Sexual Health
Ex-model Waris Dirie found in Belgium (AP)
AP - Police on Friday found Waris Dirie, three days after the Somali-born model who launched a worldwide campaign against female genital mutilation had vanished. More »
Ex-model Waris Dirie found in Belgium (AP)
AP - Police on Friday found Waris Dirie, three days after the Somali-born model who launched a worldwide campaign against female genital mutilation had vanished. More »
UN ambassador against genital mutilation missing (AFP)
AFP - An Austrian former model who campaigns against female genital multilation on behalf of the United Nations has gone missing in Brussels, officials in Vienna said Friday. More »
Ex-model Waris Dirie reported missing (AP)
AP - Waris Dirie, a former model who has campaigned against female genital mutilation and written an international best-seller about her experiences, is missing, her manager said Friday. More »
Sierra Leone women demonstrate for 'traditional' mutilation (AFP)
AFP - Some 800 women in the Sierra Leone town of Kailahun paraded Tuesday in favour of genital mutilation and told donors opposed to the practice to keep their money, demonstrators and witnesses said. More »
Cultural practices buttress Sierra Leone poverty: U.N. (Reuters)
Reuters - Harmful cultural practices such as female genital mutilation are hampering efforts to reduce poverty in Sierra Leone, which has the world's worst child and maternal mortality rates, a top U.N. official said. More »
Body of top model Katoucha found (AP)
AP - The body of Katoucha Niane, one of the first African women to attain international stardom as a model and a vocal opponent of female genital mutilation, was found in the Seine River, police said Friday. More »
Pilots may benefit from anti-impotence pill (Reuters)
Reuters - A drug used to treat impotence could help Israeli fighter pilots operate at high altitude. More »
Israeli pilots could fly high on anti-impotence pill (Reuters)
Reuters - A drug used to treat erectile dysfunction could help Israeli fighter pilots perform better at high altitudes, the Israeli military's official magazine said on Thursday. More »
Many sex ed teachers may lack training (Reuters)
Reuters - A sizable minority of sex education teachers does not cover all of the basics, and many lack training to teach sex ed at all, a survey of teachers in one state suggests. More »