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Press Release, AIDS 2010: Female Condoms Remain Underfunded, Ignored by Donors, Governments

Posted on July 20, 2010

HIV/AIDS and women’s health advocates today at the International AIDS Conference welcomed news about a partially-effective microbicide, yet scrutinized the gross lack of funding and policy support from international donors and governments for female condoms, a critical woman-initiated tool in fighting the HIV epidemic that is already available.

Press Release: International Organizations at UN Conference Demand Woman-Centered HIV Prevention

Posted on March 2, 2010

A civil society statement circulated last night at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and signed by more than 200 international organizations is demanding that national and international governments and donors radically increase female condom funding and distribution in developing countries.

Press Release: U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves New Female Condom

Posted on March 11, 2009

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted regulatory approval to the FC2 female condom, a lower-cost, second generation product manufactured by the Female Health Company—a move widely praised by HIV/AIDS and women’s health and rights advocates globally.