International Women's Health Coalition

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- Sex workers in India combat stigma to demand rights and health care
  
  Written By International Women's Health Coalition
  
  Monday, 03 May 2010
  
  By Allyn Gaestel. Originally published on April 22, 2010 at Media Global.
  
  As the United Nations calls for a greater focus on reproductive health this week, sex workers in India are independently advocating for their often overlooked needs and rights.
  
  Sampada Grameen Mahila Sanstha (SANGRAM) is an HIV/AIDS organization that works primarily with sex workers. SANGRAM is based in the Sangli district in Maharashtra state. Maharashtra has HIV rates four to five times the Indian national average, and Sangli has the highest infection rate in the state. The HIV rate among sex workers in Maharashtra was 17.91 percent in 2007, compared to the 0.34 percent overall prevalence among adults in India.
  
  The International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC), an international advocacy organization for women’s health and rights, has partnered with SANGRAM since 2006 and produced a documentary about their work called “SANGRAM: Sex Workers Organizing in India .” Paradigm Shift, a feminist organization in New York, screened the documentary during an event on sex work and human rights in March.
  
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- Neither Victims Nor Voiceless: Sex Workers Speaking for Themselves
  
  Written By International Women's Health Coalition
  
  Thursday, 01 April 2010
  
  by Audacia Ray. Originally published on January 10, 2010 at RH Reality Check.
  
  It was inspiring to meet the HIV-positive rural women, illiterate sex workers, and community health advocates who are working together to facilitate change in their communities. Many told me how for years, doctors in the local primary health centers refused to provide health services to sex workers or avoided touching them by giving them inoculations with extra long needles. With SANGRAM’s assistance, sex workers have been able to form alliances with some of the doctors and achieve a higher standard of care and respect. Their efforts have resulted in health system improvements that benefit the entire community: advocates have been successful in demanding that the primary health centers be functional, with trained staff, adequate supplies, and medicine.
  
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- Top Ten Wins for Women's Health and Rights in 2009
  
  Written By International Women's Health Coalition
  
  Monday, 21 December 2009
  
  Each year, the International Women's Health Coalition issues the "Top Ten Wins for Women's Health and Rights."
  
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- Top Ten Wins for Women's Health and Rights in 2008
  
  Written By International Women's Health Coalition
  
  Monday, 22 December 2008
  
  Each year, the International Women's Health Coalition issues the "Top Ten Wins for Women's Health and Rights."
  
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- Embracing the rights of people in prostitution and sex workers, to address HIV and AIDS effectively
  
  Written By International Women's Health Coalition
  
  Tuesday, 01 July 2008
  
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- Top Ten Wins for Women's Health and Rights in 2007
  
  Written By International Women's Health Coalition
  
  Tuesday, 01 January 2008
  
  From new commitments to sex education programs to progress on securing a women's right to abortion, these ten developments show that women's health was a priority concern in 2007, and will continue to require our attention and dedication in 2008.
  
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- Realizing the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women in the HIV Prevention Paradigm
  
  Written By International Women's Health Coalition
  
  Wednesday, 16 August 2006
  
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- Unfair and Unbalanced: Women, Health, and U.S. Foreign Policy
  
  Written By International Women's Health Coalition
  
  Friday, 22 April 2005
  
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Sex Work: Factsheets
- Top Ten Wins for Women's Health and Rights in 2007
  
  Written By International Women's Health Coalition
  
  Tuesday, 01 January 2008
  
  From new commitments to sex education programs to progress on securing a women's right to abortion, these ten developments show that women's health was a priority concern in 2007, and will continue to require our attention and dedication in 2008.
  
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Sex Work: Articles
- Sex workers in India combat stigma to demand rights and health care
  
  Written By International Women's Health Coalition
  
  Monday, 03 May 2010
  
  By Allyn Gaestel. Originally published on April 22, 2010 at Media Global.
  
  As the United Nations calls for a greater focus on reproductive health this week, sex workers in India are independently advocating for their often overlooked needs and rights.
  
  Sampada Grameen Mahila Sanstha (SANGRAM) is an HIV/AIDS organization that works primarily with sex workers. SANGRAM is based in the Sangli district in Maharashtra state. Maharashtra has HIV rates four to five times the Indian national average, and Sangli has the highest infection rate in the state. The HIV rate among sex workers in Maharashtra was 17.91 percent in 2007, compared to the 0.34 percent overall prevalence among adults in India.
  
  The International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC), an international advocacy organization for women’s health and rights, has partnered with SANGRAM since 2006 and produced a documentary about their work called “SANGRAM: Sex Workers Organizing in India .” Paradigm Shift, a feminist organization in New York, screened the documentary during an event on sex work and human rights in March.
  
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