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Bahrain: Ignorance around HIV/AIDS

Umbassil* is unlike other engaged women. Instead of planning her wedding she is wondering where she will have her baby. She is not pregnant but she knows that Bahrain's maternity hospitals will not admit her because she is HIV positive. The 26 year old who refuses to allow HIV to stop her from living her life to the fullest, is bothered by the prospect of being forced to deliver her baby in a country other than her own. "I have come to terms with artificial insemination and caesarean section (C-section) to protect my future husband and baby from contracting the virus, but I cannot accept (that I have) to deliver far away from my country and family members," she told IPS. 

Iraq: Temporary Marriages Boom in South

Samira Abdullah Shehim, a mother of three, could not believe her ears when she was approached by her late husband’s friend with a proposal she never imagined to hear one day. "He was offering me a temporary marriage in exchange for a good gold piece and some monthly income," the 32-year-old widow from the southern city of Najaf told IslamOnline.net. "He told me that it was going to be a marriage for pleasure and he could end it any time he wanted," she explained.

Turkey: Another LGBT rights organization faces closure

Black Pink Triangle Association in Izmir is the fifth LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) organisation that faces closure by the Turkish government. The first hearing will take place on February 19, 2010. The threat of closure comes in the wake of accusations that the organisation is “against the law and morality.”

Indonesia: Religious groups oppose safe abortion legislation
Women's rights groups who are campaigning for widening the scope of abortion in Indonesia are calling for an amendment to a colonial era law that puts poor women at risk.
United States: Terror in the name of Jesus
Dr George Tiller's murder underlines there is no common ground with anti-abortion zealots.
Nicaragua: Ban on abortion violates UN Convention against Torture.
Nicaragua’s obligations under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment are examined in light of Amnesty International’s research findings from recent country visits.
International: Lancet calls on Pope Benedict XVI to retract comments on use of condoms
On his first visit to Africa, the Pope told journalists that the continent's fight against the disease is a problem that “cannot be overcome by the distribution of condoms: on the contrary, they increase it”.
Pakistan: Child Marriages Mock Laws and UN Conventions
Often the child bride is forced into sexual activity with her husband when she is not physically and sexually mature.
Ethiopia: Early marriage of girls causes death and disability
An Inter-African Committee film about early marriage in Ethiopia focuses on the harmful effects of this traditional practice.
Jordan: 'Virginity assessment tests' continue despite illegality
Despite the scientific and cultural modernization that has changed the face of Jordan since its creation in 1921, the practice of this custom continues in rural and urban areas alike.
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