Our weekly selection of stories on women's rights from TrustLaw and other media
LONDON (TrustLaw) – Here is our selection of stories on women's rights from TrustLaw and other media this week.
AFRICA
Nigeria: Okonjo-Iweala Seeks Special Financial Institutions for Women
allAfrica.com
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has canvassed the establishment of special banks designed to cater for women in the country. She made the suggestion at the second African Women Economic Summit held in Lagos, with the theme 'African Women Financing the Future', where she delivered the keynote address 'Sustaining the African Women Economy: A 20 Million-dollar opportunity'.
Female Motorcycle Taxi Drivers Act as Pioneers in Rwanda’s Capital
TrustLaw, Colombia
When gynaecologist Lilliam Fondeur recently wrote about the plight of a pregnant teenager diagnosed with acute leukaemia in her column in the Dominican Republic’s El Nacional newspaper, little did she know it would revive debate about the country’s blanket ban on abortion and stir public support in favour of the young girl.
The cost of machismo on ‘honeymoon island’
TrustLaw, Dominican Republic
Behind the veneer of glorious sunshine and sandy beaches, the holiday resort nation of the Dominican Republic is grappling with brutal killings and violent attacks on young girls and women.
Counting women’s contributions to society can change lives - Clinton
TrustLaw, United States
Without data that accurately captures the contributions of women to an economy, development goals cannot be fully achieved, the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday, announcing an initiative to improve data collection.
MIDDLE EAST
Lifting the veil on MENA women living with AIDS
TrustLaw, United States
Women make up about 40 percent of the 470,000 people infected with the disease in the Middle East, and they are at the forefront of the suffering due to their lack of economic power, social isolation and the stigma surrounding the disease, according to a UNAIDS report.
GLOBAL
U.S. ban unites global sex workers at Indian festival
TrustLaw, India
In the global battle against HIV/AIDS, sex workers are a crucial link in a chain of infection that some 20,000 experts gathered in Washington are debating how to break. But that debate is happening without foreign sex workers present because of U.S. visa restrictions.
Transgender people at high risk of HIV
TrustLaw, United States
Transgender people are at high risk of HIV infection but data on this vulnerable group is lacking because of the hidden lives they lead, a group of experts said.
Female condoms – the next fashion hit?
TrustLaw, United States
Female condoms stitched into flowing gowns by designers from the Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Netherlands and Kenya were on display at a fashion show here at the AIDS 2012 conference in Washington to promote the protective devices as a fun and effective barrier against HIV infection.
When is a condom more than a condom?
TrustLaw, United States
When is a condom more than a condom? When it becomes the catalyst for controversy, intimidation and even criminal prosecution, as it has in many places around the world today, a panel of experts said.
Global women’s agenda lengthy at AIDS 2012 conference
TrustLaw, United States
Globally, young women between the ages of 15 and 24 years are twice as likely as their male counterparts to contract HIV. HIV is the leading cause of death among women of reproductive age. Women and girls make up 60 percent of the people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, home to two-thirds of the world’s HIV cases.
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