WASHINGTON - October 23 - Today, more than 140 leaders from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America-including Members of the European Parliament, development experts and leaders of HIV/AIDS, human rights, faith-based and reproductive health rights organizations-called on the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to reverse its recent decision to interfere with Marie Stopes International's (MSI) access to contraceptive supplies in Africa.

WASHINGTON - October 20 - In the first international human rights petition brought against the U.S. by a domestic violence survivor, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will hear testimony Wednesday in the case of Jessica Lenahan (formerly Gonzales), whose three daughters were kidnapped by her estranged husband and killed. Lenahan's domestic violence protection claims were rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court.

WASHINGTON - October 15 - For over a decade now the National Organization for Women Foundation's Love Your Body campaign has countered the unrealistic beauty standards, gender stereotypes and sometimes harmful images imposed by media and advertisers with a simple but powerful message to women and girls -- Love Your Body. On October 15, we celebrate another year in our campaign to educate and encourage women and girls to say "no" to negative stereotypes and "yes" to awareness, health, and a positive body image.

WASHINGTON - October 2 - Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is appalled by the Bush administration's latest move to put women's lives in danger by withholding contraceptives, a critical family planning resource, from women in six African countries. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is mandating that several African governments terminate a program that allows Marie Stopes International (MSI), one of the world's leading family planning organizations, to provide contraceptives in those countries.

WASHINGTON - October 2 - Today, the Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) strongly condemned the Bush administration for its efforts to prevent foreign governments from providing U.S.-donated contraceptive supplies to Marie Stopes International (MSI), a UK-based organization that provides family planning services globally.