| Documents |
| "POINT OF VIEW : FAITH, WOMEN AND HEALTH" |
World Information Transfer article, published in our World Ecology Report, Winter 2003
Vol. XIV, No. 4, regarding the Bush gag rule |
| "WE WANT TO LIVE AS HUMANS:" Repression of Women and Girls in Western Afghanistan |
From Human Rights Watch.
Afghan women and girls have suffered mounting abuses, harassment and restrictions of their fundamental human rights during 2002.
The 52-page report focuses on the increasingly harsh restrictions on women and girls imposed by Ismail Khan, a local governor in the west of Afghanistan who has received military and financial assistance from the United States. |
| 100,000 AMERICANS SAY YES TO UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND |
Press conference to announce plans for the first $1 million and the campaign’s next phase. Jane Roberts, 61, of California, and Lois Abraham, 68, of New Mexico, did not know each other in July 2002, but they had the same indignant reaction when the United States Administration rescinded $34 million in funding approved by Congress for UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. They emailed friends urging them to send in $1 and contact other friends to “help right this terrible wrong”. Thus, the 34 Million Friends of UNFPA Campaign was born. |
| 16,000 In Largest HIV-Vaccine Trial |
The country's largest phase III trial of a possible HIV vaccine, involving 16,000 non-infected volunteer subjects, will commence next year, the Public Health Ministry said. |
| 2005 World Summit: Letter to Sec. Rice |
Sept. 13 – In a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, 10 leaders from women’s health and development organizations questioned the U.S. commitment to halving world poverty by 2015. With less than 24 hours until the start of the World Summit at the United Nations, the U.S. refuses to endorse policies that would significantly advance poverty goals by advancing women’s rights. |
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| Experts & Sources |
| A. Toni Young |
National Black Women's HIV/AIDS Network |
| Adrienne Germain |
International Women's Health Coalition |
| Alessandra Guedes |
International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere (IPPF/WHR) |
| Alexander Sanger |
International Planned Parenthood Federation, Western Hemisphere Region |
| Alexine Clement Jackson |
YWCA of the U.S.A. |
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| Story Ideas |
| 5 Portraits, Many Lives: How Unsafe Abortion Affects Women Everywhere |
Fictionalized stories that illuminate the personal contexts that lead women to seek abortions |
| A death every minute: pregnancy-related complications kill million |
Some 50 million women experience pregnancy-related complications, of which 15 million lead to long-term illness or disability, according to a new report by the Panos Institute (London).
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| A “demographic window” can slam shut fast: the State of World Population 2001 |
A series of fourteen town meetings highlighting the UNFPA report, Footprints and Milestones will be held across the United States in November and early December. |
| AIDS is a young woman’s disease: why they are suffering most |
Is the Spread of AIDS linked to the exploitation of women? |
| Can NGOs break even? One in Bolivia shows how it’s done |
In a country where the population is dispersed over 1 million square miles of rugged terrain, reaching Bolivia’s rural poor continues to be a major challenge for the health sector. However, the PROCOSI network of NGOs is finding new ways not only to reach the poor, but to ensure programs meet their clients needs and provide donors with return on their investment. |
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| Audio & Visuals |
| African Mother and Child |
African Mother and Child |
| African School Girl |
African School Girl |
| DC Vigil ICPD +10 - Jodi Jacobson |
Jodi Jacobson, Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) |
| DC Vigil ICPD +10 - Kim Gandy, NOW |
Kim Gandy of National Organization of Women holds a safe motherhood kit at an October 14 candlelight vigil honoring 10th anniversary of ICPD. |
| DC Vigil ICPD +10 - Participants |
Participants at candlelight vigil honoring ICPD +10 |
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