The UNFPA launched its global HIV/AIDS awareness campaign on World AIDS Day, 1 December 1999, with praise tor the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). UNAIDS, in turn, promoted the female condom (femidom) as one of the “best practices” to protect against the AIDS epidemic
You may have thought that with the passing of Christmas you had heard the last of holiday fruitcakes. Not so fast. It seems as though the winter holidays aren’t the only time for them. Apparently, some fruitcakes last all year long. Brace yourselves because these
Recently, I began a talk with the following words: “My wife recently gave birth to our ninth child. Now the question I want to put to you is this: Is little Chiara [the name is Italian for Claire) part of the overpopulation problem, or is
One reason for the Peruvian Ministry of Health’s (MOH) chronic mistreatment of women in family planning programs is that abused women have little or no effective recourse. Rocio Villanueva Flores, an official with the Defensaria del Pueblo (the Peruvian ombudsman) and who specializes in women’s
A group called Project Reality, at a press conference in Washington, DC, educated members of America’s media about the rise in popularity of abstinence-based sex-ed programs in public schools throughout the US, and the decline of contraceptive-based programs. On 14 December 1999, Project Reality cited
[Editor’s note: PRI ‘s Weekly News Briefing is broadcast to a growing list of email recipients worldwide, including news reporters and editors. Our Weekly Briefing of 16 December 1999, Vol. l/No. 26, addressed New England’s depopulation crisis. It was re-broadcast by media in Maine, and
IIRD Offers Hope to the Poorest of the Poor Poverty in Bangladesh is so pronounced that former US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, once called it the “basketcase of the world.” But a hopeful transition is taking place. Thanks to the work of William Christiansen,
The UNFPA launched its global HIV/AIDS awareness campaign on World AIDS Day, 1 December 1999, with praise tor the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
You may have thought that with the passing of Christmas you had heard the last of holiday fruitcakes. Not so fast. It seems as though
Recently, I began a talk with the following words: “My wife recently gave birth to our ninth child. Now the question I want to put
One reason for the Peruvian Ministry of Health’s (MOH) chronic mistreatment of women in family planning programs is that abused women have little or no
A group called Project Reality, at a press conference in Washington, DC, educated members of America’s media about the rise in popularity of abstinence-based sex-ed
[Editor’s note: PRI ‘s Weekly News Briefing is broadcast to a growing list of email recipients worldwide, including news reporters and editors. Our Weekly Briefing
IIRD Offers Hope to the Poorest of the Poor Poverty in Bangladesh is so pronounced that former US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, once called