In this week's news, Mexico ushers in its first law to specifically address violence against women, and Brazil equips native tribes with Internet technology in an effort to protect the Amazon Rainforest. You'll also hear two vibrant voices from the frontlines of the HIV/AIDS movement - South Africa's Thembi Ngubane and China's Dr. Gao Yaojie - and discover encouraging breakthroughs coming from Africa's clinical trials.

News

Global: The Talking Cure (IPS)

From human rights to climate change and HIV/AIDS, the many challenges the world is facing call not only for technical solutions, but also for greater human interaction.

Mexico: Ending Gender Violence (The Press Institute for Women in the Developing World)

A new law, called the General Law on Women's Access to a Life Free of Violence, seeks to end violence against women, while addressing what advocates consider its root cause: gender-inequity.

Brazil: Brazil Offers Internet Access to Native Tribes (Associated Press)

Brazil's government said it will provide free Internet access to native Indian tribes in the Amazon in an effort to help protect the world's biggest rain forest.

Africa: WHO Agrees HIV Circumcision Plan (BBC News)

All three African trials were stopped early because the results were so dramatic - with reduced rates of new HIV infections of 48-60%.

Chile: Indigenous and Rural Women Make Their Voices Heard (IPS)

"It's our turn to speak! It's time to fight, to dream, to build, to sow, to participate."

Commentary

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Pakistan: Mother Courage, by Benazir Bhutto (The Guardian)

In 1988 Benazir Bhutto became the only head of government ever to give birth while in office. Here, she tells the extraordinary story of her three pregnancies, of how a new mother took on a military dictatorship - and of her painful separation from her children.

USA: Dispatches from the Revolution, by Eesha Pandit (RH Reality Check)

I've just retuned from the conference having been challenged, energized, inspired and exhausted in the best ways possible.

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China: China's AIDS Heroine, by Wang Jingwen (The Epoch Times)

"I feel there is a need for more young people to know the truth about AIDS in China. AIDS has become a national catastrophe, and it is everyone's responsibility to be educated about this!" — Dr. Gao Yaojie

UK: Stand Up to the Bullies and Stop This Online Abuse, by Joan Smith (The Independent)

It is inevitable that a medium like the internet, as well as inspiring and liberating people, should have the capacity to do a great deal of damage. The answer isn't censorship, but for sufficient people to find the courage - like Ms. Sierra - to say that we do not have to tolerate abuse.

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South Africa: Thembi, a Year Later: Life with HIV (National Public Radio)

Following a speaking tour in the United States, Ngubane, now 22, took her story to South Africa...There, she is speaking to local groups and the government about HIV and AIDS.