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Jersey Nixes No-Sex Ed; Nicaragua OKs Abortion Ban

By Irene Lew ● Arts & Culture ● October 28, 2006

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New Jersey has joined California, Maine and Pennsylvania to become the fourth state to reject federal funds for abstinence-only education, reported the Newark Star-Ledger Oct. 26. New Jersey health and education officials said they rejected the funding because new rules will not let teachers talk about contraception and that the strings attached to the money contradict the state’s own sex education and AIDS education programs.

U.N Focuses on Indigenous; Mothers’ Health at Risk

By Irene Lew ● Arts & Culture ● October 21, 2006

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For the first time, the United Nations has formally addressed violence against indigenous women. The International Indigenous Women’s Forum urged on Oct. 16 the adoption of the U.N.’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which includes an article to draw special attention to the needs of women. The forum, based in New York, issued the recommendation in a companion report to the Oct. 9 "Study on Violence Against Women" sent to the secretary-general, Kofi Annan.

Harassers Busted; Iraq Is Catastrophe for Women

By Irene Lew ● Uncategorized ● October 14, 2006

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