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Frozen in Success - Gay Activists Fear Czechs are Becoming Too Content with Past Achievements
Transitions Online, 2008The 1st July 2008 marked the Czech Republic's two year anniversary of the passing of the same-sex partnerships law, a landmark achievement arising after years of political struggle and one that set the country apart from its Central European neighbours. By the end of 2007, 487 same-sex couples had entered a legal union.DocumentBRIDGE Bibliography 18: Women and girls living with HIV/AIDS: overview and annotated bibliography
BRIDGE, 2007HIV/AIDS is both driven by and entrenches gender inequality, leaving women more vulnerable than men to its impact. This report - consisting of an overview, annotated bibliography, and contacts section - considers the specific challenges faced by women and girls who are living with HIV and AIDS.DocumentRelationships and Sex: A Guide for Women with HIV
Terrence Higgins Trust, 2005Being HIV positive can often make you feel that it's just too difficult to have an intimate relationship with anyone. But you are the same person you were before you became HIV positive; your ability to form relationships need not alter because of HIV.DocumentSex, Life and the Female Condom: Some Views of HIV Positive Women
Reproductive Health Matters, 2006This paper offers insights into the experiences of HIV positive women with the female condom, drawing on the responses of 18 ICW members to an email survey conducted in 2005. Major reported barriers to female condom use included cost and sporadic or limited access. All respondents talked about needing to negotiate the use of female condoms with their male sex partners.DocumentGender and Sexuality: Supporting Resources Collection
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007Mobilising around sexuality is not new. Activists and practitioners have long been working on issues such as HIV/AIDS; sexual violence; abortion; sex work; and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. What is new is the integrated, affirmative approach to sexuality which is increasingly being adopted.DocumentNot So Strange Bedfellows: Sexual Rights and International Development
Palgrave Macmillan, 2006Is 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.DocumentSexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Eldis, 2006Development 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.DocumentAnnotated bibliography: sexuality and human rights
International Women's Health Coalition, 2002This 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.DocumentCause for Great Concern: The Status of Reproductive Health in Peru
Center for Health and Gender Equity, 2003Despite important advances in the last 40 years, are women's sexual and reproductive health rights being threatened? This newsletter, written by the Director of the San Mart¡n de Porres University Medical Clinic in Lima, Peru, highlights the ways women's sexual and reproductive rights are being undermined by the Peruvian government of Alejandro Toledo, who came to power in 2001.