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Position Announcement for the Ford Foundation
3 February, 2010

Sexuality and Reproductive Health and Rights Program Officer

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Human Rights Day
10 December, 2009
Dr. Rosemary Coates

On the occasion of Human Rights Day, the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) asserts that sexual health is fundamental to the well being of all people. It is much more than the absence of disease. The promotion and protection of individual sexual rights provides optimal conditions to ensure sexual health. Sexual rights include the...

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World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) supports Unesco's international guidelines on sexuality education
7 September, 2009
Dr. Rosemary Coates

New York, NY, September 7, 2009 — The World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) in its Declaration of Sexual Health for the Millennium considers comprehensive sexuality education as one of the foundations on which sexual health and general well-being are built.

WAS proposes that to achieve universal access to comprehensive education the...

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World Association for Sexual Health commends American Psychological Association report on sexual orientation
7 August, 2009
Dr. Rosemary Coates

New York, NY, August 7, 2009 − The World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) supports the content and conclusions published by the American Psychological Association’s Task Force on Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation. This report clearly states that there is insufficient, sound, scientific evidence supporting the claim that...

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World Association For Sexual Health calls on president Hamid Karzai to reverse decision on personal status law
4 August, 2009
Dr. Rosemary Coates

New York, NY, August 24, 2009 − The World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) expresses its profound concern at the recent legislation in Afghanistan that permits a husband to starve his wife if she refuses to have sex with him. This is a gross breach of human rights and treats women as chattels. For a husband to impose unwanted sexual activity...

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World Association for Sexual Health applauds Indian High Court for striking down law against homosexuality
6 July, 2009
Dr. Rosemary Coates

New York, NY, July 6, 2009 — The World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) welcomes the landmark judgement of the High Court of India in that the 140 year law against homosexuality is unconstitutional.

In the light of this, WAS urges the Indian Government to annul the law that criminalizes homosexuality and encourages all other...

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WORLD ASSOCIATION FOR SEXUAL HEALTH RAISES CONCERN WITH NEW LITHUANIAN LAW
25 June, 2009
Rosemary Coates

JUNE 25, 2009, GOTEBORG, SWEDEN: The World Association for Sexual Health (WAS), meeting here today, released a statement to the Lithuanian Parliament. Dr. Rosemary Coates, president of WAS, read the following statement to the 900 sexual health professionals attending the Congress from around the world:

“The World Association for Sexual...

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