AIDS Prevention Spotlighted by Gender Mainstreaming

Anirudha Alam

Spread of HIV/AIDS results in risk of losing forms of social and economic protection. There is no doubt that onslaught of HIV/AIDS is closely associated with gender inequality and poor respect for the rights of women. So to mitigate the multiple impacts of epidemic, gender mainstreaming should be significantly integrated into HIV/AIDS prevention programs. Eventually, HIV prevention and impact mitigation policy will be able to make the realization of gender equality one of the most important strategies.

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En-gendering AIDS Prevention Gateway to Sustainable Development

Anirudha Alam

Nowadays gender discrimination is the key challenge for sustainable development. It widens the likelihood of HIV/AIDS epidemic. So we have to alleviate all the discriminations as regards achieving ownership, leadership and dignity, enjoying freedom, controlling resources, accessing to information, establishing rights, making decision, grooming voices, taking responsibility as well as participating in development activities.

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Gender Awareness, Stepping Stone to HIV Prevention

Anirudha Alam

The spread of HIV and STI is mounting in developing countries through gender inequality and taboos around sexuality. It results in discrimination and stigma associated with drastic poverty and marginalization. Leading to empowerment, happiness and well being, gender awareness can help to promote both rights to be free of violence and coercion around sexuality. Sexual rights, an inclusive framework, guide to have knowledge of the links between different sexuality issues thoroughly recognizing that campaign against sexual violence must continue.

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Global Voices, a non-profit global citizens’ media project founded at
Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, is seeking
to hire a Public Health Editor.

The Public Health Editor will be responsible for writing
weekly articles which cover the latest discussions and topics related
to public health and human rights in the developing world from citizen
media like blogs, podcasts, and video-blogs. S/he will work closely
with the rest of the Global Voices editorial staff(managing, regional
and language editors), and will also be expected to attend regular
online editorial meetings.

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The www.mother-child.org website has just undergone an extensive revision in an effort to provide a clear, concise image of our basic premises and purpose. We believe that these revisions will improve your access to the site’s facilities thereby helping you to achieve your objectives in research. So it’s a good time for us to question our own motives and methods in developing and promoting this website.

Specifically, we need your responses to the following questions:

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The Countdown Conference 2008 will open a window of opportunities for the global community to put the issues of maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) on the agenda of the highest-level of decision- and policy-makers by releasing a groundbreaking announcement on the latest state of the global progress towards MDGs 4 and 5. A special focus will be on reducing maternal mortality. This event is envisaged to become an important milestone following a wave of international advocacy efforts to mobilize global commitment and actions in MNCH.

http://www.who.int/pmnch/activities/countdown_to_2015/en/index1.html

GLOBAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP AWARDS: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

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In September 2007, we will conduct the first of what we hope will be a series of distance learning workshops on topics of importance to all young scientists.

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Dear Kangaroo Friends

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Over the years, as my colleagues and I have discussed or carried out various screening programs and obesity prevention programs, some, particularly those working in the dietetics or agricultural ex

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