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Sweden divided over criminalising HIV unprotected sex
AFP, Published on 29/11/2013
» When Lina Afvander got her HIV diagnosis, it came with a set of prescriptions and a disclosure obligation, which legally requires HIV-positive people in Sweden to reveal their status before having sex.
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'Turn tragedy into change': Italy mourns femicide victim
AFP, Published on 05/12/2023
» PADUA (ITALY) - Thousands of Italians paid their last respects Tuesday to a university student killed by her ex-boyfriend, a case that has triggered nationwide grief and rage at violence against women.
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The loneliness of one of Albania's last sworn virgins
AFP, Published on 08/06/2023
» LEPUSHE (ALBANIA) - For decades, Gjystina Grishaj chopped wood, drove tractors and tended livestock as the man of the house in a remote valley in northern Albania, only to find herself alone after years of sacrifice supporting her family.
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New Indian 'sex start-ups' challenge old taboos
AFP, Published on 20/04/2022
» MUMBAI: The couple behind a new start-up using adult toys and cheeky adverts to challenge long-held taboos say they want to take the "shame, guilt and fear" out of sex in India.
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'Don't say gay:' Sex education fuels US culture wars
AFP, Published on 10/02/2022
» WASHINGTON: Swelling mobilisation by American conservatives over what is taught in schools has led several states to push for new curbs on what educators can discuss related to sexual and gender identity -- opening yet another front in the country's rolling culture wars.
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Met Opera reopens with landmark first show by Black composer
AFP, Published on 28/09/2021
» NEW YORK - After an 18-month shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic and protracted labor disputes with its musicians and crew, the Metropolitan Opera reopened Monday with a history-making debut -- the first work by a Black composer.
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Ultra-modern Singapore's dark secret: female genital mutilation
AFP, Published on 06/08/2021
» SINGAPORE - Saza Faradilla was 22 when she discovered her genitals had been cut when she was a baby, part of a quietly persistent traditional practice among Singapore's minority Muslim community.
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Podcasts burst onto China youth scene
AFP, Published on 06/07/2021
» BEIJING - A lesbian coming to terms with her sexuality, a village covering up abuses and a dissection of the three-child policy -- an explosion of Chinese podcasts are wrestling with social issues considered taboo under the country's strict media controls.
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Hungary passes law banning 'promotion' of homosexuality to minors
AFP, Published on 15/06/2021
» BUDAPEST - Hungary's parliament on Tuesday passed a law banning the "promotion" of homosexuality to minors in what critics have slammed as a crackdown on LGBTQ rights.
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Caste discrimination taints corporate India
AFP, Published on 06/11/2020
» MUMBAI - A winner of industry awards, Snehapoo Padavattan should have raced up India's corporate ladder. There was just one problem. She belongs to the country's lowest caste, the Dalits.
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