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Lori Adelman

This summer, we blogged about our Peruvian partner LUNDÚ, who have been working on a campaign to protest racist portrayals on a [...]

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Condoms and HIV Prevention

by Lori Adelman on November 23, 2010

in Contraception,Events,News

This week, comments by Pope Benedict XVI and the Vatican have captured the world’s attention and brought a much-needed spotlight to condom [...]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 19, 2010 CONTACT: Kelly Castagnaro, 212.801.1266/646.707.1004 (cell), kcastagnaro@iwhc.org Lori Adelman, 212.979.8500, ladelman@iwhc.org The International Women’s Health Coalition Lauds [...]

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IWHC partner PROMSEX released a story today about a tragic—and preventable—maternal death due to unsafe abortion complications. An excerpt can be found [...]

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“Lesbian, gays, and bisexuals in Cameroon are considered lower than dogs…They face great injustice because of homophobia.” – Sébastien Mandeng, vice-president of [...]

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This summer, the world’s attention was captivated by the World Cup match in South Africa, and here on Akimbo, things were no [...]

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More than a third of all women in the world will be forced into sex, beaten or abused by a partner or [...]

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MDG Film Fest: Global Partnership – Babel

by Lori Adelman on September 24, 2010

in MDG Film Fest

Millennium Development Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development MDG 8 has at its core a spirit of global unity and [...]

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MDG Film Fest: Universal Education – Precious

by Lori Adelman on September 21, 2010

in MDG Film Fest

Millennium Development Goal 2: Achieve Universal Primary Education In general, progress against the second MDG,which seeks to ensure that all children will [...]

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Back in June, we co-hosted a free, weekend-long training in San Francisco with the Sierra Club Global Population and Environment Program, which [...]

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