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Christmas Good Causes: for your consideration
TweetIt’s nearly Christmas and you may have already got gifts for friends and family. But if you’re still wondering what last minute goodies to buy, or can stretch to one more present, then here’s a few suggestions for charities and organisations who could do with your support. These are all programmes I feel are often [...]
Also posted in Abortion/TOP, Activism and Open Access, Contraception, Female Sexual Dysfunction, Health/care, Medicalisation, Sex education, Sex positive, Uncategorised Comments closed
International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers 2010
Tweet Today is International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. If you’ve not heard about it before it aims to highlight hate crimes committed against sex workers, show support for and among sex workers, and alert the public about the physical and emotional violence sex workers face – and the systems that maintain this. [...]
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Science is Vital! Show your support
Tweet You don’t need me to tell you that science is important. I’m sure we can all think of different ways science has transformed our lives. However, in the UK science is under threat with proposed cuts to science funding. This will affect research, teaching, innovation and practice. Scientists are rightly concerned about this, and [...]
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Sexual pleasure empowers women!
TweetThe e-journal Contestations is a cross cultural and cross disciplinary publication which tackles diverse issues around women’s health internationally. It seeks to create a platform to explore and discuss core issues around development, politics and health. The current issue debates the statement ‘Sexual pleasure empowers women!’ and opens with an outline of core issues relating [...]
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Clitoraid responds to their critics, but key questions remain unanswered
TweetClitoraid have officially responded to questioning of their organisation and the controversial ‘adopt a clitoris’ fundraising scheme (a summary of discussions to date on this topic can be found here). In a press release on April 21 2010 and a more frank statement on their website they argue their critics are anti sex; state questioning [...]
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Catching up on Clitoraid
TweetLast week I posted about an organisation called ‘Clitoraid’ run by the Raelian organisation and supported by some sex positive practitioners. Their controversial ‘adopt a clitoris’ scheme to raise funds for a ‘pleasure hospital’ in Burkina Faso offering reconstructive surgery to women following FGM/C quickly attracted critical attention as requests to donate spread across twitter [...]
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Renaming the hymen – fantastic new resource explains women’s bodies
Think you know all about the hymen? Maybe you're unsure what it is - or where it is. This fantastic new resource tells you all about the hymen, and I promise you'll learn loads from it. Read and share.
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Uganda debates anti-gay bill
Politicians in Uganda are debating today the future of a bill that seeks to punish gays and bisexuals with life imprisonment or the death penalty.
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10 things you can do in the fight against HIV/AIDS
It’s World AIDS Day and there’s rightfully a lot of attention on the issues of HIV/AIDS, but what can you do to help? Read on for 10 things you might do. Please feel free to share these widely!
Also posted in Activism and Open Access, Condom(s), Health/care, HIV/AIDS, Politics, Prostitution, Safer sex, Sex education, Sexuality, Sexually transmitted infection(s) Comments closed
My sex and relationships predictions for 2011