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    Stockholm Call to Action: Investing in Reproductive Health and Rights as a Development Priority

    United Nations Population Fund, 2005
    The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Government of Sweden convened the high-level roundtable, ?Reducing Poverty and Achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): Investing in Reproductive Health and Rights? on 11 and 12 April 2005 in Stockholm.
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    The war over women's wombs escalates

    2006
    The religious right's drive to smash reproductive freedom, is bad news for all women, yet affects some groups more profoundly. Poor women are taking the hardest hits. Between 1994-2006, unwanted pregnancies in the USA rose by 29 percent for low income women; and declined 20 percent for the better off.
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    Position statement: injecting drug users and access to HIV treatment

    International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, 2005
    In 2005, there were an estimated 13.2 million injecting drug users worldwide, 80% of whom live in developing and transitional countries.
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    Gender mainstreaming strategy for the China-UK HIV/AIDS prevention and care project

    Siyanda, 2003
    International experience has demonstrated that gender must be addressed if HIV/ AIDS prevention and care is to be effective. Overall, the China-UK HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Project is moving in the right direction on gender by aiming for participation and empowerment of primary stakeholders.
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    Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues in Development: a Study of Swedish Policy and Administration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues in International Development Cooperation

    2005
    Homosexual and transgender persons are often excluded from international sexual and reproductive health work. This report is based on a study of Swedish policy and administration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) issues in international development cooperation. It is the first report of its kind to be conducted by a governmental donor organisation.
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    Spotlights on rights: reproductive rights and community action in Colombia: an exercise in social accountability

    International Planned Parenthood Federation, 2004
    This briefing describes a community-based sexual and reproductive rights (SRR) initiative carried out by the International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region (IPPF/WHR) in Columbia, India and Malaysia. Concrete illustrations are given of project activities. For example, in Monteria, Columbia, a youth leaflet and video was produced to raise awareness of people's rights.
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    Not So Strange Bedfellows: Sexual Rights and International Development

    Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
    Is sexuality less important than poverty? This article, based on a session facilitated by BRIDGE at the 2005 Association of Women's Rights in Development (AWID) conference, explores the connections between development and sexuality. The speakers argue that sexuality is itself a survival issue.
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    Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

    Eldis, 2006
    Development agencies have long addressed issues of sexuality and reproduction. However traditionally they have dealt with them in largely negative ways. Whether through population programmes or the use of scare tactics in HIV prevention work, sexuality has been regarded as a problem that needs to be controlled rather than as a positive force that can be part of the solution.
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    Annotated bibliography: sexuality and human rights

    International Women's Health Coalition, 2002
    This bibliography provides summaries of 28 key materials on sexuality and human rights, and a list of further references. The summarised material provides an overview of the key issues in current work on sexual rights/sexuality and human rights.
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    Local Action/Global Change: Learning about the Human Rights of Women and Girls

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 1999
    This book aims to develop human rights awareness and provide information on issue-oriented actions. It includes substantive information about the human rights of women in such areas as violence, health, reproduction and sexuality, education, the global economy, the workplace, and family life.

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