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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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  Terms of Contact and Touching Change: Investigating Pleasure in an HIV Epidemic

  BRIDGE, 2005

  There is a real problem in the way that Western-led discussions of sexual health have fore-grounded warnings of 'what not to do'. If pleasure is one key reason why people have sex, sexual health work must open up discussion of how pleasure can be experienced with less risk. However there are challenges in addressing pleasure in safer sex work.
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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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  The pleasure project: global mapping of pleasure

  The Pleasure Project, 2004

  How can a focus on pleasure help promote safer sex? The Pleasure Project mapped initiatives taken around the world which use pleasure as a primary motivation for promoting sexual health.
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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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  Rapid situation analysis of men who have sex with men in the Maghreb and Lebanon

  International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2005

  This report, from the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, examines the needs of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Lebanon. The analysis aimed to gain a better understanding of the sexual health needs of MSM in the region; and of their social, emotional, community and economic needs to help develop focused HIV prevention and support programmes in a Muslim context.
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  Sex for pleasure, Rights to Participation, and Alternatives to AIDS: Placing Sexual Minorities and/or Dissidents in Development

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004

  The term sexual minorities and/or dissidents is used here to describe lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender people. These people have usually only been openly included or allowed to participate in the development industry in relation to HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS is an important entry point, but brings with it negative associations of sickness and stigma.
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  Migration, Sexuality, and the Spread of HIV/AIDS in Rural South Africa

  Southern African Migration Project, 2004

  South Africa is experiencing one of the fastest-growing HIV epidemics in the world. Migration is one of the many social factors contributing to the epidemic. The role of migration has conventionally been understood as men migrating, becoming infected through sexual relations while away from home, and infecting their wives or regular partners when they return.
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  Programme planning materials and training resources: a compendium

  United Nations Population Fund, 2004

  This compendium of materials is intended as a tool for programme planners and health workers interested in improving their youth-focused HIV prevention programmes. Documents summarised in the compendium are drawn from a variety of organisations and institutions, and address global issues, rather than region-specific topics.

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