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9/2/2008

Rapists Freed in Afghanistan to be Investigated
There will be a full investigation into the case of two convicted rapists who were given a pardon by Afghan President Hamid Karzai in May...

8/27/2008

Mexico Supreme Court Considers Making Abortion Illegal in Mexico City
The Supreme Court of Mexico is considering a challenge to a Mexico City law that legalized abortion in April 2007...

8/14/2008

Taliban Kill Three Women Aid Workers in Afghanistan
Taliban gunmen shot three International Rescue Committee (IRC) workers and their local driver near Kabul on Wednesday...

8/8/2008

Rape, Sex Abuse of Afghan Girls Continues
Afghan girls continue to be sexually exploited, reported the Afghan Interior Ministry Thursday...

8/7/2008

International AIDS Conference 2008 to Close Friday
Friday is the final day of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City...

8/6/2008

Proposed Legislation in Iran Would End Death by Stoning
Iran's state media announced Wednesday that Iran has suspended the use of stoning as a way to carry out the death penalty...

8/5/2008

Jailed Afghan Mothers Allowed to Live With Their Children in Prison
A policy intended to fight child poverty and ensure child safety allows incarcerated Afghan women to live with their children while in prison...

8/5/2008

Indian Court Rejects Couple's Plea for Abortion
An Indian Court rejected a couple's petition on Monday for an abortion of a 25-week-old-fetus with a congenital heart problem...

8/4/2008

First Afghan Woman Elected to CEDAW
Zohra Rasekh has been elected to the United Nations' Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)...

8/4/2008

Multiple HIV/AIDS Conferences in Mexico Begin
Latin American and Caribbean leaders met Friday in Mexico at the 1st Meeting of Ministers of Education and Health to address HIV/AIDS...

8/1/2008

Government Accountability Office Releases Domestic Worker Abuse Report
The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report this week on abuse of domestic workers by diplomats...

7/28/2008

Congress Repeals HIV Travel Ban
The House of Representatives voted Friday to repeal a discriminatory law that prevents HIV-positive foreigners from entering the country...

7/28/2008

Sex Testing Set Up for Olympics
Beijing Olympic officials have set up a sex determination lab to test female athletes suspected of being males, Chinese media reported yesterday...

7/25/2008

Catholic Organizations Ask Pope Benedict to Lift Anti-Contraception Ban
Over 50 Catholic organizations published a letter addressed to Pope Benedict XVI last week urging the Pope to lift the Church's anti-contraception policy introduced in the Humanae Vitae, the1968 Encyclical Letter of Pope Paul VI...

7/25/2008

South African Woman Named Human Rights Commissioner for UN
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon named South African judge Navanethem Pillay the UN high commissioner for human rights Thursday...

7/23/2008

Northern Ireland Proposes Abortion Rights Amendment
Members of Parliament (MPs) in Northern Ireland have proposed an amendment to the Human Fertilization and Embryology Bill that would give women the same abortion rights available in Britain...

7/22/2008

Nearly Half of Egyptian Women Harassed Daily
A study released last week found that nearly half of Egyptian women are sexually harassed on a daily basis...

7/21/2008

Need for Survival Fuels Sex Work, High Birth Rate Kills Mothers in Afghanistan
Women and young girls are being pushed to commercial sex work due to high food prices and widespread unemployment in Afghanistan...

7/18/2008

House Appropriations Allocates $600 Million to International Family Planning Programs
A House Appropriations subcommittee approved $600 million to fund international family planning programs Wednesday...

7/16/2008

Two Afghan "Prostitutes" Allegedly Murdered by Taliban
Two Afghan women were killed last weekend outside Ghazni City for allegedly running a prostitution ring for US military personnel and foreign contractors...

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