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This paper analyzes parents‘ decisions about girls‘ schooling in the context of
marriage through in-depth exploration of case studies in two rural areas of northern
Bangladesh. The villages are sites of a long-term community study from 1991 and 2002,
a time when significant changes were underway, partly as a result of new school
incentive programs introduced in 1994. The data show that the rise of dowry demands, a
relatively recent practice that is barely a generation old among Muslims more...
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GenderIT writer Mavic Cabrera-Balleza probed on new analytical frameworks of violence against women taking into account cyber violence and the challenges and dilemmas women activists confront as they struggle to address this relatively new dimension of gender injustice. She spoke with two women activists who are at the forefront of advocacy on violence against women at the national and international levels - Lesley Ann Foster, founder and Executive Director of Masimanye Women’s Support Network more...
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All Africa.com. 1 December 2008. Kigali — As the world today commemorated International AIDS Day, the National AIDS Control Commission (C.N.LS) announced that HIV testing for all will be a top government priority. Dr. Anita Asiimwe, the Executive Secretary of CNLS said it was up to every individual to fight against HIV and to integrate that fight in daily programmes and activities.
'This year we are particularly encouraging all people especially couples to go for HIV testing and counseling, more...
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All Africa.com, 1 December 2008. Maputo — Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Monday launched a new 'Strategy to Accelerate Prevention of HIV Infection'. Launched on World AIDS Day, this strategy is the government's response to the need to control the spread of AIDS in Mozambique, and to reduce the number of new infections. The latest statistics indicate that 16 per cent of Mozambicans aged between 15 and 49 are infected with HIV.
The epidemic shows signs of stabilizing in the centre a more...
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Zahira Kharsany, IPS News. 1 December 2008, Johannesburg. According to the United Nations Children's Fund, early diagnosis and treatment greatly increase survival rates for HIV-positive newborns. but fewer than one in ten infants born to HIV-positive mothers in 2007 was tested for HIV within two months of birth. 'Children and Aids: Third Stocktaking Report 2008', released by the United Nations Children's Fund on World AIDS Day, warns that without the right treatment, half of children with HIV wi more...
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Kaiser Daily HIV Reports. The number of HIV/AIDS cases in Asia could reach 10 million by 2010 -- more than double current estimates -- unless countries take increased action to curb the spread of the disease, health officials said on Friday at the launch of an online database on HIV/AIDS in the Asia-Pacific region. The database -- available at aidsdatahub.org -- includes information on HIV/AIDS prevalence, risky behaviors and government responses in various Asian countries and regions within cer more...
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Kaiser Daily HIV Reports. On the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, advocates worldwide discussed numerous challenges facing HIV prevention efforts and called on governments to follow through on pledges to support HIV/AIDS care, prevention and treatment. The organizers of World AIDS Day 2008 -- which focuses on the themes of leadership, self-responsibility and advocacy -- said that many people in developing countries still lack access to affordable and effective HIV/AIDS treatment a more...
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