6.04 women's health (see also 5.07.05)

Obama: Fully Fund HIV-AIDS. Protesters die-in at Social Forum 2010 (with video)

According to HealthGap, a new study published in Lancet shows that treatment with anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) decreased likelihood of transmission of HV by 92%.

Despite this finding, the Obama Administration is failing to live up to it's promises to fully find HIV-AIDS prevention and treatment worldwide. Without more funding, millions of people will die, unnecessarily, from HIV-AIDS. In New York, Governor Patterson is threatening to veto a law providing housing assistance to people with AIDS.

Preventing Domestic Violence: Policy Recommendations for the Next US Administration

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Agitation for education, prevention, and intervention.

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Safe Abortion in Latin America & the Caribbean: A Demand for Social Justice, Human Rights, and Democracy

Authors: Deborah Meachem

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Feminist Declaration: From the Americas Social Forum in Guatemala

Woman with microphone
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A good life must be based on an equal distribution of power.

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"We're All Feminists": Solidarity with HIV Positive Women in West Africa

Woman with Fight Global AIDS poster
Authors: Sarah Mukasa

Summary:There is no stopping us. We're here to stay. We're here to speak out.

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From the Editor's Desk

Authors: Sam Diener

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Honoring a Pioneer of Women's Health: Barbara Seaman (1935-2008)

Barbara Seaman

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"In 1969, Barbara Seaman proved that women can talk back to doctors - calmly, rationally, and scientifically. For many of us, women's liberation began at that moment."

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Pro-Choice is Not Enough

Authors: Loretta J. Ross

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We must grow towards a movement that focuses not only on abortion rights but on a whole range of women's health and justice issues.

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Maze of Injustice: Native American and Alaska Native Women Work to Stop the Violence

Summary:Some Indigenous women interviewed by Amnesty International said they didn't know any women in their community who had not experienced sexual violence.

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Conscientious Objection to Female Genital Mutilation in Mali

Authors: Susan McLucas

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Dialogues about the girls' suffering have motivated 131 excisers to quit, and three villages to renounce the practice.

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