Imparting Sex Education Tough for Govt School Teachers
The Times of India - Varanasi, India, 12/31/2013
Striking harmony between the traditional cultural values and the need of the hour regarding comprehensive sexual and reproductive health education is proving to be a tough task for the teachers at the government schools, who have to overcome their own inhibitions before talking to the students. To deal with the opposition raised by the parents of students and village community members in rural areas Parents-teachers Association Committee are formed that also have village pradhan. The Adolescence Education Programme (AEP) is an initiative of the HRD ministry for imparting authentic knowledge to learners about Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health (ARSH) concerns, inculcating positive attitude and developing appropriate life skills for responsible behavior are also the objectives of AEP.
Reproductive Health Issues: Speakers For Empowering Women
The Express Tribune - Islamabad, Pakistan, 12/31/2013
Speakers at a national consultation titled ‘Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for all, NOW’ have called for ensuring easy and decent healthcare services to women seeking consultation on reproductive health and family planning. The event was organised by the Shirkat Gah Women’s Resource Centre on December 30, 2013 at a local hotel. Punjab Population Welfare Department Secretary Altaf Ezid Khan said that there was a need to understand that sexual reproductive health was not just a clinical or health issue, but also a social issue. For this, he said, there was a need of strong advocacy at the community level, besides providing teenagers with an understanding of their bodies.
Expectant Mothers Advised to Check For HIV
The Jakarta Post - Bali, Indonesia, 12/30/2013
The Bali Health Agency has targeted for next year that puskesmas (community health center) doctors and midwives be trained to counsel pregnant women to test for HIV. The agency said that the plan was to break the HIV epidemic, prevent the spread of the virus and promote early medication for the infected. I Nyoman Mangku Karmaya, an expert at the Bali AIDS Mitigation Commission (KPA), said, ‘Currently, 1.2 percent of expectant mothers are HIV-infected. If this reaches 10 percent, then it would be an epidemic in Bali.’
Religious Leaders to Campaign Against Homosexuality
Times of India - New Delhi, India, 12/29/2013
Religious leaders opposed to Congress - led UPA government`s move to review the Supreme Court`s decision to uphold Section 377 that criminalizes homosexuality will join a convention, organized by Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, on December 29, 2013 to campaign against homosexuality.
Disability in India: The Struggles of Infrastructure, Prejudice And Karma
CNN - New Delhi, India, 12/27/2013
According to the United Nations, around one billion people live with disabilities globally - they are the world`s largest minority. Of this number, as many as 40 - 80 million live in India. The underdeveloped infrastructure across much of this vast country makes it difficult for them to get around. But it`s not just the land that can be harsh and unwelcoming; prejudice and the karmic belief that disabled people are at fault for their incapacity can affect their ability to lead a normal life.
Dip In Number of HIV/AIDS Cases in Armed Forces
Business Standard - New Delhi, India, 12/27/2013
There has been a marked decline in number of HIV and AIDS cases in the three armed services, the forces top medical official said. Efforts are also being taken to reduce stress levels of servicemen by setting up help lines and efforts through the human resources department of the services, said Director General Medical Services (Air) A. K. Behl said.
As Putrajaya Quibbles Over Rights, Phnom Penh Urged to Halt Maid Supply
The Malay Mail Online – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 12/25/2013
Fuming over Malaysia’s snub of a draft to protect Cambodia’s overseas workers, labour activists in the Indochinese nation have urged its government to rethink sending its people here for employment. The Cambodia Daily reported talks between the two Southeast Asian nation stalled after Putrajaya rejected 90 per cent of proposed provisions to uphold the basic rights of Cambodian workers in Malaysia, including the right to keep their own passports as well as having access to three meals daily.
Disability Programme Being Used to Reach Out to The Needy in Border Areas
The Hindu, India, 12/25/2013
The Mission Ability beyond Disability, launched in 2005 by Anupama Singh, an accomplished painter, socialite and wife of then Army chief General J. J. Singh, is being used by the armed forces for reaching out to persons with disability (PwD) in far flung border districts of the country. As part of the mission, camps have been organized for distributing various devices to the PwD in Kargil, the border regions of Jammu and Kashmir as well as Tamenglong in Manipur, and Tawang, Seppa and Zero in Arunachal Pradesh . The Mission has also held a camp at the remote Little Andaman Island.
Madurai Gender - Queer Activists to Offer Course On Gender And Sexuality
Times of India - Madurai, India, 12/25/2013
Gender - queer activists in the city of Madurai have joined hands with a city - based NGO, Srishti Madurai, to offer a certificate course in Gender queer subjects. This non profit’s year long course, the first of its kind in India according to Srishti, is planned for 2014 and will be open to select candidates who have interest in the subject. LGBT activists, sociologists, psychoanalysts, and experts in gender and sexual orientation from across the world would be tapped in to offer courses and provide teaching material online to students.
NGO Files Plea in Supreme Court Against Criminalising Gay Sex
The Telegraph - New Delhi, India, 12/24/2013
Gay right activists moved the Supreme Court on December 24, 2013, pleading it to review its verdict for declaring gay sex an offence, punishable up to life imprisonment saying it amounts to violation of fundamental rights of the LGBT community. The petition, filed by Naz Foundation, an NGO working for the welfare of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and on whose plea the Delhi High Court had decriminalised gay sex, pleaded for immediate stay of the judgment and submitted that the review plea be heard in an open court proceedings.
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