For Immediate Release:	June 27, 2004
For More Information:	Geoffrey Knox, Geoffrey Knox & Associates, gknox@geoffreyknox.com, (+1) 212-229-0540; cell: (+1) 917-414-1749
Sponsor Organization:	The International Working Group on Sexuality and Social Policy (IWGSSP)
WHEN: Monday, June 28 at 8:30 AM WHERE: Caribe Hilton, San Juan, Puerto Rico Los Rosales Street, San Geronimo Grounds Main Building, 2nd Floor—Conference Room Flamingo A
WHAT: Press Conference to launch Global Implications of US Domestic and International Policies on Sexuality, the report from the International Working Group on Sexuality and Social Policy being released on the opening day of the 30th Ordinary Period of Session of the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in San Juan, Puerto. WHY: The report identifies and analyzes the Bush Administration’s policies and actions regarding sexuality, at home and abroad. It highlights the international implications of these policies for policymakers, advocates and service providers in other countries, whether at the national and local level or within the UN system. The report has special significance as world governments gather on U.S. territory for the ECLAC Special Committee on Population and Development meeting (29th-30th June) to mark the 10th anniversary of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo. Speakers at the press conference will discuss the need for a positive approach to sexual and reproductive health and rights in order to implement the Cairo Programme of Action and the UN’s Millennium Development Goals: to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment; to improve maternal and infant health; and, to combat HIV/AIDS. WHO: The International Working Group on Sexuality and Social Policy (IWGSSP) is composed of researchers and activists from a range of countries and regions of the world who contribute to sexuality-related global policy debate through policy-oriented research and analysis. IWGSSP members speaking at the press conference include: Richard Parker, Co-chair of IWGSSP, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York David Satcher, Director, National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia and former Surgeon General of the United States Sonia Correa, Co-chair of IWGSSP, Founder SOS-Corpo Genero E Cidadania; Coordinator for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for DAWN (Development Alternatives with Women in a New Era), and Research Associate at ABIA (Brazilian Association for the Interdisciplinary Study of AIDS), Brazil Gloria Careaga, Social Psychologist, Psychology Faculty, and Academic Secretary (1992-2004), Gender Studies Program, National Autonomous University of Mexico Rosalind Petchesky, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York WHEN: Monday, June 28 at 8:30 AM WHERE: Caribe Hilton, San Juan, Puerto Rico Los Rosales Street, San Geronimo Grounds Main Building, 2nd Floor—Conference Room Flamingo A