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Issue: March 2011 News RoundUp

News RoundUp Asia-Pacific Dialogue Examines Legal and Social Barriers to HIV
Response
» Asia-Pacific Dialogue
Examines Legal and BANGKOK – Thirty years after the first case of AIDS was
Social Barriers to HIV diagnosed, 90 per cent of countries in the region still have
Response laws that act as barriers to HIV response. For example, 16
Asia-Pacific countries impose travel bans on people living
» Nepal Commits to with HIV, 19 countries imprison individuals engaging in
Women’s Post-conflict same-sex relations and 29 countries criminalize sex work.
Support and Participation
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Event

Nepal Commits to Women’s Post-conflict Support and Participation


KATHMANDU – This 4-minute video highlights the recently
approved National Action Plan in Nepal to implement UN
Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820, which call for
International women’s full participation in peacebuilding and support for
Women's Day conflict-affected women and girls.
8 March
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Latest Video

New Publication

Campaign Against
Understanding the Critical Linkages Between Gender-Based Violence
Domestic Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
UNFPA campaigns Fulfilling commitments towards MDG+15
against gender-based This advocacy brief aims to inform policymakers on the
violence in Maldives. critical linkages between eliminating gender-based violence
and achieving the Millennium Development Goals,
Follow Us particularly Goal 5 on improving maternal health and
providing universal access to reproductive health.

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