Calendario Romano 2009.
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The Roman Catholic Church has issued guidance for future priests to have psychological test aiming at preventing “tragic situations” (read “sexual abuse by priest”) caused by what the Church calls psychological defects.
According to the BBC, “The guidance says the voluntary tests should also aim to vet for those with ‘deep-seated homosexual tendencies’ ”. The advice also stipulates priests must have a “positive and stable sense of one’s masculine identity”.
There …

Bar Street, Siem Reap, Cambodia
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IRIN reports how recent legislation against human trafficking introduced by the Cambodian government early this year, is shifting sex work from brothels to bars and karaokes leading to the development of new sexual behaviours increasing the spread of the HIV infection.
Like Thailand, Cambodia’s fight against HIV became another success story when back in 2001 Prime Minister Hun Sen endorsed a 100% condom policy for sex workers. Prevalence amongst sex workers plummeted from 45.8% in 1998 to 12.7% in 2006.
But earlier this year, under US pressure, …

IRIN reports on African long haul truck drivers who entertain monogamous relationship with a girlfriend whilst they are on the road and their wife is a home.
“I decided to have one girlfriend, because if you go out with so many women then you risk getting HIV or other diseases,” said one Congolese truck driver referring to his girlfriend who lives on the Kenya-Uganda border.
Because this driver and many other like him believes that he is the “one and only”, he does not think condom are needed. But the problem …

Jaboya is a form of bartering observed on the coast of Kenya where a customer is also a lover. Men fish and women buy the fish to sell on the market. A woman without a boyfriend or a male partner would not be able to obtain fish. Women with limited income therefore offer sex to fishermen in exchange for fish. Fishermen on the other hand have a lot of choice and often more than one customer, and hence are involved in a network of sexual encounters fuelling the HIV …

Bibi Rusell, former international fashion model and now world renowned Bengali designer started her own version of (PRODUCT)RED with HIV-infected women in Cambodia.
Russell joined the women of MDSF, an initiative started in 2006 by the UN Development Program that now employs 17 women living with HIV in a Phnom Penh factory reports the Phnom Penh Post.
“If you join hands with women living with HIV with affection and confidence, they can create magic with their fingers. Fashion is very important, and it makes you understand the culture of a country,” …