The former Eurythmics star is a leading campaigner for women's rights and Aids prevention, and she was invited to address the HIV Priorities for Positive Change: In Women's Words conference at the United Nations (U.N.) headquarters in New York on Tuesday. Read full article here.
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We can end HIV/AIDS right now if we want to. We already know how. We know how it's transmitted we know how to prevent and treat it. We're just not doing what it takes to end it. Read full article here.
The United Nations agency charged with gender equality and women’s empowerment today presented concrete areas of focus and goals for the three-day, high-level meeting on AIDS. Read full article here.
As the UN reviews its HIV/Aids strategy, papal representatives are putting doctrine before African women's health. Read full article here.
Frika Chia Iskandar, a young, HIV-positive woman and activist, spoke as a panelist at In Women's Words, a side-event at the 2011 High-Level Meeting on AIDS. Read her inspiring speech, her own story and her call to action during this powerful event.
IMPHAL: Amid contradictory claims, a woman in Imphal was killed by her husband for not disclosing to him that she was HIV positive. A large number of NGOs strongly reacted against the unprecedented homicide. Read full article here.
Ahead of the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS which will begin on 8 June, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) hosted a side event on 6 June at The Harold Pratt House in New York. The discussion focused on women and children's health and the prevention of new HIV infections among children. Read full article …
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