Archives > July 2006
Philandering Linked to AIDS Spread
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai, India, July 31, 2006
According to a recent study on Gender Impact of HIV/AIDS in India, carried out by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), a significant proportion of new infections is occurring in women who are in monogamous relationships and have been infected by husbands or partners who have multiple sex partners.
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Polygamous Husbands Behind Rise in HIV/AIDS in Women: UN Study
Hindu - Chennai, India, July 30, 2006
The number of women living with HIV/AIDS is on the rise in the country and a recent UN survey found that in majority of the cases the disease was passed on by polygamous husbands.
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China Hospital Defends Posting Erotic Book Online
China Daily - China, July 30, 2006
A Chinese sexual health clinic on Wednesday defended the posting of excerpts of an ancient, erotic novel on its Web site, saying it was intended for treatment.
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Let's Talk About Sex and Discard Outdated Taboos
Shanghai Daily - Shanghai, China, July 29, 2006
Since feudal times, sex has been a taboo subject in many places of China. Even today, despite significant progress in many areas, many Chinese, particularly the older generation, consider sex shameful or dirty and refuse to talk about it.
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Report on HIV in Jaffna
TamilWeek - Lanham, USA, July 29, 2006
According to recent reports, Jaffna district has the second highest number of people living with HIV after Colombo district. There are more number of females than males living with HIV/AIDS.
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Decree on Foreigner-Related Marriages, Families Revised
Viet Nam News - Hanoi, Vietnam, July 28, 2006
The Government has revised a decree on marriage and family concerning foreigners contained in the Law of Marriage and Family.
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Internet is Pulling Ahead of Censors
CIOL - Bangalore, India, July 27, 2006
Shashwat Chaturvedi from CyberMedia News interacted with the co-founder of EFF and board member, John Gilmore on the various issues that surround the debate of Internet and censorship.
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DIG Accused of Sexual Harassment, Rights Body Orders Probe
Hindustan Times - India, July 26, 2006
The West Bengal Human Rights Commission has ordered an inquiry into complaints of alleged sexual harassment of a male constable by a high-ranking IPS officer.
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Asexuals Seek 'Marriage' in China
Lifesite - NY,USA, July 25, 2006
’Marriage for Asexuals’ is run by a man, a Communist party member and social worker in the southern province of Guangxi, who is only identified by his online pseudonym Lin Hai’.
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Lessons on Sexual Abuse for Students
New Straits Times - Persekutuan, Malaysia, July 24, 2006
A total of 1,400 Form One students from six schools have been taught to distinguish, among other things, between a safe and an unsafe touch and other forms of sexual abuse.
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Groups Push Sex Lessons in Schools
Manila Standard Today - Philippines, July 22, 2006
Despite strong opposition from the influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, various groups yesterday supported the signature drive aimed at pressuring the Department of Education to resume sex education courses in public high schools.
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Female Writer Opposes Resistance to Sexual Assault
China Daily - China, July 21, 2006
Female online writer Chen Lan recently claimed 'fighting against a sex offender, even risking one's life, is a disgrace to the human race.' Her comments have created a fierce debate throughout the online community.
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Secret Lives and Woes of India's Gays
BBC News - UK, July 21, 2006
The law in India has not changed for 145 years. Brought in under the British rule, the legal system only recognises gay and lesbian relationships "as an unnatural offence.
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India Rethinks Gay Sex
Gay.com UK - UK, July 21, 2006
The NACO is the principal governing body for HIV/AIDS, established under the Ministry of Health and Welfare and have called for homosexuality to be legalised.
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Gay Rights
Times of India - India, July 21, 2006
Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code has been under scrutiny for a while. The relevant section, which says that "carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal" is a punishable offence, is clearly a relic of the past.
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Vietnam to Offer Sex Education Movies on Internet
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam, July 20, 2006
The government of Vietnam, where pornographic Web sites are banned, plans to offer downloadable movies on an Internet site to educate married couples about healthy sex, a newspaper said on Thursday.
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The Lesbian Brokeback Mountain
GCN - Dublin, Ireland, July 20, 2006
Adam Thursby speaks to first-time filmmaker Ligy J Pullappally, who has poured her past as a women’s activist into India’s controversial lesbian film, The Journey, which will be shown at the Dublin Lesbian and Gay Film Festival this year.
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Ministry Boosts Sex-Change Operations
Viet Nam News - Hanoi, Vietnam, July 20, 2006
Deputy head of the Health Ministry’s Legislation Department Nguyen Huy Quang talks about the ministry’s plan to submit a draft decree on sex-change procedures.
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China Moves to Regulate Karaoke Bars
Seattle Times - United States, July 20, 2006
With their control over newspapers, television, magazines and the Internet secure, censors in China are turning their attention to the dim recesses of the nation's karaoke parlors.
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Gov't Agency Calls for End to India's Sodomy Law
365Gay.com – USA, July 20, 2006
India's National Aids Control Organization says it would be more effective in fighting HIV/AIDS if the government abolished the law against sodomy.
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Church Urged: Be More Open on Sex Education
INQ7.net – Philippines, July 19, 2006
Civic groups in favor of sex education in the public schools has called on the Catholic Church to be “more open and less judgmental” on the issue in order to make young people better aware of their sexuality and help them make the right decisions in their lives.
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Urgent Need for Sex Education, Family Planning
Viet Nam News - Hanoi, Vietnam, July 19, 2006
Deputy Chairman of the Viet Nam National Committee for Population, Family and Children Nguyen Thien Truong talked about the lack of awareness among the youth on reproductive health and family planning.
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Gender Reassignment to be Legalised
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi, Vietnam, July 17, 2006
Vietnamese authorities have finally acknowledged the domestic demand for gender reassignment surgery. The government is currently preparing a proposal to legalise sex changes.
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Sex Education Missing in Vietnam
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam, July 16, 2006
A recent study by the country’s youth league on 10-24-year-olds understanding of productive health and sexuality indicated that most had no formal sex education in school.
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Sex-Education Missing from Youth Life Skills
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi, Vietnam, July 16, 2006
Half of Vietnam’s population is aged under 25 and are enjoying a better life than their parents. However, their life skills are still lacking vital sexual knowledge.
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Comfort Women - Issue Far from Closed
The Japan Times – Japan, July 15, 2006
V-Day, a global movement to stop violence against women and girls, is putting the "comfort women's" crusade for reparations in its spotlight for 2006.
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Empowering the Youth Through Reproductive Health and Sexuality Education
Philippine Information Agency - Philippines, July 12, 2006
The World Population Day is celebrated every July 11 and with this year’s theme Pinoy Youth Empowerment for Health & Development, the Department of Health-Center for Health Development- Davao Region (DOH-CHD-DR) emphasizes the importance of young people to be well-informed on reproductive health and sexuality.
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DepEd Told to Focus on Abstinence, Chastity on Sex Education
INQ7.net - Philippines, July 11, 2006
In a press conference on Tuesday, Antonio Torralba, Dean of the UAP College of Arts and Sciences, said that while he saw “nothing wrong” with sex education in public schools, there should be less focus on contraception and pre-marital sex.
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Indian Group Stages Street Plays to Warn of Rape
Reuters India - Mumbai, India, July 11, 2006
Performing in countless streets and neighbourhood parks across the capital, the troupe has struck a chord with thousands of women who are often too shy to seek information or too ignorant to understand the dangers stalking them.
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Church Wants Voluntary HIV Test Before Marriage
Indian Catholic - New Delhi, India, July 11, 2006
The Goa government proposes a law to make HIV tests mandatory before marriage, but the Church in Goa says the law may cause unintentional injury and couples should be counseled to have voluntary HIV testing.
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High-School Sex Videos Alarm Bacolod Residents
ABS CBN News - Philippines, July 10, 2006
Reproductive Health and Rights Advocates said the discovery is a ‘wake-up call’ for parents and the school administrators to realize that it is high time that the Government should seriously teach sex education as early as possible at all school levels.
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Spotlight: Young and Blur About HIV/AIDS
New Straits Times - Persekutuan, Malaysia, July 10, 2006
Despite years of public education on HIV/AIDS and other sexually-transmitted infections (STIs), a third of teenagers still do not know the consequences of unprotected sex.
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Young People Need Education on Reproductive Health
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu, Nepal, July 9, 2006
The World Population Day is being marked on July 11 across the globe giving due focus on the reproductive roles of the young population.
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Pre-Marital HIV Testing Unethical: Church body
Navhind Times - Panjim, India, July 9, 2006
The Council for Social Justice and Peace has said that the Church in Goa rejects any form of unethical testing practices that offend the dignity of the concerned individuals.
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AIDS Testing Gets Prostitutes Discounts
All Headline News - USA, July 7, 2006
As part of a project to raise HIV/AIDS awareness in India, prostitutes who are routinely checked at a sexual health clinic are being awarded with discount shopping cards.
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A Rapist Must be Punished
Times of India - India, July 7, 2006
SK Verma, Supreme Court lawyer, said that a rapist is a rapist and must be punished.
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Male Participation in Family Planning, Reproductive Health Urgently Needed
Philippine Information Agency - Philippines, July 7, 2006
The participation of men is urgently needed in family planning and reproductive health issues of the family.
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"RH Method" Among Capiz' Best Health Gains
Philippine Information Agency - Philippines, July 7, 2006
At least three more provinces from various parts of the country are set to visit Capiz this month for an observation study tour (OST) of the province's best practices in Reproductive Health (RH) and population implementation.
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Sensitising Teachers to Adolescent Problems
Hindu - Chennai, India, July 7, 2006
An effort to sensitise high and higher secondary school teachers to the ‘growing-up pains' of their adolescent students was started by the Chennai branch of the Family Planning Association of India (FPAI) on Wednesday.
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CPFC, UNFPA Push Repro Health for Young
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi, Vietnam, July 6, 2006
The National Committee for Population, Family and Child Care has announced alarming figures on young people’s lack of awareness of reproductive health and safe sex.
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Fighting HIV/AIDS
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu, Nepal, July 6, 2006
The main causes of HIV/AIDS are unsafe sex and contaminated blood transfusion. Safe sex and safe blood transfusion are a must to prevent this killer disease. However, ignorance about the causes of this disease and ways for prevention has caused the fast spread of AIDS in Nepal
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Yes to Sex Education, Education Official
Sun.Star - Philippines, July 6, 2006
Dr. Eva Belicena, Negros Occidental schools superintendent, said she is also in favor of teaching the use of contraceptives among elementary students starting from Grade I.
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Indian Prince Disinherited for Being Gay
PinkNews.co.uk - UK, July 6, 2006
Prince Manvendra, (from the Royal family of Gujarat in North West India) has officially stated what has been long believed - that he is gay.
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UNESCO Helps Chinese Rural Youths Against AIDS
People's Daily Online - Beijing, China, July 5, 2006
UNESCO has launched a program in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, to help improve AIDS awareness among the youth in rural areas.
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ADB Funds HIV/AIDS Project to Reduce Youth Infection Rate
Viet Nam News - Hanoi, Vietnam, July 5, 2006
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) aims to reduce the number of new HIV/AIDS infections among young people in Viet Nam through a project backed by a grant of US$20 million.
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South Korean Film Banned From China for Gay Theme
Sun.Star - Philippines, July 5, 2006
Monsignor Meliton Oso, chair of the Jaro Social Action Center over Aksyon Radyo, on Tuesday, said that it is okay to teach sex education in schools.
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Priest Okays Sex Education in Schools
Sun.Star - Philippines, July 5, 2006
Monsignor Meliton Oso, chair of the Jaro Social Action Center over Aksyon Radyo, on Tuesday, said that it is okay to teach sex education in schools.
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HIV and INDIA: From Problems to Solutions
India eNews.com - Gurgaon, India, July 4, 2006
HIV AIDS is one of he biggest threats posing the country today. India has the fastest growing HIV AIDS population in the world and this makes the situation extremely grave.
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Meet Kaji From Kawasaki - Japan's Straight Champion For Gay Rights
Mainichi Daily News - Japan, July 4, 2006
Modern Japan has hardly taken a positive view toward homosexuality until recently, but things are beginning to change, self-professed Coming Out Counselor from Kawasaki Yoshimi Kaji tells Yomiuri Weekly.
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Women in Gujarat: Safe or Suppressed?
Times of India - India, July 4, 2006
When a four-year-old was raped in broad daylight in Vadodara recently, it raised several questions about the safety of girls and women in the state.
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Massage Parlours Feel the Squeeze
Sun2Surf - Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia, July 4, 2006
Massage parlours have been hit hard by new rules demanding they conduct all services in full view of the public and hire only Singaporeans, permanent residents and Malaysians, a newspaper reported today.
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South Korean Film Banned From China for Gay Theme
PinkNews.co.uk - UK, July 4, 2006
The most popular South Korean film ever has been banned from Chinese cinemas due to subtle gay themes according to the film's distributors.
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Vietnam Asserts Determination Towards Gender Equality
Nhan Dan - Hanoi, Vietnam, July 4, 2006
Vietnam has exerted concerted efforts to promote gender equality, asserted the President of the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) at the East Asian Ministerial Conference on Gender Equality which was opened in Tokyo, Japan, on June 30.
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Genocide of India's Daughters
Daily Mail - UK, July 3, 2006
Ten million female foetuses have been illegally aborted in India by mothers desperate to bear a son.
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Sex Education for Students: Stop or Go?
Journal Online - Manila, Philippines, July 3, 2006
The Department of Education and the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines will meet today to settle the issue of teaching sex education in high schools.
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South Korean commission Says Military Must Protect Gay Soldiers
The Advocate - Los Angeles, USA, July 3, 2006
South Korea’s Human Rights Commission on Wednesday called on military authorities to take further steps to protect gay soldiers who are vulnerable to physical and mental abuse in the barracks.
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Include NCW Suggestions in Changes to Rape Law
The Hindu - Chennai, India, July 2, 2006
Poornima Advani, former chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW), has sought the intervention of Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil to include the recommendations of the women's panel in the proposed amendments to the rape law.
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Sex and Reproductive Health The Adolescent Perspective
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu, Nepal, July 2, 2006
Owing to media and publicity stunts, rapid modernisation and the development of ultra modern concepts, the attitude of adolescents towards sex and reproductive health is changing all over the world.
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Where Sex is No Longer a Taboo Subject
Times of India - India, July 2, 2006
For the first time, the Department of Education, Delhi government, in association with Delhi State Aids Control Society (DSACS) has launched Yuva, a life skills programme for adolescent children in government, NDMC and MCD schools.
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Equal Opportunities Still Elude Women
Financial Express - Bombay, India, July 2, 2006
The issue of laws concerning women in the workplace resurfaced recently with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking the labour ministry to get its act in place.
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Could You Be Bisexual?
Times of India - India, July 2, 2006
In India, a sub-conscious need to emulate the herd leads to gays experimenting with marriage, and therefore bisexuality. More importantly, it helps them stay on the right side of the law with Section 377 of the IPC criminalising same-sex relationships.
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India, US to Work Together on AIDS, Health Issues
DailyIndia.com - Niskayuna, USA, July 1, 2006
India and the US have signed three agreements on renewal of cooperation in the fields of AIDS, maternal and child health and environmental and occupational health for another five years.
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Representatives of Homosexual Groups Elected to Raise AIDS Awareness
China Post - Taipei, Taiwan, July 1, 2006
Six men have been chosen to represent a national network of homosexuals to help raise awareness about the dangers of AIDS in Cambodia, an official said Saturday.
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At Large - Sex and Parents
INQ7.net - Philippines, July 1, 2006
“Teaching children about sex and relationships is the responsibility of parents,” says Cyndy Tan-Jarabata, mother of a teen and a preteen and founder/president of Advocates for Youth.
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Move to Settle AIDS Figure Row
The Hindu - Chennai, India, July 1, 2006
The National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) has set up an expert committee to examine the validity of the assumptions and the module used by the UNAIDS in arriving at the conclusion that India had 5.7 million HIV/AIDS patients.
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