Nepal's
returned HIV positive women face sad plight
In dusty Raxaul south of Kathmandu, on a
pale, cold winter´s morning the plight of a young Nepali
woman being trafficked to India for the commercial sex
sector is just beginning to unfurl. Sarswoti, from
Dhading district bordering Nepal´s capital, Kathamndu,
has been brought here promised of a lucrative job by
Tirtha Ram a middleman, who actually is her first
cousin. 22-2-2008
Pills force early adulthood on minors in brothels in India
Police deny knowledge
of the practice, term it 'a shocking trend' "I hate
looking at my body. My chest and hips have swelled in
the last year," says 14-year-old Mina (name changed).
Like hundreds of minors in the city of Mumbai every
year, Mina was rescued from the clutches of pimps in
Bhiwandi, near Thane, last year.
22-2-2008
Korea: Hwang apologizes for sex scandal
South Korea international Hwang Jae-won
publicly apologized for the "disruption" he caused after
being linked with Internet-based rumors that he
pressured his girlfriend to undergo an abortion after
she was found to be pregnant.
22-2-2008
Jump reported in number of sexual violence cases at Israeli schools
Incidences of sexual
violence in schools increased 26 percent last year, the
Ministry of Education's Psychological Counseling Service
(Shefi) said this week. Annual incidents of abuse,
meanwhile, soared from 186 seven years ago to 404 last
year. Shefi's department for combating child abuse is
handling 24 percent more cases.
22-2-2008
Asian Development Bank helps Vietnam youths fight HIV
Nam isn't sure how he
caught the HIV virus -- he says he is a former heroin
addict and often had unprotected sex -- but now he is
committed to helping other Vietnamese youths avoid the
same fate. 22-2-2008
Iran sex changes get mullahs' money as regime persecutes gays
Nasser didn't think
much of Iran's Islamic regime -- until it paid for him
to become a woman. Growing up in the city of Mashhad,
Nasser knew he was different from the other boys,
sneaking around in his aunt's skirts and experimenting
with makeup. At age 14, he told his parents he wanted to
have a sex change. 15-2-2008
Iranian sisters face stoning for adultery
Two Iranian sisters convicted of adultery
face being stoned to death after the supreme court
upheld the death sentences against them, the Etemad
newspaper Monday quoted their lawyer as saying.
15-2-2008
