prevent HIV infection during sexual intercourse have been stopped, due to safety reasons....
1/31/2007 - Chile: President Resumes Free EC Program
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet signed a decree on Monday that will resume a program to give free birth control, including emergency contraception (EC), to all women aged 14 and older....
1/24/2007 - Israeli President Takes Leave of Absence Following Rape, Harassment Charges
Israeli President Moshe Katsav announced to parliament this morning that he will take a leave of absence following the attorney general's decision to charge Katsav with rape, harassment, sexual relations involving the abuse of power, obstruction of justice, and illegally accepting gifts....
1/16/2007 - Afghanistan: Drought-Stricken Villagers Resort to Selling Child-Brides
A second drought in Afghanistan has affected over two-and-a-half million villagers, some of whom are selling their young daughters as brides in order to feed and clothe their families....
1/9/2007 - Women and Africa, Paramount for New Female Director-General of WHO
Margaret Chan, the newly-elected Director-General of the UN World Health Organization (WHO), recently announced an agenda for her term centered around women’s health....
1/4/2007 - New Roles for Women Leaders Worldwide
In the past month, women across the world have been moving into new and groundbreaking political leadership positions....
1/3/2007 - House Democrats Poised to Introduce Mariana Islands Wage Hike Bill
House Democrats, led by Education and Workforce Committee Chairman George Miller (CA), intend to introduce legislation early in the new Congress that would raise the minimum wage for workers in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands....
12/21/2006 - Displaced Women in Darfur Suffer Severe Depression
A new study of internally displaced women in Sudan's South Darfur illuminates the bleak status of women's mental health in the volatile region....
12/13/2006 - Afghanistan Launches Plan for Action Amid Violence
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday launched a three-year action plan to stabilize and bring justice to the country, which has been in conflict since 1979....
12/6/2006 - Governments Worldwide Pledge More Support for Microbicides
Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, and Sweden have all pledged to increase funding for the development of microbicides that can reduce or eliminate the transmission of HIV....
11/20/2006 - Dutch Immigration Minister Proposes Burqa Ban
Dutch Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk proposed legislation on Friday that would ban the burqa, a head-to-toe garment for women to wear in public, and other full face coverings, such as ski masks and full-face helmets....
11/16/2006 - Conference Seeks to End Self-Immolation in Afghanistan
A conference to find solutions to a growing problem of self-immolation in Afghanistan and other countries began on Tuesday in Kabul, Afghanistan....
11/16/2006 - Pakistan's Lower House Amends Rape Laws Punitive to Victims
Pakistan's lower house of parliament approved changes to the country's punitive rape laws yesterday....
11/14/2006 - Tribal Elders Work to Reopen Schools in Southern Afghanistan
Over 20 schools have reopened in the southern Afghanistan province of Helmand after being demolished by the Taliban insurgency, IRIN, a UN newswire, reported last week....
11/3/2006 - NGOs Address HIV-Positive Street Children in Senegal, Zambia
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are revealing and attempting to address the growing problem of HIV-positive street children in Senegal and Zambia....
11/1/2006 - Women’s Rights Activists Targeted in Iraq, Saudi Arabia
Women's rights advocates in Iraq and Saudi Arabia have been the target of misogynistic violence and political oppression, respectively, in the past week....
10/27/2006 - Nicaragua Outlaws All Abortion
The Nicaraguan legislature voted yesterday to outlaw all abortions, making it the third country in the Western Hemisphere to outlaw abortion without exception....
10/23/2006 - Rectifying Sexual Violence Still a Major Concern in Liberia
Despite a major anti-rape law implemented in Liberia early this year, a United Nations report found that progress has been slow in abolishing sexual and gender-based violence due to flaws in the judicial system....
10/20/2006 - Woman at Risk of FGM in Sierra Leone is Granted Asylum in UK
The United Kingdom has granted asylum to Zainab Fornah, 19, who fears she would be subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM) if she returns to Sierra Leone, her home country....
10/19/2006 - Portuguese Parliament to Vote on Abortion Referendum
The Portuguese Parliament is set to vote on whether to hold a referendum that would let voters decide whether to legalize abortion....
