Sexual health inquiry launched by Tory MP to block hijacking of abortion issue

Cross-party inquiry comes as investigation finds tiny number of abortion clinics in breach of administrative protocols

Breaking down barriers to birth control

How can family planning help reduce the number of maternal deaths in developing countries? A Guardian roundtable debates the key issues

Sex education helps young people make better choices

Norhidayah Nadila, of Melaka in Malaysia, describes the impact of peer to peer education

An HIV home testing kit won’t give you emotional support

Bisi Alimi: Having worked in the sector for years, I know that when people discovering they are HIV positive need professional counselling

Early HIV testing is vital, as I should know

For years I was terrified to admit I was positive, and my eventual diagnosis was a liberation

Home HIV test kits approved in US

US regulators approve saliva test which provides result for HIV in 20 to 40 minutes

Sex education is a sign of a more just and equal society

Juan Camilo Saldarriaga, 20, of San José, Costa Rica, says young people deserve better services and stronger policies

Gro Harlem Brundtland censures Rio+20’s gender equality outcomes

Absence of reproductive rights reference in UN Women's call to action 'a step backwards', says former Norway prime minister

Young people need to be listened to and helped, not judged because of their sexuality

Chantal Umuhoza, 26, explains how she got involved in peer sex education in Rwanda, where women can be imprisoned for having an abortion

Incarceration: when HIV infection does discriminate

Sadhbh Walshe: Given US prisons' elevated HIV/Aids rates, especially among African Americans, it serves public health to provide treatment

Taking sex education to Brazil’s favelas

Liz Ford: An NGO offers access to contraception and sexual health to poorer Brazilians and boosts its funding through a successful condom and lubricant business

Taking sex education to young people who are not in schools

Simply talking about sex helps break a lot of barriers – it's often the best approach to inform vulnerable teenagers why contraception is necessary, says Rachel Williams

James Boswell and a history of gonorrhoea

Kiran Rana: News that gonorrhoea may soon become untreatable reminds us we are not the first generation to be blighted by this disease

Gonorrhoea will soon be ‘untreatable’

STD is now second most common in Europe and is becoming increasingly resistant to drugs, warn scientists

Access to online porn ‘twisting children’s view of sexual norms’

Deputy children's commissioner says social networking, mobiles and hardcore porn contributing to child sexual exploitation