Cash payments help cut HIV infection rate in young women, study finds
Research in Malawi finds girls who receive regular payments are able to resist attentions of older men and avoid infection
The contraceptive implant ‘controversy’ is just mud flinging
Lisa Hallgarten: In decrying a safe and effective treatment, the anti-choice lobby is again undermining sexual healthcare for young people
Susan G Komen: the social media backlash
America's leading breast cancer charity has reversed its decision to withdraw funding to Planned Parenthood following a huge outcry
Philanthropy is the enemy of justice
Robert Newman: The world's poor are not begging for charity from the rich – they're asking for justice and fairness
Nadine Dorries’s sexual abstinence lessons bill withdrawn
Bill requiring schools to offer extra sex education classes for teenage girls was due to be debated on Friday
MPs to debate sexual abstinence lessons bill
Feminists and humanists expected to demonstrate outside parliament against bill proposed by MP Nadine Dorries
Los Angeles to porn industry: wear a condom
LA city councilors approved an ordinance that makes the use of condoms in porn mandatory, but the industry claims it is unnecessary and will cost them jobs
Sex and the over-60s
Older people are living longer and in better health than ever – so of course they're continuing to have sex. Why is it so hard to talk about, asks the editor of Gransnet
Our Shame: sex addiction is not a dirty secret
Caspar Walsh: The film Shame highlights the nightmare of sex addiction – as a recovering addict, I know it's time to recognise this illness
Shame: sex addicts reveal all
The acclaimed new film Shame portrays the harrowing world of sex addicts. We asked five people recovering from the condition if it was realistic
Elton John to write book about Aids
Love Is the Cure, due in July, will include reminiscences about Freddie Mercury and teenage activist Ryan White
A sanctuary for sex workers
Nun Lynda Dearlove provides shelter and a sense of family life for sex workers in central London. And despite a pre-Olympics cleanup, the problem is steadily getting worse,
Quarter of UK women had underage sex, report finds
About 27% of women between 16 and 24 had intercourse before they reached age of consent, according annual health survey
Our Muff March is a stand against pornified culture
Rosie Mockett: Female genital mutilation is despised in the west. Yet women are encouraged to go under the knife in search of a designer vagina
Italian TV bans mention of condoms on World Aids Day, claims newspaper
The alleged ban was the result of a request from Italy's ministry of health, says the Corriere della Sera