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Cabinet to Take Call on Gay Rights
Hindustan Times- New Delhi , 9/19/2008
It will now come out with a final stand on decriminalisation of homosexual acts, following persisting differences between the health ministry and the home ministry, the Centre told the Delhi High Court on Thursday.
Violence Marks the Life of Karnataka’s Sex Workers
SINDH TODAY - Sindh, Pakistan, 9/18/2008
A collaborative effort of Karnataka State AIDS Prevention Society and Karnataka Health Promotion Trust is an attempt to help the sex workers to look deeper into their own situations and struggles and help them avail social entitlements, reduction of violence on them.
More than four million young Filipinos have already engaged in sexual practices, a recent study by the University of the Philippines Population Institute shows.