Archives > November 2006
China Opens First Gay HIV/AIDS Clinic
ABC Online - Australia, November 30, 2006
In a country where homosexuality is rarely publicly acknowledged, the new service shows a clear shift in Government attitude to the country's growing HIV/AIDS crisis.
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Giant Condom a Head-Turner in Baguio City
INQ7.net - Philippines, November 30, 2006
Motorists trapped in the late afternoon rush hour were shocked on Thursday when artists, nursing students and gender rights activists wove through traffic along downtown Baguio carrying a 30-foot condom on their shoulders.
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Sonia, Clinton Launch Paediatric HIV/AIDS Centre
NDTV.com - New Delhi, India, November 30, 2006
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and former US President Bill Clinton launched the first ever National Paediatric HIV/AIDS Initiative in New Delhi. Ten thousand children living with HIV/AIDS across the country are expected to benefit from the initiative.
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USAID Awards $25 Million to Two Projects Fighting HIV/AIDS
Nepalnews.com - Kathmandu, Nepal, November 30, 2006
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID/Nepal) has decided to award up to $25 million to two new health programs aimed at combating HIV/AIDS. The fund would be available for use over the next three years.
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China Home to 20 Million Gay Men
China Daily - China, November 30, 2006
A report released on November 29 by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention says that during the 24 hours after 3 o' clock pm November 28, as many as 190 AIDS cases were confirmed across China, the Beijing Daily Messenger reported on Thursday.
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Center Unveils Unprecedented Investigation into PEPFAR Abroad
News Release - Washington, November 30, 2006
On the eve of World AIDS Day (Dec. 1), the Center for Public Integrity today released "Divine Intervention," a year-long investigation into how President Bush's $15 billion initiative for care, treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS abroad has failed countries struggling with the pandemic.
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Local Writer Tests Social Tolerance
China Post - Taipei, Taiwan, November 30, 2006
Ten years ago, Taiwanese gay writer Hsu You-shen shocked the public by marrying his U.S. lover in an open ceremony attracting 400 people. Now he is testing the boundaries of Taiwan's social tolerance with the publication of a book on oral sex.
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AIDS Out of Control in Indonesia
News-Medical.net - Sydney, Australia, November 29, 2006
The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the AIDS situation in Indonesia and says it is out of control there.
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New Bill to Protect AIDS Patients
Times of India - India, November 28, 2006
Government is planning to bring in a new legislation to protect the HIV/AIDS patients from discrimination at various organisations, including educational institutions, hospitals and workplace.
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Eliminating Violence Against Women
ABS CBN News - Philippines, November 27, 2006
The Philippines has passed some of the toughest laws to protect women from violence and other forms of abuse.
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The Can Do Bar: A New Beginning
Bernama - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 27, 2006
In a city known for its karaoke, bar and other entertainment outlets that employ more than 20,000 workers, Pornpit said the two-month-old bar wanted to promote itself as a role model where workers were treated fairly under good working conditions.
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Metis: Victims of Political Change in Nepal?
UK Gay News - UK, November 26, 2006
After the recent peace deal between the Nepal Government and the Maoists, metis (cross dressing effeminate males), like every other Nepalese, were hoping that their rights would be ensured and they would also enjoy freedom and safety.
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Forewarned is forearmed
Malaysia Star - Malaysia, November 26, 2006
Initiated by Madeleine Yong who teamed up with social worker Lois Engelbrecht in 1999, PS The Children was set up to provide support services for sexually abused children and raise awareness of its prevention.
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Violence is Ever Present in the Lives of Women
Sri Lanka Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka, November 25, 2006
All women, whether rich or poor, educated or uneducated, high caste or low-caste is subject to violence, points out Sriyani Perera, Asia Women’s Rights Coordinator for ActionAid, an international anti-poverty organisation working in Sri Lanka.
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UNFPA Provides Male and Female Condoms for Refugees in Nepal
Kantipur Online - Kathmandu, Nepal, November 23, 2006
As part of global agreement to address the reproductive health information and service needs available to refugees around the world, the United Nations Population Fund-UNFPA Nepal handed over some 7,00,000 male condoms and 5,000 female condoms to the UN Refugee Agency for its refugee programme in Nepal, in a function in Kathmandu on Thursday.
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Homosexuality Leads to Rise in HIV: Study
Times of India - India, November 23, 2006
Homosexuality and the increasing use of contaminated drug syringes are the main reasons for the rise in HIV infections in northeast India and also in major cities like Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, states a new study.
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Pope Target of AIDs Control Campaign
Indian Catholic - New Delhi, India, November 22, 2006
The NGOs in South Asia are making perilous mistakes while combating AIDs by assuming that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is being spread overwhelmingly by “unsafe” sex alone.
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HIV: Sri Lanka is a Low Prevalent Country, But at High Risk
TamilWeek - Lanham,USA, November 22, 2006
The global AIDS epidemic continues to grow, unfortunately and there is concerning evidence that some countries are seeing a resurgence in new HIV infection rates, which were previously stable or declining.
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China Opens First Lesbian Hotline
BBC News - UK, November 22, 2006
China has opened its first telephone support helpline for lesbians, state media has reported.
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Lawmakers key to meeting millennium goals
Can developing countries succeed by 2015 in halving extreme poverty, sharply reducing maternal deaths, halting the spread of HIV and achieving other agreed development goals? Elected representatives are in a unique position to answer that question affirmatively, by enacting appropriate laws, influencing policies and raising needed funds. Promoting reproductive health and rights is critical to success.
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Honour Under Siege
Express Healthcare Management - Mumbai, India, November 2006
Even as the Supreme Court has decreed that institutes should address incidents of sexual harassment, hospital managements chooses to remain insensitive in the face of rising cases of violation of dignity.
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Proposed Legal Action Against Child-Sex Activities Sees Drop in Sex Tourism
TODAYonline - Singapore, November 20, 2006
Just two weeks after the Singapore Government proposed sweeping changes to the Penal Code including targeting those who sexually exploit minors overseas. Tour and ferry operators saw a 15-per-cent drop in ticket sales to Batam.
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School Opens ‘Safe’ Website
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai, India, November 20, 2006
A school in central China has launched a “safe” website for sex education for its students, a move welcomed by parents, who are shy to discuss the taboo subject.
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Abstinence Programs are Ineffective: Watchdog
China Post - Taipei, Taiwan, November 18, 2006
Most no-sex-before-marriage programs escape the type of scientific scrutiny required to show if they even work, a government watchdog said Thursday in a report on the federally funded abstinence education efforts.
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Zahira Will Get Justice, Says Luv Bhargava
Times of India - India, November 18, 2006
Justice delayed is justice denied but not in Uttar Pradesh. Just like Meher's soul, Zahira -- the Aashiana rape case victim awaits justice.
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Fil-Am Nursing Aide Pleads Guilty for Rape of Mentally Handicapped
Asianjournal.com - Los Angeles, USA, November 18, 2006
Nineteen-year-old Filipino immigrant Reynaldo B. Brucal Jr. pleaded guilty to raping a severely and mentally handicapped resident of a health care facility at suburban Bloomingdale, Illinois.
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Rally Protests Sexual Abuse of Children
Hindustan Times - India, November 18, 2006
Volunteers of Forum Against Child Sexual Abuse took out a rally and organized a meet to mark ‘International Child Sexual Abuse Protest Day’, here on Saturday.
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China's First Gay Student Group Worries Parents
Reuters India - Mumbai, India, November 17, 2006
The official registration of China's first gay student group at a university in southern China has been hailed by academics and denounced by some parents.
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More Youth in C. Luzon Involved in Drug Use, Sex: Group
Sun.Star - Philippines, November 16, 2006
The report was based on the Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study says that in Central Luzon alone, more young people aged 15 to 24 years old who constitute 19.6 percent of the total youth population are engaged in different risky activities such as smoking, drug use, and sex.
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Economic, Social Changes Affecting Indian Family Life
Hindu - Chennai, India, November 16, 2006
Contrary to the global phenomenon of those in the age group of 15 to 35 years being sexually active, Indian youngsters were increasingly leading inactive sex lives.
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Story of Rape Serves Timely Reminder to Pakistan Parliament
China Post - Taipei, Taiwan, November 15, 2006
The story of an illiterate Pakistani village woman's fight to convict the men who raped her went on sale this month, as the country's parliament braced for a debate over reforming Islamic laws governing the crime.
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Peer Couples are Rising in Nepal: Will They Give New Definition to Marriage
Citizen Journalism Nepal - Syracuse, USA, November 15, 2006
In the curious world order, one question has lingered on since the time immemorial, ‘are men and women really equal?’. Though they boast about equality and freedom, all the religions and cultures have denied women the right to equality.
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Sex Fairs Gaining Popularity in China Despite Dissenting Voices
Xinhua - China, November 14, 2006
Encouraged by the success of the fourth Guangzhou Sex Culture Expo, held earlier this month, family planning officials from Liaoning, Beijing and Shanghai have promised to follow suit.
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China Gay Group Gets Approval
BBC News - UK, November 13, 2006
The Sun Yat Sen University in Zhuhai, southern China, has allowed a gay and lesbian group of students to be formally registered.
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Abused & Beaten, She Pins Hope on New Act
Times of India - India, November 12, 2006
Santosh, a 26 year old mother of two became the first woman in Rajasthan and among the first in north India to file a case under the recently notified Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.
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A Place in the Sun
Hindu - Chennai, India, November 12, 2006
Over 600 sex workers came together recently in Rajahmundry to defy such notions of womanhood and femininity.
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Repeal Laws Against Those With Different Preferences
Hindu - Chennai, India, November 11, 2006
Rainbow Planet, an organisation that supports the concept of judging not but supporting sexual preferences at the India chapter of the ongoing World Social Forum here voiced resistance to marginalization against sex workers, sexual minorities and people living with HIV/AIDS.
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Lesbian Hotline Ready for Launch
China Daily - China, November 11, 2006
After launching China's first free hotline for gay men, the Chi Heng Foundation in Shanghai will offer a similar service later this month for lesbians. The new hotline is aimed at both lesbians and women confused about their sexuality.
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Big Bang Start to Social Jamboree
CNN-IBN - New Delhi, India, November 10, 2006
Beginning Friday, Delhi is playing host to the India Social Forum, a platform for social activists to showcase issues they're fighting for. From human rights to sexual minority rights to the issues realting to the environment and rights of Dalits — all rights are represented here.
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Heterosexuals in Singapore to Enjoy More Freedom in Sex
China Daily - China, November 10, 2006
Singapore plans to decriminalize oral and anal sex for adult heterosexuals under legislation unveiled Thursday, but the government said sex between homosexuals will remain banned.
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Gender Games Start With Toys
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta, India, November 10, 2006
Guns for boys and Barbie dolls for girls — toys given to children in a typical middle-class play school are split according to gender. The textbooks are no different, showing men going to office or working in the fields and women cooking or washing.
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Draw the Line at Wife-Swapping
Daily Times - Lahore, Pakistan, November 9, 2006
Chinese sociologists said that the country should promote bolder attitudes toward sex, but that wife-swapping was off the agenda.
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China Opens First Free Clinic for Homosexuals
Reuters AlertNet - London, UK, November 9, 2006
China, where homosexuality was listed as a mental illness until five years ago, has opened its first free clinic for gays, providing tests for AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, state media said on Thursday.
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Eunuchs Help Patna Authorities Recover Dues
NDTV. Com - Patna, November 9, 2006
The loss-making Patna Municipal Corporation has come up with a novel method to collect money, due from its citizens. On Wednesday the eunuchs forcefully entered houses and shops in the city with drums and loud music.
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China’s Gay Scene Steps Out of the Closet
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai, India, November 9, 2006
Two recent developments — the establishment of a club for gay and bisexual students at a university in southern China, and the inauguration of a free clinic for gays in Beijing — point to a gradual acceptance in Chinese society of homosexuality, which was once considered a crime punishable with death.
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NARI Study Finds Bias in Doctors, Nurses While Treating HIV Affected
Pune Newsline - Pune, November 8, 2006
In a first-of-its-kind study to ‘measure’ stigma in health settings, NARI has developed an Implicit Association Test (IAT) that examines the thoughts and unconscious feelings of healthcare providers while treating patients with HIV.
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China Vows to Help Developing Countries Improve Reproductive Health
People's Daily Online - Beijing, China, November 8, 2006
China's family planning authority agreed here on Wednesday to help developing countries increase their awareness of reproductive health and improve population management.
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Sexual Abuse Rampant in Hospitals: Report
Times of India - India, November 7, 2006
In a shocking study carried out by international NGO Population Council, 77 of the 135 women doctors and nurses, working in four hospitals in Kolkata, admitted sexual harassment.
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Heroes Project Uses Stand-Up Comedians to Get HIV/AIDS Messages
agencyfaqs.com - New Delhi, India, November 6, 2006
In continuance of looking for new and exciting ways to get information about HIV/AIDS and look for answers from an authentic source, Heroes Project has produced its new set of PSAs, involving the Great Indian Laughter Champions.
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Pakistan's ground-breaking drag artist
BBC News - Karachi, Pakistan, November 6, 2006
Going by the name of Begum (Lady) Nawazish Ali, she hosts an eponymous talk show that has taken Pakistan by storm. Flirting and skirting her way through politics, society gossip and plain old sexual chemistry, Begum has become the most popular icon to inundate Pakistani fantasy in a while.
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When Culture and Sexuality Clash, Confusion Follows
Taipei Times - Taiwan, November 5, 2006
Lesbianism in China is the unexpected subject of this new novel, a bittersweet account of student life viewed through the eyes of a dutiful seventeen-year-old girl, Chen Ming, beginning her studies at the prestigious Guangzhou University.
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Men's Sexual Health in Spotlight
China Daily - China, November 4, 2006
Unhealthy lifestyles and environmental hazards are threatening men's reproductive health,claimed medical experts on the seventh Male Reproductive Health Day. Infertility, prostate diseases and erectile dysfunction were said to have become the main problems with men in Asia-Pacific areas.
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Move for AIDS Legislation Flayed
Herald Publications - Goa, India, November 4, 2006
NGO’s and social activists opine that enacting a legislation to make HIV/AIDS mandatory before marriage registration will be a move in the wrong direction.
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Wanted: Complaint Panels at Workplace
Kolkata Newsline - New Delhi, India, November 3, 2006
Women Power Connect (WPC), a national level organisation of women’s rights activists, today called for the immediate setting up of complaint committees at all workplaces.
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No to Gay Indonesian Asylum
Gay City News - USA, November 2, 2006
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, based in Philadelphia, has rejected an asylum appeal by Heru Sugiarto Sewidjaja, a gay man from Indonesia.
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Indian Men Last Least Time in Bed
India eNews.com - Gurgaon, India, November 2, 2006
Three-quarters of Indian men confess having had a one-night stand. But they also last the least time in bed, from foreplay to the climax.
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India Brothers Charged in AIDS-Test Fraud
Gay.com - San Francisco, USA, Novemeber 1, 2006
Two men have been charged in West Bengal, India, of selling faulty kits used to test people for HIV/AIDS and hepatitis.
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Lectures to Promote Sexual Health
China Daily - China, November 1, 2006
Senior sexologists will lecture more than 1,500 government officials and civil servants in Guangdong Province during The Fourth China Sexual Cultural Festival, which opens in Guangzhou on Saturday.
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