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The United Nations General Assembly today convened a high-level meeting to discuss a progress report by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the worldwide fight against HIV/AIDS, two years after Member States agreed to a time-bound set of targets to roll back the disease.
Speakers at an international conference yesterday called for regional cooperation to check trafficking in women and children in order to prevent spread of HIV/AIDS.
On World AIDS Day, UN Women released a compelling statement about the importance of achieving gender equality to reduce young women's vulnerabilities to HIV. The statement reminds us of the work that remains, such as scaling up efforts to address unequal power dynamics in relationships, building strong prevention methods, and increasing knowledge around the HIV epidemic for women and girls.
Read the full statement on-line…