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South Africa Journal: Engaged Activism Bends the Arc Toward Hope
I returned this weekend from an extended visit to South Africa, where Atlantic has long been engaged in supporting organisations and leaders working on human rights, reconciliation and health issues. Ordinarily in a column, I try to drill down on some particular aspect of our…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Teenage Birth Rate Rises for First Time Since '91
The birth rate among teenagers 15 to 19 in the United States rose 3 percent in 2006, according to a report issued Wednesday, the first such increase since 1991. The finding surprised scholars and fueled a debate about whether the Bush administration’s abstinence-only sexual education…
Author: New York Times
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Campaign targets passage of HIV from mother to child
Original Source HA NOI — The Ministry of Health yesterday launched a campaign on prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in an effort to ease the increasing impact of the disease in Viet Nam. Speaking at the launch ceremony held in Ha Noi, Deputy Prime Minister…
Author: Vietnam News Service
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In South Africa, rape is linked to manhood
Original Source by CELEAN JACOBSON Dumisani Rebombo had not been circumcised, did house chores considered girls’ work and was sick of being taunted for not being a man. So he took the only other course considered “manly” in his rural South African village: He raped…
Author: Mail & Guardian Online
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The Most Memorable Immigration Moments Of 2013
The Huffington Post’s list of the most memorable immigration reform moments from last year featured efforts by several grantees, including United We Dream and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network. Grantees the National Council of La Raza, America’s Voice and the National Immigrant Justice Center were…
Author: Huffington Post
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Being lesbian in SA could get you killed - report
by FRANNY RABKIN BEING out as a lesbian in SA can get you killed. Or raped. Or both. This is the “shocking” reality faced by gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered people in this country, although they live in a country with one of the most…
Author: Business Day (South Africa)
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Human Rights for Lesbians and Gays in the New South Africa: Still Much Work to Do
Zoliswa Nkonyana, Zizakele Sigasa, and Salome Masooa helped me to understand the critical importance of Atlantic’s work to support the rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgendered and intersex people in South Africa. Sadly, these young women were not among the many South Africans I…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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'Index' says independent elderly are falling short
This article, originally published on 28 March 2011, provides an overview of the Elder Economic Security Index for Washington, which is part Atlantic grantee Wider Opportunities for Women’s Elder Economic Security Initiative™ that seeks to build economic security for older adults through a multi-pronged approach that includes organising, advocacy…
Author: The Olympian
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On Mission Bay’s 10th Anniversary, Hospital Construction Surges Forward
The new UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, shown in this December 2012 photo, continues to take shape across the street from the research campus. Construction of the 289-bed state-of-the-art hospital complex for children, women and cancer patients is moving along swiftly, on schedule and…
Author: UCSF
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Fair Representation for All
By Fiona MacLeod WinnerDr Ivan May Memorial AwardProBono.Org When horse-riding instructor and stable manager Gary Allpass won his legal case earlier this year for being unfairly dismissed because he is HIV-positive, he set an important precedent for others in a similar position. His legal representation…
Author: Mail & Guardian Online