Let's Talk About Sex (Workers)
Zoe Hudson
July 7, 2011
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A U.S. appellate court affirmed that the federal government cannot require funding recipients to take a pledge to "oppose prostitution" as a condition of accepting support to combat HIV/AIDS.

Are Mobile Phones Bridging the Digital Divide or Deepening It?
Brett Davidson
July 7, 2011
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The rise of cell phones in the developing world has led many to proclaim the digital divide a thing of the past. In reality, advances in technology are creating new kinds of inequities.

What Do Torture and Drugs Have in Common?
Roxanne Saucier
June 24, 2011
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Over the past decade, governments have increasingly turned to arbitrary detention, cruelty, and even torture in order to combat drug abuse.

Against Her Will: Putting an End to Forced Sterilization
Tamar Ezer
June 22, 2011
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New guidelines bring us one step closer to ending the forced sterilization of women. Now governments need to put the guidelines into practice, to ensure that health care providers protect the rights of all women.

Rights Not Rescue
August 2, 2010
 VIDEO  
In this animated short film, sex workers in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa tell their personal stories and share the challenges they encounter as well as a collective call for hope and change.

Treatment or Torture? Applying International Human Rights Standards to Drug Detention Centers
June 2011
In this publication from the Campaign to Stop Torture in Health Care, legal experts make the case that abuses in drug detention centers amount to torture and cruel, degrading, and inhuman treatment.

Treated with Cruelty: Abuses in the Name of Rehabilitation
June 2011
The Campaign to Stop Torture in Health Care has released a new report documenting the testimonies of men and women who have been detained in abusive drug rehabilitation centers in China, Cambodia, Mexico, and Russia.

Improving Health in Pretrial Detention
May 2011
This fact sheet examines effective interventions piloted by the Global Campaign for Pretrial Justice to protect health in pretrial settings worldwide.

Promoting and Protecting the Rights of Sex Workers: Asking the Tough Questions
New York, NY
July 13, 2011
Policy experts and human rights advocates will meet in New York to discuss critical questions on rights-based responses to promoting the human rights of sex workers and how these issues relate to children in prostitution, sex trafficking, and other critical human rights issues.

Mental Health Advocates in Moldova Use Film to Tell Stories of Children with Disabilities
June 1, 2011
 VIDEO  
The Open Society Foundations held a two-part video workshop in Chisinau, Moldova, for advocates working to promote the rights and social inclusion of people with disabilities. The advocates aim to use media to change public opinion about children with intellectual disabilities.