DANS LA MEME RUBRIQUE :
Reaction to the 37th Session of the Commission on Population and Development
Seven Women Elected to the International Criminal Court
Small arms : the real weapons of mass destruction
Death Penalty Around the World in 2003
Annual Losses Due To Domestic & Urban Violence Worth Billions
The UN Treats the Issue of Women in Violent Conflict
On the Battlefield of Women's Bodies : an Overview of the Harm of War to Women
ONU informs the American Senate that the battle against starvation is being lost
UNIFEM loosing funds
Women accross globe see impact of Cairo pact

THEMES ABORDES :

Abortion
Parents of Raped Nicaraguan Girl to be Excommunicated
Media Coverage on Historic March for Women's Lives Doesn't Do it Justice
Making abortion rare and safe
Polish women's organisations take action
Bush extends Global Gag Rule to AIDS Funds
Does research always help ?
Canada : join the Pro-choice Day , April 25 !
Justyna Wlodarczyk (Poland) : "I am a feminist with a catholic background..."
France – New road safety law threatening abortion rights ?
Lost between the waves ?

AIDS
Rape on the rise in Burundi
"Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health in Central and Eastern Europe"
Alarming number of AIDS infected women in Kenya
Administrative Death Sentence
Forum on women and AIDS in France
Forced migrants--turning rights into reproductive health
The Burning Issue : HIV/AIDS in Central and Eastern Europe
XV International AIDS Conference
Fighting HIV/AIDS in Europe and Central Asia
AIDS Poses Strong Threat to Women of India

Family Planning
CALL for ABSTRACTS
Call for Ban on British Sex Choice Clinics
The 34 Million Friends Campaign to support reproductive women's rights
3rd South African Gender Based Violence and Health Conference
Bush Administration Launches New Battle in the War on Women
Reproductive rights get a push in Argentina
Against the Vatican Lexicon
Bush Administration Withholds Funding for International Health Conference
US - Bush 'killing women' with pro-life aid
IPPF European Network Seminar on Europe's Leadership on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)

Health
Muslim Women and Development
Celebrities Mobilize to Advance Reproductive Health in the Americas
The Canadian Women's Health Network
Prozac linked to child suicide risk
The Seventh International Women's Policy Research Conference "Women Working to Make a Difference"
Bush tries to hide poverty numbers
Native American Women Suffer High Rates of Domestic Abuse
Health in Tibet : Tears From The Land of Snow
The hidden danger of cosmetics
Summit on Indigenous Women held in Mexico

June 2004
Iran : Women's gains threathened after New Parliament elections
Strategical use of ICT's from a feminist perspective
Gendering citizenship and globalisation
Towards feminist perspectives on prostitution
Beyond Marriage
US Women Lag in Elected Office
ESF London : communication, economy and movements
First Report On A Decade Of Unsolved Murders In Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Seven Clinics Providing Post Abortion Care Forced to Close in Kenya
Studio discussion : Women's economic alternatives in Europe, building up social and solidarity based economies

United States
US Labour Bureau plans on dropping gendered collection of employment stats
Women, vaginas and US election
Follow the Women, Arab women pedaling for peace
Where is the money ?
Winona LaDuke : Environmentalist, Feminist, and Indigenous Rights Activist
A master degree in Gender & the Law in Washington
No agreement reached at the UN Conference on the Status of Women
Violence Through Gender Lens
The Redemption of White Masculinity
Aid Worker Reports Secret U.S. Documentation of Iraqi Civilian Deaths

Vatican
France : a "Mass Protest" of a different kind...

During G.W. Bush's visit to Vatican at the beginning of June, Pope John Paul II expressed his support to Bush's leadership against abortion rights in the US and praised "his commitment to respect life and family". Such an aknowledgement 5 months before the US Election Day has a clear political implication. It comforts for instance those US bishops who threatened to deny communion to pro-choice politicians, including John Kerry. Catholics For a Free Choice condemn this "politicizing on sacrament" and recall the US principle of separation between Church and State.
The Pope also praised Bush administration HIV/AIDS prevention policy in Africa, that imposes abstinence as the only valid prevention method. This policy together with the Global Gag Rule (see News/Africa) seriously increase the vulnerability of population to HIV, above all girls and women.
Source : Feminist.org

Emmanuelle Piron