In a powerful speech at New York University's Center for Global Affairs yesterday, Ambassador Susan Rice emphasized the U.S. Administration's renewed commitment to engaging at the UN and working with--rather than against- governments to ensure human security and achieve progress on major global challenges.
One year ago today, health and education ministers throughout Latin America and the Caribbean committed to investing in comprehensive sexuality education and increased access to health services as a foundation for curbing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV/AIDS.
In a recent letter, United States Representative Chris Smith called governments’ attention to an “urgent” matter: the Obama Administration supports universal access to sexual and reproductive health services.
In a landmark Indian Supreme Court ruling today, Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah struck down Penal Code 377, overturning a colonial-era law criminalizing “carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal.”
