In Africa, a step backward on human rights
15 Mar 2010
Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people are part of so many families. They are part of God's family. But they are being denied their fundamental rights and freedoms.

Kenya: Swelling number of pregnant HIV-positive women baffles experts
15 Mar 2010
The link between ARVs and the high rate of pregnancy is not clear but experts think women on medication may feel more motivated to have children as their health and quality of life improve.

Australia is first to recognize 'non-specified' gender
15 Mar 2010
Australia may have made gender history this week, as the New South Wales government lays claim to being the first in the world to recognize an individual’s sex as officially “not specified”.

UK: Stern review calls for focus on care of rape victims
15 Mar 2010
Lady Stern talked to more than 200 people, including rape victims and police officers, to find out how police and prosecutors deal with complaints of rape.

Study: Home-administered misoprostol safe abortion option for women up to 63 days pregnant
15 Mar 2010
This research is the first published report to examine at-home medical abortion in women who were more than 49 days pregnant.

UK: Lloyds pharmacy probe over pill refusal in Sheffield
12 Mar 2010
A woman has been refused the contraceptive pill because it was against the religious beliefs of a pharmacist.

Women on pill 'may live longer'
12 Mar 2010
Women who took the contraceptive pill are less likely to die of cancer and heart disease, a long-term study found.

Uganda: Lira hospital runs out of contraceptives
12 Mar 2010
For the last 10 months, Lira Hospital has not had contraceptives.

Rome school criticised for installing condom machine for pupils
12 Mar 2010
Cardinal deplores initiative for 'trivialising sexuality' as headmaster of Kepler school urges others to follow.

Zambia: stigma and bureaucracy drive maternal deaths
12 Mar 2010
One-third of maternal deaths are thought to be the result of abortion, but a shocking statistic is that 80 percent of the women who die from abortions are under the age of 19.

Women's health: Where is the deal for Uganda's women?
10 Mar 2010
Over 1.4 million women in Uganda would like to delay pregnancy, space children or stop child bearing, but do not have access to contraceptive methods.

US: Utah Governor Signs Controversial Law Charging Women and Girls With Murder for Miscarriages
10 Mar 2010
Critics are worried the law will open up a Pandora's box of unintended legal consequences.

Britain sends South Africa 42m condoms in HIV fight before World Cup
10 Mar 2010
Host nation has one-in-five rate of HIV among adults. Plea for an extra billion condoms before football fans descend.

In Haiti, collapsed AIDS clinics fret over new challenges
10 Mar 2010
The 12 January earthquake that shattered the lives of Haitians and destroyed more than half of the AIDS clinics in Port-au-Prince threatened to reverse progress in HIV.

Barbados: Growing acceptance of persons with disabilities
10 Mar 2010
President of the Barbados Council for the Disabled, says there is growing acceptance of persons with disabilities in the society. He alluded to a sexual reproductive health programme...

Indian women may hold a third of legislature seats
08 Mar 2010
India's government will present a bill aimed at empowering the nation's often-marginalized women by reserving one-third of legislative seats for them.

Philippines: Bishops claim condoms are porous, dare Cabral to debate
08 Mar 2010
Catholic bishops have challenged the Health Secretary to a debate on the effectiveness of condoms in preventing the spread of disease and HIV.

Ireland: Call to relax abortion laws after poll result
08 Mar 2010
The Government has been urged to relax abortion laws after a poll showed more than three-quarters of the population favour such a move.

Ghana: Medic calls for free condoms for sexually active women
08 Mar 2010
A gynaecologist at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital has advocated free distribution of contraceptives to women in sexually active stage to help reduce maternal mortality.

Row as anti-abortionists target African Americans with US racist history
08 Mar 2010
A Georgia campaign is accused of drawing parellels between abortion and slavery and using the phrase 'womb lynchings'.