Archive for October, 2007
Ban on sex education is a violation of international commitments
Hyderabad : Members of a worldwide youth coalition today demanded that their right to sex education not be denied. The 4th Asia Pacific Conference of Reproductive and Sexual health and Rights officially endorsed this demand. In an open letter to the governments of the Asia Pacific region released on the closing day of the three […]
Girls gone missing
Hyderabad, India (Oct 29): A four-country UNFPA study released today at the 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights in Hyderabad warns that sex selection and son preference in the Asian region will “affect the stability of the marriage system”.The global impact of this sex ratio scenario will impact families. With […]
4th APCRSH begins with 1,300 delegates representing 52 countries
HYDERABAD: Youth and their sexual and reproductive health issues will be the focus of the three-day Fourth Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSH) which begins at the Hyderabad International Convention Centreon Monday. The impact of religious fundamentalism on woman’s sexual and reproductive health and rights will be another issue to be […]
Exploring New Frontiers in Sexual Health
New Delhi: The third National Family Health Survey (NFHS-III) shows that significant proportions of all married women have experienced physical and sexual violence perpetrated by their husbands. But as a recent study shows, many of the young men, who could be termed as `marital rapists’, are in need of basic information about sexuality. But how […]
Al Gore and IPCC win Nobel Peace Prize 2007
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for […]
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