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Initiatives like these may not work in every country, but the Dutch findings sound a warning bell. According to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), men who have sex with men accounted for 53% of all new HIV infections in 2006. "These data confirmed that we need to intensify our programs for men who have sex with men, and we need to plan strategically on how to move forward," says Kevin Fenton, director of HIV and sexually transmitted disease prevention at the CDC. Programs to curb unsafe sex have to be more widely cast, Fenton says...
SAVED BY THE BELL jamboree! Screech to pen tell-all; Slater named host of Extra...
...order to develop, it has to walk the talk of liberalism," says Florence Eid, a Middle East partner at American hedge fund company Pantera Capital Management. Of course, the finance industry is driven by commercial imperatives, not social ones. "This is not about women's liberation," says Graham Bell, managing director of Bridge Partners, a wealth-management firm in Dubai. "It's about money...
...question that becoming financially sophisticated brings a new level of independence. Bridge Partners, which includes Gulf royals and business billionaires among its clients, began focusing on managing money for women two years ago when a Saudi princess asked the firm to organize some investment workshops. Managing director Bell says he found "a lot of anger and frustration" among the workshop participants. "They'd say, 'I inherited this money from my dad, and it's just sitting there. We're not given the ability to make proper investments, to control our own money, or to run our own businesses.' They...
...Investment House to target Saudi women. Female finance graduates will be trained as independent financial advisers, working out of their own homes to sell Bridge funds on commission. "They can sit at home on the Internet, or invite their rich girlfriends over for coffee, and help them invest," says Bell. "It's going to create wealth, and it's going to create jobs for Saudi women...