Activists urge African governments to outlaw female circumcision
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Activists intensified pressure on African governments to outlaw female circumcision, a custom that has afflicted up to 130 million women and children across the world.
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- Doctors and women's groups are warning that Nicaragua's ban on all abortions -- even to save the mother -- will endanger the lives of thousands of women every year.
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AIDS experts have called for a mass circumcision programme in South Africa, condemning a &quot;deafening silence&quot; from policy makers since studies revealed it sharply cut infection rates.
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A proposed Nigerian law banning same-sex marriages is a threat to democracy, says Human Rights Watch.
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JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 6 -- More than 80 international scientists and academics condemned South Africa's AIDS policies as ineffective and immoral and called for the firing of the health minister in a letter to President Thabo Mbeki released Wednesday.
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JOHANNESBURG, 1 December (IRIN) - Growing concern over the sustainability of government-sponsored HIV/AIDS treatment programmes in Southern Africa has prompted renewed calls for a change in sexual behaviour to curb the spread of the disease.
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South Africa and other African nations hard hit by AIDS should consider a mass campaign to circumcise males to help stem the spread of the epidemic, researchers at a major AIDS conference in South Africa said.
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The world's top AIDS donors, including the U.S. president's fund, need to tie the fight against the deadly virus to preventing the rape and abuse of women and girls, rights groups said on Tuesday.
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Egypt strengthened its ban on female  genital cutting on Thursday by eliminating a legal loophole  allowing girls to undergo the procedure for health reasons, the  health ministry said.
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Improving women's rights could boost the battle against AIDS in southern African countries, where women are often forced into risky sex by male partners or economic desperation, a new report said on Friday.
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Female activists in Zimbabwe are facing increasingly brutal treatment from the police, a report claims.
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A Â£20,000 reward is offered as police start a major crackdown on female genital mutilation.
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Protecting the rights of women is a matter of fairness, social stability and public health. Improving the overall societal treatment of women and girls is one way to control the AIDS epidemic worldwide.
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More than 80 international scientists and academics condemned South Africa's AIDS policies as ineffective and immoral and called for the firing of the health minister in a letter to President Thabo Mbeki released Wednesday.
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An Australian government plan to ban alcohol and pornography in Aboriginal communities to try to curb rampant child sexual abuse was labelled racist and knee-jerk by indigenous groups Friday.
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South Africa's health minister took another controversial foray into the AIDS debate Thursday by questioning international medical studies that say circumcision helps reduce HIV infections in men
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Protests are planned around the world against the mass rape of women and girls allegedly by Sudanese government soldiers and allied militiamen in Sudan's western Darfur region.