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Journal of the International AIDS Society Special Issue

Call for Papers
Invitation for abstract submission NOW OPEN
Deadline: 15th October, 2010
This is a call for articles for a special issue of the Journal of the International AIDS
Society on the Social and Political Sciences in HIV Research.

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Submission to the Global Commission on HIV & the Law

The UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights (“Reference Group”) welcomes the creation of a Global Commission to develop evidence-informed, human rights-based recommendations for effective HIV responses that promote and protect the human rights of people living with and most vulnerable to HIV. The Reference Group is mindful that despite numerous past statements by UNAIDS and its co-sponsors calling for the repeal of laws that block effective HIV responses, such laws remain on the books in most countries and in some cases are increasing.

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Internet Governance, Sexuality and Women’s Rights

The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is a key, robust and relatively open multi-stakeholder platform created by the United Nations to discuss public policy matters related to internet governance. However, it has been a challenging space for women’s rights and sexual rights advocates. In the fifth and final year of its mandate, women’s rights are still being dwarfed as a critical issue to be debated in this arena, while sexuality issues although present, is not seen as a matter of rights.