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Condom controversy continues

JAKARTA, 20 July 2012 (PlusNews) - Rizki, 29, is wooing passers-by outside a bar in a red-light district near Jakarta, the Indonesian capital. In her five years as a commercial sex worker she has always urged clients to use a condom to avoid HIV infection. "About 70 percent of my customers use condoms," she said. "Some men get angry when I ask, but most comply." full report

INDONESIA: Government denies plans for mandatory male circumcision in Papua

JAYAPURA, 20 February 2012 (PlusNews) - Authorities in Indonesia's remote Papua Province say they have no plans to make male circumcision mandatory, despite media reports to the contrary. full report

INDONESIA: HIV traps women and girls in poverty - report

BANGKOK, 15 December 2011 (PlusNews) - The number of reported HIV cases has tripled in Indonesia in recent years, curtailing productivity and trapping affected girls and women, especially, in poverty, according to a recent UN Development Programme (UNDP) report. full report

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