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1.	Uganda: Court gives Christmas present to gays
	Author: staff writer	Date Written: 25 December 2008
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: afrol News
	Secondary Category: Eastern Region	Source URL: http://www.afrol.com
	Key Words: Uganda, gays, Court, human rights defenders,
	Summary & Comment: A Kampala court has ruled that the suppression of gay activists’ and human rights defenders’ organisations is unconstitutional. The judge cited constitutional violations of the rights to privacy, property, and the fundamental rights of women and held the Attorney General’s office responsible for the actions of the police. DN
2.	The Gender-based Violence Prevention Network site
	Author: various	Date Written: 19 December 2008
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: GBV Prevention Network
	Secondary Category: -none-	Source URL: http://www.preventgbvafrica.org/
	Key Words: GBV, network, website,
	Summary & Comment: The Kampala based Gender-based Violence Network’s website is an online library with current GBV prevention resources and program innovations taking place in the Horn, Eastern, and Southern Africa. DN
3.	66 States condemn violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity
	Author: Press Release, New York	Date Written: 19 December 2008
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: IGLHRC
	Secondary Category: Human Rights	Source URL:
	Key Words: gender, rights, orientation, identity, IGLHRC,
	Summary & Comment: For the first time a statement condemning rights abuses against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people has been presented in the UN General Assembly. 66 nations supported a groundbreaking statement that confirms that international human rights protections include sexual orientation and gender identity. DN
4.	An agenda for action on women and HIV/AIDS
	Author: various, UNAIDS Initiative	Date Written: 15 December 2008
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: Global Coalition on Women and AIDS
	Secondary Category: Health and AIDS	Source URL: http://womenandaids.unaids.org
	Key Words: women, HIV/AIDS, action, agenda,
	Summary & Comment: The world’s governments have repeatedly declared their commitment to improve the status of women and acknowledged the linkage with HIV, but by and large their efforts have been small-scale, half-hearted, and haphazard. Major opportunities to stem the global HIV/AIDS epidemic have been missed. So, the UNAIDS-led Global Coalition on Women and AIDS ca . . . [expand]
5.	Global Fund adopts new gender equality strategy
	Author: various	Date Written: 12 December 2008
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: Women Won’t Wait Coalition
	Secondary Category: Health and AIDS	Source URL: http://www.womenwontwait.org
	Key Words: HIV/AIDS, violence, women, gender strategy, Global Fund,
	Summary & Comment: At its meeting last month, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria Board adopted a new Gender Equality Strategy. Its full title is "The Global Fund's Strategy for Ensuring Gender Equality in the Response to HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria." DN
6.	DR Congo: Activists slam world’s ‘grotesque indifference’ to region
	Author: Stephen Leahy: Eastern Congo	Date Written: 12 December 2008
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: Pambazuka News 413
	Secondary Category: Central Region	Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/comment/52777
	Key Words: D R Congo, rights, women, girls, rape,
	Summary & Comment: This article is a review of the work of former UN special envoy for AIDS in Africa, Stephen Lewis, and US playwright, Eve Ensler. It dwells on the hundreds of women and girls who are victims of rape. There is no coordinated international commitment to deal with the siutation. The author, Stephen Leahy makes a case for women and girls’ rights issu . . . [expand]
7.	South Africa/Botswana/Namibia: Sex workers demand rights not rescue
	Author: various	Date Written: 12 December 2008
	Primary Category: Gender	Document Origin: Women Won’t Wait Coalition
	Secondary Category: Health and AIDS	Source URL: http://www.womenwontwait.org
	Key Words: Botswana, Namibia, SA, sex workers, rights, rescue
	Summary & Comment: This Open Society Institute report finds that sex workers in Southern Africa experience widespread human rights abuses. The report makes some strong recommendations to governments and policymakers. Sex worker rights’ organisations will stage actions and vigils to raise awareness about violence against sex workers on December 17th, the Internationa . . . [expand]