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Summary: Delivered by Adrienne Germain, President, IWHC, at the Unite for Sight 4th Annual Conference, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. Details the priorities of the global initiative, "With Women Worldwide: A Compact to End HIV/AIDS," and outlines successful programs (5 pages).

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Document signed by the African Union Ministers of Health to outline actions that secure sexual and reproductive rights and health (SRRH) in Africa.  Rendered and signed at the special Session of the African Union, Conference of Ministers of Health in Maputo, Mozambique (September 18-22, 2006).

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Summary: By Dr. Sherifa Zuhur (publishedby Women for Women's Human Rights-New Ways, February 2005). Examinesthe common aspects of criminal laws in the Middle East and North Africarelated to sexuality and provides a historical perspective on theamalgamation of tribal, religious, colonial laws and their impact onmodern codes. Providing a thematic comparative study of constructs ofhonor, adultery, honor crimes, rape, sexual abuse, abortion, maritalrape, homosexuality, sex work, FGM and similar issues, the articleexplores how human rights violations in the domain of sexuality arelegitimized by law in the region and how oppression of sexuality inperpetrated by the existing penal systems. The article is both a uniqueresource and a powerful advocacy tool for ongoing reform initiatives inthe region (76 pages).

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Summary: Delivered by Adrienne Germain, President, IWHC, at "AIDS in India," Asia Society, San Francisco, CA (5 pages).