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AIDS Council May Endorse Draft Gender, HIV Policy
Hindu - Chennai, India, 6/25/2008
The National AIDS Control Organisation has sought time from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to chair the second meeting of the National Council on AIDS, which is likely to endorse the draft Gender and HIV Policy.
The Bank that Allows Sex Workers in India to Say `No`
Independent - England, UK, 6/30/2008
Having long been unable to open bank accounts because hardly any of the sex workers have official papers, a project lets the women put aside as little as 10 rupees at a time.
Nurses and midwives in government hospitals could soon double as sex counsellors advising those ready to tie the knot on HIV/AIDS, sexual disorders and safety measures under a proposal being considered by the government.
It took decades for its ripples to reach the Philippines. In the early 1990s, gay groups were born. The LGBT`s were no longer in the closet – they were already in the centre of the room.
Many young people, even younger than 18 years, figure prominently in the estimated seven million women that yearly face high risk of unplanned pregnancies, signaling the pressing need for education on sexuality.