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Kenya condom advert pulled after religious complaints

A TV advertisement promoting condom use in Kenya has been withdrawn after an outcry by religious leaders, health official Peter Cherutich has said. Christian and Muslim clerics said the advert encouraged infidelity, rather than safe sex to curb HIV/Aids.

Published
21 March 2013
From
BBC
Women
U.N. body agrees on women's rights policy, skirting sexual politics

A U.N. policy-making body agreed upon a declaration Friday urging an end to violence against women and girls despite concerns from conservative Muslim countries and the Vatican about references to women's sexual and reproductive rights.

Published
17 March 2013
From
Reuters
Religion and faith
Pope Francis' View on Contraception Could Impact AIDS Work

Catholic organizations around the world are still digesting how the selection of Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina, now Pope Francis , might impact their work, and that includes disease-prevention efforts.

Published
15 March 2013
From
ABC News
Religion and faith
Over 2,000 People Have Stopped HIV Meds for Prayer in Ghana

A total of 2,248 people with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral treatment in Ghana have stopped taking their medications to seek help at prayer camps and from traditional healers.

Published
15 March 2013
From
Poz magazine news
Women
In the Arab world, women aren't supposed to talk about sex - let alone enjoy it. But that might be changing.

Politics, religion and sex are the three “red lines” of the Arab world: subjects you’re not supposed to tackle in word or deed. But just as people in countries across the region are busy contesting received wisdoms in politics, and are starting to challenge of the role of religion in public policy, I hope they will start asking them same hard questions of sexual life.

Published
11 March 2013
From
The Independent
Women
UN must not backtrack on women's reproductive rights

Head of UN development programme sounds warning as Malta, Russia and Vatican try to remove references to sexual and reproductive rights.

Published
08 March 2013
From
The Guardian
Human rights
Ghana: Stop Mandatory HIV Test

The Ghana AIDS Commission has advised pastors who ask their members to undergo a mandatory HIV test before they bless their marriages to stop the practice.

Published
01 March 2013
From
AllAfrica.com
Structural factors
Does Muslim religion have an impact on HIV transmission?

A recent paper in the American Sociological Review – Adamczyk & Hayes  – seeks to demonstrate that the predominance of the Muslim religion in a country may have a macro-level, cultural impact on the sexual behaviour (pre- and extra-marital sex) of its residents.

Published
08 November 2012
From
BMJ Group blogs
Religion and faith
HIV and Islam conference

The first ever HIV and Islam conference is to be held in Malaysia, 19 to 21 November.

Published
02 November 2012
From
International HIV/AIDS Alliance
Religion and faith
Malaysian mosque halts facility for drug addicts

The first mosque with a methadone clinic is closing its service to addicts, a decision drawing mixed reactions from the community.

Published
17 October 2012
From
Khabar Southeast Asia
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