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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.
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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.
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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.
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Press Release: Organizations Unite to Support Female Condoms at U.S. FDA Review
Posted on December 11, 2008
Today, 170 domestic and international organizations committed to women’s sexual and reproductive health and human rights called on the Obstetrics and Gynecology Devices Advisory Committee at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to recognize the importance of female condoms as the committee deliberates over granting premarket approval to the FC2—the second generation of the Female Health Company’s female condom.
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Press Release: Latin American Women Unite to Demand Access to the Female Condom
Posted on December 1, 2008
On World AIDS Day on December 1, 2008, Latin American women are joining Latina women in the United States to demand increased access to the female condom and support for programming to educate women, men and youth about the female condom.
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Press Release: Access to Female Condoms is Denied to Women in Countries Most Affected by HIV
Posted on August 5, 2008
Women leaders from around the world attending the XVII International AIDS Conference held a press conference today to call on governments and international donor agencies to provide greater access to female condoms to slow the spread of HIV.
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Press Release: Despite Anti-Condom Policies, U.S. Shipments of Female Condoms Quadruple
Posted on April 22, 2008
In a report released today, Saving Lives Now: Female Condoms and the Role of U.S. Foreign Aid, the Center for Health and Gender Equity highlights a little-known—and perhaps ironic—fact: while the Bush Administration has promoted ideologically driven HIV prevention policies and programs that stigmatize and discourage condom use, the U.S. has more than quadrupled international shipments of female condoms since the inception of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in 2004.
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