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Report: Uganda’s Speaker Promises To Pass Anti-Homosexuality Bill in Two Weeks

A report suggests that Uganda’s Parliament may pass proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill sometime in the next two weeks.

Published
12 November 2012
From
Box Turtle Bulletin
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Gay Pakistanis, Still in Shadows, Seek Acceptance

A handful of younger gays and lesbians, many educated in the West, are seeking to foster more acceptance of their sexuality and to carve out an identity, even in a climate of religious conservatism. Activists are not focusing on tackling legal discrimination, but on influencing parents’ deciding whether or not to shun their gay child. They see this approach as ultimately more productive.

Published
08 November 2012
From
New York Times
Human rights
Malawi: Courageous Move to Suspend Anti-Gay Laws

The Malawian government’s decision to suspend enforcement of laws that criminalize consensual same-sex conduct is the right thing to do, and should serve as an inspiration to other countries that criminalize homosexuality.

Published
06 November 2012
From
Human Rights Watch
Human rights
Making it work: Integrating human rights into national HIV plans

Without a human rights-based approach, investments in HIV may not be effective or reach those most in need. To strengthen the human rights-based national response to HIV, the Alliance has been providing technical support to UNAIDS since 2011, to help national stakeholders integrate human rights programmes into National Strategic Plans for HIV (NSPs).

Published
25 October 2012
From
International HIV/AIDS Alliance
Bad science and bogus treatments
Gambia's President: Herbs can Cure HIV Victims

The president of the West African country of Gambia claims that several patients suffering from HIV and AIDS have been cured of the deadly disease by using his secret recipe of herbs, Reuters reports. He has sparked criticism from Western health experts who said he was giving false hope to those infected with the disease.

Published
15 October 2012
From
South Florida Gay News
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Homosexuality un-African? The claim is an historical embarrassment

As a gay African, with a background in analytic philosophy, the most annoying opposition to my sexual orientation is the claim that my lifestyle is un-African. It is annoying because historic and anthropological claims about the origins of behaviour seldom offer principled reasons why a lifestyle should never be allowed.

Published
03 October 2012
From
The Guardian
Human rights
Namibia: Govt appeals sterilisation judgement

GOVERNMENT has lodged an appeal against the High Court ruling in which it was held liable to compensate three HIV-positive women who claimed to have been sterilised in State hospitals without having properly consented to the procedure.

Published
28 September 2012
From
The Namibian
Human rights
Prasada Rao: Is the Commonwealth ready for an Aids-free generation?

The annual meeting of the Commonwealth Foreign Ministers, coming up soon in New York, normally attracts attention for its economic and political agenda. But among the HIV/Aids community, populations vulnerable to the infection and human rights activists, concern is centered on the fate of certain recommendations relating to the Commonwealth’s legal reform process.

Published
21 September 2012
From
New Statesman
Testing policies and guidelines
India Debates Mandatory Pre-Marriage HIV Testing

The Indian government is seeking expert opinions on a bill to make pre-marital HIV testing mandatory, Gulf News reports.

Published
21 September 2012
From
Poz magazine news
Confidentiality, consent and medical ethics
Option B+ and treatments for pregnant women living with HIV in Africa

UNICEF are promoting an approach to reduce vertical transmission in resource poor settings known as Option B+. Whilst a programme that reduces risk of transmission of HIV to unborn children, transmission to HIV negative partners and increases mothers’ life expectancy should be highly commended, there are issues that Option B+ fails to address.

Published
20 September 2012
From
Positively UK
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