Women are sterilized without their knowledge or consent on various fallacious grounds. In some cases, proponents defend this practice as necessary to protect women. Nowhere is this argument invoked more than in the case of women with disabilities.
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Posted in: Europe, Health, Rights & Justice
Topics: Campaign to Stop Torture in Health Care, Disability Rights Initiative, European Court of Human Rights, forced sterilization, intellectual disability, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics, mental health, public health, reproductive health, reproductive rights, Tirza Leibowitz, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, women
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Sergio Augusto Quiroz became the first of his family to attend university. When he goes back to Mozambique, he wants to change the thinking of people who live in villages so they can produce all the basic food they need.
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In the past few years Russia has emerged as a self-proclaimed leader in the fight against HIV. Yet why have rates of HIV infection skyrocketed among that country’s own population?
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At this moment in time, we are poised to drastically curb HIV. However, recent cuts in funding and a lack of political commitment threaten our progress. We need to demand more from donor governments, or else we will continue to see millions of people die.
Posted in: Africa, Asia, Europe, Health, Latin America & the Caribbean, United States
Topics: Denmark, economic crisis, Germany, Global Fund, health financing, HIV/AIDS, Japan, Jeffrey Sachs, malaria, mother-to-child transmission, Netherlands, public health, Shannon Kowalski, Stephen Lewis, tuberculosis, United States, World AIDS Day
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