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size=5><FONT face="Arial Narrow"> CEE Bulletin on Sexual and
Reproductive Rights <EM>No 7 (41) 2006</EM></FONT></FONT></STRONG>
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<P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sexual and reproductive health and
rights constitute fundamental human rights, </FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2>form a vital aspect of the women’s
empowerment</FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2> and are key to the achievement of
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face="Times New Roman" color=#0000ff size=3><SPAN><SPAN lang=en-US><FONT
size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif" color=#000000>According the
organizers of the XVI International AIDS Conference which will take place
in Toronto between the 13<SUP>th</SUP> and 18<SUP>th </SUP>of August, the
list of 20,000 participants expected to attend the event includes former
presidents Mary Robinson of Ireland and Bill Clinton of the United States,
HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit from Norway, Bill and Melinda Gates and
Richard Gere. The scientific programme of the meeting will be particularly
strong and will trace new trends in basic and clinical research,
epidemiology, social science and policy. Out of the record number of
nearly 13,000 abstracts submitted, over 4,500 have been selected for
presentation: 366 as oral presentations, 199 as poster discussion and
4,000 as poster exhibition. Apart from the presentation of the latest
research, the conference will provide the delegates with an opportunity to
explore how best to prevent HIV and provide access to treatment and care.
In a number of sessions, the conference will address inter alia empowering
women and girls as a major priority for an effective response to the
epidemic. It also includes sessions on the importance of women’s
reproductive health and rights, including the rights of sex workers. The
newly designed key challenge sessions will facilitate the exchange of
information and sharing of experiences to address the following
challenges: <BR><BR>• accelerating research to end the epidemic; <BR>•
expanding and sustaining human resources to increase prevention and
treatment; <BR>• intensifying the involvement of affected communities;
<BR>• building new leadership. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm" align=justify><SPAN><SPAN lang=en-US><FONT
size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT color=#000000>The organizers
reported that two million USD have been allocated for an International
Scholarship Program which will allow 815 applicants out of 16,000 who
applied to take part in the gathering. Most of them are from
resource-limited countries. However, in some cases people who had been
granted scholarships by the organizers have been denied Canadian visas.
The problems have been experienced by applicants, some of whom are living
with AIDS, from Nepal, Nigeria, India, South Africa, Viet Nam,
Philippines, Sri Lanka and Fiji. The International AIDS Society is trying
to solve these existing problems and prevent others from occurring by
holding emergency meetings with Canadian
officials.<BR><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000>More information on the conference schedule, including
satellite sessions and affiliated events is available at:
</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff><U><A
href="http://www.aids2006.org/"><SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm" align=justify><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff>Bulgaria: Retrial of medical workers accused of infecting
Libyan children with HIV.</FONT></STRONG> </FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><SPAN><SPAN lang=en-US><FONT
color=#000000>Five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian physician plead
not guilty to the charge of infecting Libyan children with HIV. They claim
that they were forced to confess by Libyan officers who used psychological
torture measures against them during the interrogations. The medical
workers were sentenced to death by firing squad in May 2004, but the
Libyan Supreme Court overturned the convictions in December 2005 and
ordered the retrial in the lower court. The retrial began in May. The
attorneys for the accused say that the June testimony of Libyan medical
experts was inaccurate and contradicted forensic evidence. They requested
that international HIV/AIDS experts be allowed to testify at the retrial.
In 2005</FONT><FONT color=#0000ff>,</FONT><FONT color=#000000> Luc
Montagnier, the co-discoverer of HIV, testified that HIV was present at
the hospital where the defendants were employed prior to their
arrival.<BR></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><EM>Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS
Report</EM> </FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm" align=justify><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG>Czech
Republic: Decreasing sale of condoms.</STRONG></FONT> </FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><SPAN><SPAN lang=en-US><FONT
color=#000000>The decreasing fear of HIV infection and the popularity of
modern contraception seems to be the reason for the drop in the sale of
condoms in the Czech Republic. According to the experts, 54 percent of
Czechs have had unsafe sex which places the country 12<SUP>th</SUP> in the
ranking of 41 states. Czechs have become less cautious about HIV/AIDS than
at the beginning of the 1990s since the dramatic forecasts concerning the
spread of the epidemic proved to be wrong. In the years 1985-2005, 827
HIV-positive people were registered. 118 of them
died.<BR></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><EM>PUSH</EM></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm" align=justify><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Georgia:
Reproductive health project for youth.</FONT></STRONG> </FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2>In June, the Inter European
Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development (IEPFP), UNFPA and the
EU launched a three year project to promote youth reproductive health in
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The project, entitled Reproductive Health
Initiative for Youth in the South Caucasus, is a large scale initiative
aimed at young people aged 15-24. It is designed to reach at least 50
percent of the region’s 2,860,000 youth. With the three year budget of 2,9
million Euros, the project aims at empowering young people to protect
themselves from unwanted pregnancies, STIs (including HIV) and gender
based violence by providing them with access to comprehensive youth
friendly SRH services and products. <BR></FONT></FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff><U><A href="http://www.iepfpd.org/"><SPAN lang=en-US><FONT
size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000>http://www.iepfpd.org</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></U></FONT><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000> </FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm" align=justify><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><B><FONT color=#0000ff>Georgia:
Gender Network and Media: Integration and Mutual Empowerment - Fourth
International Conference of Journalists.</FONT></B> The meeting took place
on 1-3 July, 2006 in Tbilisi, Georgia. The event was organized by Gender
Media Caucasus Journalists Association.<BR>The conference focused on the
issues of effective cooperation between the media and local gender
networks. The participants were journalists working on gender problems as
well as non-governmental sector activists working in cooperation with the
media.<BR>The goals of the conference were to analyze cooperation between
the networks and media of the post-soviet region, and to work out future
joint ac<BR>tions. Elwira Chrusciel represented the ASTRA Bulletin crew
during this meeting.<BR><EM>ASTRA </EM></FONT></FONT><BR></P>
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face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff>Kyrgyzstan: the initiative to stricken the abortion law
overturned.</FONT></STRONG> </FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2>The parliament of Kyrgyz Republic
decided that the initiative of the Ombudsman to restrict abortion law is
unjustified. The proposal aimed at introducing criminal liability for
women and medical workers terminating 12-22 week pregnancies for social
reasons. The initiative was strongly opposed by Reproductive Health
Alliance and other NGOs of Kyrgyzstan, who in response initiated an
advocacy program for women’s right to abortion. ASTRA Network sent a
letter to Kyrgyz Republic’s Representatives expressing concern caused by
the proposed repressive sanctions. The letter also conveyed confidence
that the President of Kyrgyz Republic, Members of the Parliament, and the
Government will not allow the adoption of the Ombudsman’s proposition
because it violates fundamental human rights and contradicts both national
and international legislation.<BR></FONT></FONT><SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><EM>Reproductive
Health Alliance, Kyrgyzstan; </EM><A
href="http://www.astra.org.pl/kyrgyz_abortion.pdf"><FONT
color=#000000><EM>http://www.astra.org.pl/kyrgyz_abortion.pdf</EM></FONT></A></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm" align=justify><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Poland:
Abortion case admissible.</FONT></STRONG> </FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=en-US>The European Court
of Human Rights declared the case of Tysiac v. Poland admissible. The
Court stated that the application "raises serious issues of fact and law
under the Convention, the determination of which requires an examination
of the merits." Alicja Tysi¹c, now awaiting the Court’s decision, was
refused abortion although the pregnancy could severely damage her
eyesight. Polish law allows the termination of pregnancy if it puts the
woman’s health or life at risk. <BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><EM>Federation for Women and Family
Planning</EM></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm" align=justify><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Poland:
ministry of education against the EC human rights manual.</FONT></STRONG>
</FONT></FONT><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-US>Roman Giertych, the minister of education and the leader of the
ultra-conservative party, League of Polish Families, dismissed the
director of the Center for the Professional Training of Teachers for
publishing and promoting the official manual of the European Council aimed
at preparing young people to participate in the life of civil society and
democratic state. One of the reasons Giertych found the book unacceptable
was that it recognized gay and lesbian rights. Although his decision has
raised protests from teachers, youth and civil society organizations, the
minister has not changed it. <BR><EM>Federation for Women and Family
Planning</EM> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm" align=justify><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG>ASTRA
granted observatory status.</STRONG></FONT> </FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><SPAN><SPAN lang=en-US>ASTRA –
Central and Eastern European Women’s Network for Sexual and Reproductive
Health and Rights has been accepted to be an observer at the HIV/AIDS
Civil Society Forum of the European Commission for the term until the end
of August, 2007. </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><EM>ASTRA</EM></FONT></FONT></P>
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lang=en-US><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Finland: Ban on the purchase of sex
services.</FONT></STRONG> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
color=#000000><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><SPAN
lang=en-US>In June, Finnish parliament approved a law partially banning
the purchase of sex services. Under the new law, paying for sex services
of an individual who is a victim of human trafficking or pimping carries a
maximum penalty of six months imprisonment. The parliament rejected the
draft law criminalizing all purchase of sex services as well as the bill
banning the sale of sexual services.<BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
color=#000000><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
size=2><EM>PUSH<BR></EM></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG>Ireland:
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face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=en-US><FONT
color=#0000ff><STRONG>The Alliance for Choice, </STRONG><FONT
color=#000000><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>a national grassroots
organization,</FONT></STRONG> </FONT><STRONG>has called for abortion to be
legalized in Ireland</STRONG></FONT> after statistics had been published
by the British Department of Health. The data indicate that each day, 15
Irish women travel to Britain to have an abortion. In 2005, 5,585 women
from Ireland terminated their pregnancy in Great Britain.
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color=#000000><EM>http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0705/print/abortion.html</EM></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A></FONT><SPAN><SPAN
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color=#000000><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff>IPPF: New executive director.</FONT></STRONG>
</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=en-US>Dr. Gill Greer, the
executive director of the Family Planning Association of New Zealand, has
been appointed the new Director-General of the International Planned
Parenthood Federation (IPPF). Dr. Greer will be taking up her post based
at IPPF’s London office in September, 2006 following the retirement of
current Director-General, Dr. Steven Sinding.
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face="Verdana, sans-serif"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" size=2><FONT
color=#0000ff><A href="http://www.ippf.org/"><SPAN><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000><EM>www.ippf.org</EM></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR><BR></P>
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color=#000000><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff>European Union: Discrimination against Roma
Women.</FONT></STRONG> </FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2>In a report adopted in June, the
European Parliament called for measures to combat the extreme levels of
multiple discrimination faced by Roma women. Roma women are among the most
vulnerable people in Europe. The Parliament urges the Member States, among
other issues of concern, to prevent and outlaw coercive sterilization,
provide redress for such abuse, promote family planning and alternatives
to early marriage. It also calls for eliminating racially segregated
maternity wards, measures to help victims of domestic violence and
vigilance regarding the trafficking of Roma women. According to the
Parliament, the situation of Roma women should be a key criterion for
evaluating states of readiness for accession to the EU.
<BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT color=#000066><FONT
face="Verdana, sans-serif"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" size=2><FONT
color=#0000ff><A
href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/014-8637-152-06-22-902-20060531IPR08614-01-06-2006-2006-false/default_en.htm"><SPAN><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000><EM>http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/014-8637-152-06-22-902-20060531IPR08614-01-06-2006-2006-false/default_en.htm#</EM></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A></FONT><SPAN><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000>
</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR><BR></P>
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color=#000000><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><FONT
color=#0000ff><STRONG>European Court of Human Rights: Abortion case
rejected.</STRONG></FONT> </FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=en-US>The case D. v.
Ireland that could challenge the ban on abortion in Ireland has been
declared inadmissible by the European Court of Human Rights on the ground
that the applicant had not exhausted domestic remedies since she had not
brought the case to the Irish courts. The case was brought before the ECHR
by a woman who was pregnant with twins in 2002. After the antenatal tests
indicated that one fetus died in the womb and the second had a fatal
chromosomal abnormality -Trisomy 18, or Edward’s Syndrome - she decided to
terminate the pregnancy. She did not seek legal advice on her eligibility
for abortion in Ireland and instead obtained an abortion in the UK.
Abortion is allowed in Ireland only in the case of “a real and substantial
risk to the life of the mother”. The applicant claimed that the lack of
abortion services in the case of lethal fetal abnormality and the present
law infringe on her rights. The Irish Family Planning Association who
lodged an amicus brief in support of the complaint in 2005, said that the
ECHR declaration was disappointing. IFPA informed the media that it
facilitated the complaint of three women living in Ireland who were
challenging abortion restrictions. According to IFPA, the basis of their
complaint is significantly different from that made by ‘D’ and ECHR
decision is unlikely to have implication on it.
<BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT color=#000066><FONT
face="Verdana, sans-serif"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" size=2><FONT
color=#0000ff><A href="http://www.echr.coe.int/echr"><SPAN><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000><EM>http://www.echr.coe.int/echr</EM></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A></FONT><EM><SPAN><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000>; </FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT
color=#0000ff><A
href="http://www.ifpa.ie/news/index.php?mr=125"><SPAN><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000>http://www.ifpa.ie/news/index.php?mr=125</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A></FONT></EM><SPAN><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000>
<BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR><FONT
color=#000000><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff>Court of Justice of the European Communities: Medical
treatment abroad in EU states.</FONT></STRONG> </FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
color=#000000><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2>On May 16, in
the case of Ivonne Watts v. Bedford Primary Care Trust and Secretary of
State for Health, the Court of Justice ruled that the patient’s national
health services should reimburse her/him for the cost of hospital
treatment provided in another member state even when the service is
provided for free in the country of residence. According to the Court’s
judgment, the patient can be refused authorization to receive treatment
abroad if the health insurance fund “shows that the waiting time does not
exceed the medically acceptable period having regard to the patient’s
condition and clinical needs.” The Court’s judgment may prove important
for women in EU states who are denied access to abortion services to which
they are entitled within the legally defined timeframe.
</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT color=#000066><FONT
face="Verdana, sans-serif"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" size=2><SPAN><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000><BR><EM>Rzeczpospolita, <BR>Court of Justice of EC:
</EM></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT
color=#0000ff><A
href="http://www.curia.europa.eu/en/actu/communiques/cp06/aff/cp060042en.pdf"><SPAN><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000><EM>www.curia.europa.eu/en/actu/communiques/cp06/aff/cp060042en.pdf</EM></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A></FONT><SPAN><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000><EM>
<BR></EM></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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color=#000000><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><SPAN
lang=en-US><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Science: Condom use lowers the risk
of HPV-related disease.</FONT></STRONG> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
color=#000000><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2>A new study
published in The New England Journal of Medicine reports that women whose
partners always use condoms are 70 percent less likely to acquire HPV
infection than women whose partners use condoms less than 5 percent of the
time. In almost all cases, cervical cancer is caused by HPV. The study was
performed by researchers from the University of Washington. It provides
evidence that condoms are effective in reducing the risk of HPV. Until
this study, solid evidence proved that condoms prevent pregnancy, HIV
infections and, in the case of men,
gonorrhea.<BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><SPAN
lang=en-US><EM>PUSH</EM></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0.49cm; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.49cm" align=justify><FONT
color=#000000><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff>Science: Womb transplants.</FONT></STRONG>
</FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT color=#000000><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2>According to scientists from
Sahlgrenska Academy in Gothenburg, Sweden, womb transplant in humans
should be possible within five years. Scientists have recently succeeded
in transplanting uteruses in sheep. They claim that in future the best
womb donor would be the recipient’s mother or older sister in order to
minimize the risk of immune rejection.<BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
color=#000000><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
size=2><EM>http://www.bioedonline.org/news/news.cfm?art=2618</EM></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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EVENTS</STRONG></o:p></SPAN> </P>
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lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>IAPAC European Session
2006.</FONT></STRONG> The
</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff><A
href="http://www.iapac.org/"><SPAN><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000>International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A></FONT><SPAN><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000>(IAPAC) and the
</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff><A
href="http://www.eacs.ws/"><SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT color=#000000>European AIDS Clinical
Society</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A></FONT><SPAN><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000> (EACS) will co-host the third annual IAPAC European
Sessions in Budapest. They will take place on 12-13 October 2006.
This year's Sessions include:
</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
color=#000000><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT size=2>implications of
a decade of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), navigating ARV
drug resistance, sociobehavioural Aspects of HIV Care and emerging issues
in HIV Care. <BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT color=#000066><FONT
face="Verdana, sans-serif"><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" size=2><SPAN><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000>To see the full program and outstanding faculty presenters,
visit the IAPAC Web site,
</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff><A
href="http://www.iapac.org/"><SPAN><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000>www.iapac.org</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR><BR></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0.49cm; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.49cm" align=justify><FONT
color=#000066><FONT face="Verdana, sans-serif"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" size=2><SPAN><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>7<SUP>th</SUP> Congress of
FIAPAC.</FONT></STRONG> International Federation of Professional Abortion
and Contraception Associates organizes its 7<SUP>th</SUP> annual congress,
“Freedom and rights in reproductive heath”. The conference will take place
on 13/14 October 2006 in Rome, Italy. The preliminary program of the
meeting is available at:
</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff><A
href="http://www.fiapac.org/e/RomePrelProgr2.html"><SPAN><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000>http://www.fiapac.org/e/RomePrelProgr2.html</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A></FONT><SPAN><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000>
</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR><BR></P>
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color=#000066><FONT face="Verdana, sans-serif"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" size=2><SPAN><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>World Youth
Forum.</FONT></STRONG> The annual World Youth Forum (WYF), which will
bring together 140 young persons from over 35 countries will take place
from 10-15 August in Bucharest, Romania. More information is available at:
</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff><A
href="http://www.youth-policies.org/"><SPAN><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000>www.youth-policies.org</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A></FONT><SPAN><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000>
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color=#000000><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Women on Web:</FONT></STRONG>
the on-line abortion help service for women living in countries where
access to safe abortion services is restricted. <BR>The website is:
</FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff><U><A
href="http://www.womenonweb.org/"><SPAN lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000>www.womenonweb.org</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></A></U></FONT><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000> </FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0.49cm; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0.49cm" align=justify><FONT
color=#000066><FONT face="Verdana, sans-serif"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" size=2><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Reproductive Health and Human
Rights: Integrating Medicine, Ethics and Law</FONT></STRONG>, by Rebecca
J. Cook, Bernard M. Dickens and Mahmoud F. Fathalla (Oxford University
Press, 2003, 554pp.) is now available in French, Spanish, Portuguese
and Chinese translations, and forthcoming in Arabic. The book is
designed to equip health care providers and administrators to integrate
ethical, legal, and human rights principles in protection and
promotion of reproductive health, and to inform lawyers and women's health
advocates about aspects of medicine and health care systems that
affect reproduction. More information and updates to the book are
available at:<BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT
color=#0000ff><U><A
href="http://www.law.utoronto.ca/faculty/cook/ReproductiveHealth.html"><SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000>http://www.law.utoronto.ca/faculty/cook/ReproductiveHealth.html</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A></U></FONT><SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT color=#000000><U><BR></U><BR><FONT
color=#0000ff><STRONG>Preventing unsafe abortion and the</STRONG>
<STRONG>consequences</STRONG><STRONG>: priorities for research and
action</STRONG></FONT>, the book edited by Ina K. Warriner and Iqbal Shah,
is now available for free download online from:
</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff><U><A
href="http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2006/07/10/PreventingUnsafeAbortion.pdf"><SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT
face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000>http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/2006/07/10/PreventingUnsafeAbortion.pdf</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A></U></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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align=justify><FONT color=#000066><FONT face="Verdana, sans-serif"><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt" size=2><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN
lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT face="Arial, sans-serif"><FONT
color=#000000><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Youth’s Voice. Report on Sexual
and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Central and Eastern Europe and
Balkan Countries</FONT></STRONG> published ASTRA Youth Group is now
available. Hard copies can be obtained from ASTRA secretariat. The
electronic version is available at:
</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT color=#0000ff><U><A
href="http://www.astra.org.pl/youth_report.pdf"><SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: normal"><SPAN lang=en-US><FONT size=2><FONT
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color=#000000>http://www.astra.org.pl/youth_report.pdf</FONT></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A></U></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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refresh and strengthen their skills. Composed of 13 modules, it brings a
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include: a woman's rights approach to abortion care; unique considerations
for special populations, including adolescents and survivors of sexual
violence; guidance for use of both manual vacuum aspiration and
medication-abortion technologies; and recommendations for monitoring
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<P align=justify><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>ASTRA
members:</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=1>ASTRA coordination and
secretariat:<FONT color=#008000> </FONT><FONT color=#000000>Federation for
Women and Family Planning</FONT>, Warsaw/Poland, </FONT></STRONG><A
href="http://www.astra.org.pl"><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=1><STRONG>http://www.astra.org.pl</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=1><STRONG>; Family Planning Association of Albania,
Tirana/Albania, </STRONG></FONT><A
href="mailto:afpa@albaniaonline.net"><FONT face=Arial
size=1><STRONG>afpa@albaniaonline.net</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=1><STRONG>; Women's Rights Center of Armenia, Yerevan/Armenia,
</STRONG></FONT><A href="mailto:wrcarm@arminco.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=1><STRONG>wrcarm@arminco.com</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=1><STRONG>; Women's Independent Democratic Movement of Belarus,
Minks/ Belarus, </STRONG></FONT><A
href="http://www.cacedu.unibel.by/widm"><FONT face=Arial
size=1><STRONG>http://www.cacedu.unibel.by/widm</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial><STRONG><FONT size=1>; Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation,
Sofia/Bulgaria</FONT><FONT size=1>; B.a.b.e (Be Active, Be Emancipated),
Zagreb/Croatia, </FONT></STRONG></FONT><A href="http://www.babe.hr"><FONT
face=Arial size=1><STRONG>http://www.babe.hr</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=1><STRONG>; CESI - Centre for Education and Counselling of
Women, Zagreb/Croatia, </STRONG></FONT><A
href="http://www.zamir.net/~cesi"><FONT face=Arial
size=1><STRONG>http://www.zamir.net/~cesi</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=1><STRONG>; Family Planning and Sexual Health Association
of Lithuania, Vilnius/Lithuania, </STRONG></FONT><A
href="mailto:lithfpa@takasi.lt"><FONT face=Arial
size=1><STRONG>lithfpa@takas.lt</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=1><STRONG>; Latvia's Association for Family Planning And Sexual
Health, Riga/Latvia, <FONT
color=#0000ff><U>http://www.papardeszieds.lv</U></FONT>; Eastern European
Institute for Reproductive Health, Targu Mures/Romania, </STRONG></FONT><A
href="mailto:icozos@eeirh.org"><FONT face=Arial
size=1><STRONG>icozos@eeirh.org</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT size=1><FONT
face=Arial><STRONG>, </STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>AnA:
Romanian Society for Feminist Analysis, Bucharest/Romania,
</STRONG></FONT></FONT><A href="http://www.anasaf.ro/"><FONT face=Arial
size=1><STRONG>http://www.anasaf.ro/</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=1><STRONG>; Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of Sciences,
Moscow/Russia, <FONT color=#000000><A
href="mailto:olga@khazova.msk.ru">olga@khazova.msk.ru</A>;
</FONT>Novogorod Gender Center, Novgorod/Russia, <FONT color=#000000><A
href="mailto:kevi@adm.nov.ru">kevi@adm.nov.ru</A>; </FONT>NGO "Women
Health and Family Planning", Kiev/Ukraine,</STRONG></FONT><A
href="http://www.whfp.kiev.ua"><FONT face=Arial
size=1><STRONG>http://www.whfp.kiev.ua</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=1><STRONG>; Habeas Corpus Working
Group/Hungary, </STRONG></FONT><A
href="http://www.habeascorpus.hu"><FONT face=Arial
size=1><STRONG>http://www.habeascorpus.hu</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=1><STRONG>; IPAS, Chapel Hill/USA, </STRONG></FONT><A
href="http://www.ipas.org"><FONT face=Arial
size=1><STRONG>http://www.ipas.org</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=1><STRONG>; NGO Pro Choice Bratislava, Bratislava/Slovakia,
</STRONG></FONT><A href="http://www.prochoice.sk/"><FONT face=Arial
size=1><STRONG>http://www.prochoice.sk</STRONG></FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial><FONT size=1><STRONG>; Center for Reproductive Rights, New
York/USA, <FONT color=#0000ff><A
href="http://www.reproductiverights.org, ">http://www.reproductiverights.org,
</A><FONT color=#000000>International Centre for Reproductive
Health,Ghent/Belgium, <FONT color=#0000ff><A
href="http://www.icrh.org, ">http://www.icrh.org, </A><FONT
color=#000000>Bulgarian Family Planning and Sexual Health Association,
Sofia/Bulgaria <FONT color=#0000ff><A
href="http://www.bfpa-bg.org">http://www.bfpa-bg.org</A></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT
color=#000000>, Women's Center,Tbilisi/Georgia, <FONT color=#0000ff><A
href="http://gains.iatp.org.ge/wc.htmlorg">http://</A><U>www.womancenter.org.ge ,
</U></FONT></FONT></STRONG><FONT color=#000000><STRONG>Gender Education,
Research and Technologies, Sofia/Bulgaria </STRONG><A
href="mailto:marinova@mbox.cit.bg"><STRONG>marinova@mbox.cit.bg</STRONG></A><STRONG>,</STRONG>
<STRONG>Reproductive Health Training Center, Chisinau/Moldova, </STRONG><A
href="http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org"><STRONG>www.medicalabortionconsortium.org</STRONG></A><STRONG>;
Women's Room - Women's Center for Sexuality and the Prevention, Research
and Combating of Sexual Violence, Zagreb/Croatia, <A
href="mailto:zenska.soba@zamir.net">zenska.soba@zamir.net</A>, ANO
"Women's Health"/Russia; Charitable SALUS Foundation/Ukraine, <A
href="http://www.salus.org.ua">www.salus.org.ua</A>.</P></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=1><STRONG><FONT
color=#0000ff>Editorial Committee</FONT>:<FONT color=#000000> Elwira
Chrusciel, Evgenia Kulikova, Monika Malicka, Wanda Nowicka, Entela
Shehu, Aleksandra Solik.</FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT face=Arial><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><FONT
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