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In the lead-up to AIDS 2014, ten powerful thought-provoking films from seven countries over three days (18, 19 and 21 July
In a 60-page statement, Dr. Ilan Meyer, a social epidemiologist at the Williams Institute, countered claims that Russia's ban on
EDMONTON — When HIV-AIDS first hit North America in the 1980s, diagnosis almost always meant early death. As the virus
Targeting those 'responsible for abuses, corruption and anti-gay law', the US cancels military exercise and restricts visas and aid The
Indian transgender healthcare challenges Published on Wednesday, 18 June 2014 09:25 Ignorance and neglect in medical profession compounds widespread discrimination
Statement by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network June 4, 2014 — We are profoundly disappointed that the federal government has
By Jenny Lei Ravelo Three months after it was signed by President Yoweri Museveni, the real implications of Uganda’s controversial
––HIV-positive nurse sentenced to three years for workplace accident–– May 20, 2014––A Ugandan court has done the unthinkable: sentenced a
BRICS Ministers Join Forces For Access To Medicines Published on Tuesday, 20 May 2014 10:56 By Julia Fraser for Intellectual
The Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP), implemented a global project to identify and document best practices undertaken by
After years of intensive debate and strong local and international advocacy against many of the problematic clauses found within Uganda’s omnibus HIV law, yesterday
Indian Supreme Court To Reconsider Sodomy Ruling Published on Tuesday, 22 April 2014 13:49 "This is a bit of hope,"
The government of Mauritius commits to removing the current stay and residence restrictions for people living with HIV. During a
In a historic judgment, the Supreme Court today held that transgender persons are to be recognised as a third gender
A destructive wave of hatred against lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender persons seems to be gaining force across Africa. In
Should prostitution be legal in Canada? People who think so look at New Zealand. "In New Zealand, the law is
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Anti-gay laws and cultural attitudes are preventing the most vulnerable people accessing HIV/AIDS prevention and
BY MIRANDA LEITSINGER In 2006, a few years after Leslie Flaggs learned she had contracted HIV, she made a new friend
In many parts of the world, women's rights to land and property are systematically denied. Women have fewer or less
Burma's homosexuality law 'undermining HIV and Aids fight' Published on Friday, 21 March 2014 13:25 A law criminalising "unnatural" sex
Gaborone, 18 March – In another important legal victory for human rights in Botswana, the High Court in Gaborone yesterday