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Indian Court Overturns 150-Year-Old Ban On Gay Sex

An Indian court on Thursday ruled that "gay sex between consenting adults was not a crime, ordering that the rights of citizens were violated by parts of a 150-year-old colonial-era law that made it illegal," Bloomberg reports.

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UNAIDS Director Calls For G8 To Come Through On HIV/AIDS Funding Pledges

Michel Sidibe, the executive director of UNAIDS, voiced concerns that wealthy nations who previously pledged to help Africa stop the spread of HIV/AIDS during the G8 summit four years ago, might instead use funds to bolster their own ailing economies, Reuters reports.

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This site is a product of the African Broadcast Media Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (ABMP)—an historic pan-African coalition of broadcast companies for the purpose of reinvigorating and increasing the effectiveness of broadcast media’s contribution to the fight against HIV/AIDS. Organized under the Global Media AIDS Initiative (GMAI), the ABMP creates a structured framework for leveraging broadcast media resources with the goal of significantly expanding HIV/AIDS-related broadcast programming across Africa.

Under the Football for an HIV-Free Generation initiative, the ABMP is committed to developing and broadcasting HIV/AIDS-related programming in association with FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup broadcasts.

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New Radio Programming Guides for Radio Producers

A new HIV/AIDS programming guide for radio program producers is now available. Designed to provide ideas about longer form programs such as talk shows, documentaries, news and magazine programs that expand the key themes of the YOU campaign, the guide follows the unfolding saga of the mini radio drama series Can Tru Luv Withstand the Test? The series, now in its second year, follows the daily lives of a group of twenty-somethings as they navigate their way through the challenges of early adulthood. The current series focus specifically on themes of gender equity, stigma reduction, HIV-testing, and multiple concurrent partnerships.
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Mini Radio Drama Series Scores Big with Broadcasters and Listeners

As part of the YOU campaign ABMP member companies have for the past year broadcast a mini-radio drama called Can Tru Luv Withstand the Test? Using the popular soap opera format this condensed drama is broadcast in 2 minute episodes. The highly dramatized story follows the travails of a regular group of young (20 something) people as they navigate through life. Focusing mainly on gender equity and mutual trust in relationship, the series drives a strong HIV-testing message.
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YOU Campaign to Build on Soccer Theme Over Next Year
The ABMP’s YOU campaign is the only sustained pan-African HIV/AIDS education campaign now beginning it’s third year. Over the past two years the campaign has focused on the key drivers of the HIV epidemic including gender equity, stigma, sexual coercion and peer pressure.

Last December the YOU campaign launched a fresh angle focusing on the importance of hope and self esteem to motivate young people to avoid risks associated with HIV infection and other negative outcomes like substance abuse and crime. The new ads also introduced soccer as a metaphor for healthy living, pride and achievement.
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Tracking ABMP Member Company Performance Shows Institutionalization of Commitment
Each year for the past three years ABMP members companies have reported their performance against the key objectives of the ABMP. At least 80% of member companies complete the so-called Scorecard Survey annually and an independent audit of a sub-set of 18 member countries conducted in early 2008 confirmed the results of the self-reporting scorecard.
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