Full Coverage: Civil rights

27.03.2007 Aiming to inform and raise the sensibility of parents/families in order to achieve better understanding and acceptance of LGBTIQ persons in their immediate surroundings, the LORI lesbian organization from Rijeka launches a campaign for acceptance and non-discrimination of sexual and gender minorities in the family.

27.03.2007 Struga, Macedonia, hosted 36 young people from four countries, March 16-25, 2007, who discussed the equal rights and opportunities and active participation of youth in civil society.

20.03.2007 Patenttisäännöt ovat osoittautuneet yhdeksi globalisaation akhilleenkantapääksi kansainvälisten lääkefirmojen pitäessä kiinni "oikeuksistaan" - huolimatta kasvavasta halpojen lääkkeiden tarpeesta. Paine muutoksiin kansainvälisissä patenttilaeissa on kuitenkin jatkuvasti kasvamassa.

08.03.2007 BUENOS AIRES, Mar 8 (IPS) - Appointing a woman as economy minister does not guarantee a gender approach to policies in this key area, traditionally handled by men. That at least is the conclusion from observing the work of women ministers in Argentina and El Salvador.

06.03.2007 NAIROBI, Mar 5 (IPS) - With AIDS cutting a swathe through Africa's workforce, there is an urgent need for employers to set up policies that support HIV-positive staff -- and ensure they are not victims of stigma. But it's a need that often goes unaddressed.

06.03.2007 Vanja Calovic, Director of the Network for Affirmation of Nongovernmental Sector – MANS, and Veselin Bajceta, Assistant to the MANS Anti-Corruption programme, were detained on Sunday, March 4, by Podgorica Police, during the “KAP Spends, Who Pays?”