Archives > September 2007
'Ismat Never Minced Words'
Hindu - Chennai, India, September 30, 2007
Tahira Naqvi, a U.S.-based academic, writer and translator, shares her views on Ismat Chughtai, explaining why the writer is still best known for Lihaaf and why Ajeeb Aadmi, despite its cinematic potential, has not attracted a Mumbai filmmaker.
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Seven Year Old Made to Strip in School
IBNlive.com – New Delhi, September 30, 2007
Rakhi had forgotten to finish her homework the previous day, so she expected to be pulled up, perhaps even caned. What she didn't expect was being made to take off her clothes in front of her classmates.
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China Bans Bra, Underwear Ads
The Associated Press - September 30, 2007
China has banned television and radio ads for push-up bras, figure-enhancing underwear and sex toys in the communist government's latest move to purge the nation's airwaves of what it calls social pollution.
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Focus on Need for Bringing the Transgendered to Mainstream
Hindu - Chennai, India, September 28, 2007
Led by Member of Parliament Kanimozhi, speakers at a seminar here on Thursday underscored the need for initiatives for brining the transgendered to the mainstream.
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Sexual Harassment at Workplaces
The News - International – Pakistan, September 28, 2007
Reinforcement of law against sexual harassment at workplace should be made mandatory in all public and private sector organisations and a code of conduct should be adopted to ensure a safe and comfortable environment for women at workplaces, said speakers at a seminar organised by Alliance Against Sexual Harassment (AASHA).
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China Cracks Down on "Vulgar" TV
Reuters – USA, September 25, 2007
The latest in a series of moves leading up to China's biggest Communist party meeting in years saw broadcast media censors ban all "vulgar" and sexually explicit material from the airwaves, state media reported Tuesday.
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First-ever Sex Festival in Shenzhen draws 30000
China Internet Information Center| - China, September 24, 2007
Shenzhen's first-ever sex culture festival attracted more than 30,000 residents over the weekend, according to the organizer, the Shenzhen Population and Family Planning Association.
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Please Call Me "Miss," Transgendered Thais Say
AFP – September, 2007
Although Thailand has a worldwide reputation as a paradise for transsexuals, with gender reassignment surgery widely available and relatively cheap, the kingdom does not allow people to officially change their gender for legal purposes.
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Sex Workers: Outcaste Children, Police Repression, Cruel Society
NewKerala.com - Ernakulam, India, September 23, 2007
Nalini Jameela’s book, ‘The Autobiography of a sex worker’ gives the vivid impression of outcaste children, police repression and a society that rejects the very existence of sex workers.
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A Sex Worker's Story
Business Standard – India, September 23, 2007
Nalini Jameela speaks about how the book has changed her life, through Devika, who struggled manfully to translate her fast and metaphoric Malayalam into English.
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Sex Culture Festival, a First for Shenzhen
China Internet Information Center| - China, September 23, 2007
More than 1,000 relics depicting ancient sex culture will be on display during the Shenzhen Sex Culture Festival, which will be held in the city from Septemvber 21 to September 23.
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Shenzhen Rejects Sex Education Textbook
China Internet Information Center - China, September 23, 2007
A textbook on sex education, the first of its kind in Shenzhen, has been rejected by schools in the city, the Guangzhou Daily reported recently. Centering on sensitive topics such as masturbation, sexual harassment and homosexuality, the textbook attracted a great deal of attention since its debut in 2003.
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Anti-Dowry Laws are Biased Against Men Folk, say Netizens
Times of India – India, September 21, 2007
When Times of India asked its readers whether anti-dowry laws in India are biased against the men folk, a whopping 69 per cent agreed.
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Teenage Girls More Likely to Contract STDs than Older Women
Hindustan Times – India, September 23, 2007
Teenage girls are more likely to contract sexually transmitted diseases like chlamydia than women in their 20s, a research has revealed.
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Don't Be Bashful: Let's Talk About Sex
Nation Multimedia - Bangkok, Thailand, September 22, 2007
Sex has always been a taboo subject in Thailand. Many believe it's inappropriate to discuss the subject openly, and it wasn't until recently that sex education was introduced in schools.
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Grey Areas in China's One-Child Policy
BBC News – UK, September 21, 2007
In the third of a series of pieces on China's one-child policy, the BBC's Michael Bristow looks at whether people are, in fact, only having one child.
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HIV/AIDS Cases Soar in Beijing in First Half Year
China Daily – China, September 21, 2007
The number of new HIV/AIDS cases reported in Beijing in the first half of the year was almost as high as the total for 2006, according to a spokesman for the Beijing Association of STD and AIDS Prevention and Control.
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Voluntary HIV Testing for Gay Students
China Daily – China, September 20, 2007
Gay college students in Beijing are being offered 50 yuan cash bonuses and free medical treatments in exchange for undergoing voluntary counseling and testing for HIV, according to a report by the Beijing Times.
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Tarlac Solon Seeks Internet Curbs on Porn
Inquirer.net – Philippines, September 20, 2007
In an effort to curb the rising cases of sexual exploitation of minors in the country, Rep. Monica Prieto-Teodoro has filed House Bill No. 684 seeking the maximum penalty of life imprisonment for the production, distribution, export, transmission, sale, possession, and advertising of child pornographic materials.
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Abortions Increase as School Starts
China Daily – China, September 20, 2007
Doctors in South China's Guangdong Province observed an increase in the number of female students visiting hospitals in search of abortions during the weeks leading up to the start of school.
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More Nepalese Women Using Contraceptives than Men
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu, Nepal, September 19, 2007
The use of contraceptives has increased to 70 per cent from 26 per cent to 44 per cent in a decade from 1996 to 2006 and more women have been found to be using them than men.
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Students Allegedly Buy Sex on School Trip
Korea Times - South Korea, September 17, 2007
The government is to question high school students reported to have bought sex while on a school trip to China, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education said Thursday.
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Nepali Transsexuals Press for Increased Rights Ahead of Polls
AFP – September, 2007
Dozens of transsexuals gathered in Nepal's capital Tuesday to push for official recognition as a minority ahead of crucial polls planned for November to decide the country's political future.
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Red Light Dispatch
InfoChange – India, September 2007
Red Light Dispatch, India’s first newsmagazine for sex-workers, is brought out exclusively by sex-workers from an office located within a brothel in Mumbai’s Kamathipura district. This unique magazine discusses the problems and dreams of sex-workers.
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Domestic Violence
The Daily Star - Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 15, 2007
Research findings of a number of relevant governmental and non-governmental organisations as well as UN agencies strongly point to the fact that domestic violence has taken an epidemic form in Bangladesh.
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Sex Crimes by Minors on Increase
China Daily – China, September 14, 2007
According to a judge, sex crimes by minors are increasing because of pornography and a breakdown in family values. Records from Beijing’s Haidian District People’s Court show that the number of juvenile cases involving prostitution, sexual abuse and rape has grown since 2002.
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Cat Among the Pigeons
Bangkok Post – Thailand, September 14, 2007
Controversial filmmaker Thunska Pansittivorakul talks about his relationship with the establishment and how society can't just be seen in black and white.
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Sex Education in the Land of the Kama Sutra
Economist – UK, September 13, 2007
Following the ruckus over the AEP, several states are tinkering with the course material. AIDS groups worry that this will involve stripping out the sex and focusing on “life skills”.
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"Jihad for Love" Seeks Gay Muslim Audiences
Reuters – USA, September 12, 2007
It took gay Indian filmmaker Parvez Sharma six years to make "Jihad for Love," a documentary film about gay men and women trying to live Muslim lives in Iraq, Pakistan, Egypt and South Africa.
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China Bans "Pornographic" Radio Shows
The Advocate - Los Angeles, USA, September 10, 2007
Chinese authorities said two late-night radio shows that discussed sex and drugs have been banned for damaging young people and being ''extremely pornographic.''
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Sex Workers Need Legal Cover
Times of India – India, September 10, 2007
The cabinet is all set to amend the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act and criminalise clients who visit sex workers. The Bill is ostensibly being adopted in the hope of containing human trafficking.
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This Business of Desire
Hindu - Chennai, India, September 9, 2007
In a world where the inequities of globalisation are often countered by a hardening conservatism, female-to-male transgenders are forced to hide their inclinations. An NGO in Bangalore offers them the chance to be themselves.
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Kerala: 80% of Students Want Sex Education
Hindu - Chennai, India, September 9, 2007
At a time when a national debate is going on whether to have sex education in schools, a survey conducted among students here, 80 per cent opined that sex education would help them to be more comfortable while interacting with the opposite sex.
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Sexed-up Images
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta, India, September 9, 2007
Sex, often of the weirdest and kinkiest variety, comes on strong at the current exhibition titled Young Contemporaries 2007 curated by Jogen Chowdhury at Aakriti Art Gallery. Most of these artists have something in common - they are mostly from Visva-Bharati’s arts faculty.
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QC Councilors Mull Sex Education in Local Schools
Inquirer.net - Philippines, September 8, 2007
In a bid to address population issues, the Quezon City government may soon issue a directive mandating schools in the city to include reproductive health and sex education in their curriculum.
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Barbers Trained on AIDS Awareness
Times of India - India, September 7, 2007
About 50 barbers of the city were informed about the HIV/AIDS, its mode of transmission and prevention, at a training session organised by Francoise-Xavier Bagnoud, India Suraksha Branch, Bihar.
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Govt Axes Sex, 'Adult' Stuff, Ready with Adolescent Education
Delhi Newsline - Delhi, India, September 7, 2007
The Education department is ready with its own brand of “Adolescent Education Programme” - an “improvised”, somewhat toned-down version of sex education for school students.
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Students to Dance Without Touching
China Daily - China, September 7, 2007
Dancing is compulsory for elementary and high-school students in the new semester, but hugging is not on the curriculum. The Ministry of Education has introduced dancing at schools nationwide in order to tackle obesity among students.
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Sex Scam: Crime Branch Arrests 'Schoolgirl'
NDTV.com - New Delhi, India, September 7, 2007
The sting seems to have gone out of the sting operation carried out by Live India TV channel on a school teacher allegedly forcing her students into prostitution.
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New Law Targets Sex Workers' Clients
Times of India - India, September 6, 2007
Government is set to amend the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act to bring clients under its ambit, rendering them liable to imprisonment upto six months and a fine extending upto Rs 50,000.
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HC: Gender Selection Insults Womenhood
NDTV.com - New Delhi, India, September 6, 2007
Sex selection being allowed is clearly an insult to womanhood, said the order issued by the Bombay High Court on Thursday. The order was in response to a petition filed by a Mumbai couple, who wanted their third child to be a son.
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In the Family Way
Times of India - India, September 6, 2007
One argument that is unfailingly used against Muslims in India and widely believed by the common people concerns family planning or its lack among the community.
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Together in Battle Against HIV/AIDS
Hindustan Times - India, September 6, 2007
For the first time, five largest trade unions in the country have signed a joint statement with promises that they would do their bit to spread awareness about HIV. The membership of the unions runs into several lakhs covering nearly all work sectors.
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Caught in the Act: Police Raid Japanese Porn production in Progress
Pattaya Daily News - Chonburi, Thailand, September 6, 2007
Banglamung police arrested a Japanese pornography producer, as well as, Thai and Japanese cast and crew members. The movie was being shot in an abandoned shack adjacent to the beach.
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Santhi: A Victim of Neglect
NDTV.com - New Delhi, India, September 6, 2007
It's not clear yet what forced Santhi to attempt suicide almost nine months after she was stripped of her medal at Doha following her failure in a gender test.
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HIV Testing at BPOs May be Illegal
Economic Times - India, September 5, 2007
There is a debate on the issue of whether there should be mandatory testing of people suspected of carrying HIV. Adopting a tempered stance, the government says there is no public health rationale for mandatory testing of a person for HIV/AIDS.
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Philippine Senator Proposes Rape Crisis Centers
AHN - USA, September 4, 2007
Philippine Senator Loren Legarda has filed a bill that seeks to open the doors of the country's rape crisis centers to other survivors of violence such as trafficked, prostituted, physically abused, exploited women and children.
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Women and HIV/AIDS
Media For Freedom - Nepal, September 4, 2007
The deadly link between women's rights abuses and the spread of HIV/AIDS is slowly gaining recognition, but not before millions of women lost their lives to the disease.
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Chinese College Students More Tolerant of Cohabitation, Few Try
People's Daily Online - Beijing, China, September 4, 2007
Chinese university students are taking a more tolerable attitude on premarital cohabitation, but few of them have really tried on campus, a national survey has said.
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NGO Produces Butter for a Cause
NDTV.com - New Delhi, India, September 4, 2007
A small box of exotic home made Austrian herb butter is being produced by a cottage industry in Delhi, the proceeds of which goes to fund an NGO working on women's rights.
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Virtual cops and Damaged Hearts
Hindustan Times - India, September 2, 2007
From this week the Chinese government is sending out two virtual police officers to patrol the Internet in its attempt to fight online pornography. China already censors everything in cyberspace and this is another attempt that might prompt activists to make shriller noise about their human rights being snatched by a Communist government.
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Harassment Hell
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai, India, September 2, 2007
Even a decade after the Supreme Court instituted the Vishakha guidelines to check sexual harassment at workplaces, companies are dragging their feet on its implementation. Will a currently-pending bill add more teeth to a much-needed redress system?
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Cops Helpless in School Scandal Case
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai, India, September 1, 2007
Day after agitated parents went on rampage in Central Delhi's Daryaganj area, after a television channel showed how a teacher at the school, had been running a sex racket by forcing students into prostitution, the police expressed their helplessness in finding details on the case.
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