by
Meg Davis
The
strategic plan is the most important document of your organization. It defines
who you are and why you do what you do. It ties all your work into your vision
for the future. This is how we and the groups we train create a strategic plan.
You might want to print out the model we use to look at while you read this (in English here, in Chinese here).*
by Li Man
李曼
China's population is aging, and the pressures of dealing
with an aging population are becoming apparent. Today, according to a new
report from the Work Committee on the Elderly, 134 million Chinese were over
the age of 60, representing around 11% of the population. The report finds that
of those between the ages of 66 and 71, 90% of men continued to have an
interest in sex, versus 50% of women. In the range of 86-90 year olds, 51% of
men had an interest in sex.
中国已开始进入老年化，老龄化对中国社会的压力正逐步显现。目前，中国60岁以上的老年人口为1.34亿，占总人口的11%左右，这是中国老龄工作委员会根据一项最新调得出的结果。资料表明在66--71岁的年龄段内，对性有兴趣的男性为90%、女性为50%，就是在86--90岁的年龄层中对性有兴趣的男性也有51%。
By Ricky Gunawan
The story of Rose
- the first drug user sentenced by Indonesian courts to rehabilitation instead
of prison - continued this month, with some dramatic twists and turns that
highlight obstacles to implementing Indonesia's newly improved policy.
Rose was transferred from Pondok Bambu Detention Center to
Globally, 30% of women suffer physical violence
at least once from a male partner, and in multi-country studies done by the UN,
nearly 20% of women say that their first sexual experience was forced.
全球30％的女性至少遭受过一次来自男性伴侣的暴力。联合国开展的多国研究表明，将近20％的女性声称她们的第一次性经历是在被迫的情况下发生。
Violence against women and girls is a gross
violation of human rights. It is both a consequence and a cause of women's
social, economic, cultural and political disempowerment and marginalization.
针对女性的暴力是对人权的粗暴践踏，这是女性在社会、经济、文化和政治上的弱势地位及边缘化导致的结果，也是这一现象出现的原因。
By Greg Denham
I have worked in the law enforcement field for over twenty five years, and a significant part of my work has been in the drug policy area. I have come to the conclusion that harm reduction services, particularly needle and syringe programs, are an essential component of a comprehensive strategy designed to reduce drug related harm in communities.
This
view, however, is not always shared openly by other police. Privately, while many
police officers accept that harm reduction services are important, their attitude
is more likely to condemn than condone.
