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Commission on the Status of Women opens with call for action to achieve universal access and gender equality
02 March 2009|
Equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including care-giving in the context of HIV is the theme of the 53rd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) which opened today at UN Headquarters in New York.
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Advocating for HIV trials that work for women
11 December 2008|
Women and girls, who constitute half of all people living with HIV, are often underrepresented in biomedical HIV trials. One year ago today a two-day meeting concluded which marked the beginning of the Women and HIV Trials initiative. This new forum opened a dialogue to challenge research norms underpinning the relative invisibility of women in clinical trial design, implementation, and reporting. The event was hosted by four partners, UNAIDS, GCWA, ICRW and Tibotec.
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ICASA 2008: Social change needed to reduce HIV risk and vulnerability
07 December 2008|
Social issues like gender inequality, violence against women and the criminalization of activities like sex work, injecting drug use and same sex intercourse are factors that can make people more vulnerable to HIV infection. To discuss the challenges of social drivers, UNAIDS Secretariat, UNESCO and the Social Change Communication Working Group held a satellite session at ICASA on Sunday 7 December.
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ICASA 2008: Addressing the vulnerability of young women and girls to HIV in southern Africa
03 December 2008|
Critical actions needed to tackle the vulnerability of young women and girls to HIV in southern Africa are detailed in a new publication launched by UNAIDS in Eastern and Southern Africa. The document, produced following an expert technical meeting, also summarises key research on female vulnerability in the region.
UNAIDS Washington commemorates 20th Anniversary of World AIDS Day
01 December 2008|
In commemoration of this year’s World AIDS Day the UNAIDS Office Washington is holding a week-long World AIDS Day visit by three women living with HIV from India, Swaziland and the US.
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New report on the State of the World Population
12 November 2008|
Cultural sensitivity is critical for the success of development strategies according to a new report produced by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Reaching Common Ground: Culture, Gender and Human Rights, launched 12 November 2008, reports that culture is a central component of successful development of countries, and must be integrated into development policy and programming.
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Fashion designer joins hands with HIV positive women in Cambodia
10 September 2008|
Internationally-renowned fashion designer Bibi Russell, along with UNDP and the Modern Dress Sewing Factory (MDSF) in Cambodia, has launched an international designer label “Bibi for WE”.
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Women and AIDS: First Ladies and women leaders of Latin America meet
02 August 2008|
The Coalition of First Ladies and Women Leaders of Latin America on Women and AIDS met on 2 August and approved a statement reaffirming their commitment to advocate for improved HIV services for women and’s health.
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Positive Leadership Summit 2008
31 July 2008|
Ahead of the Positive Leadership Summit which will begin in Mexico City on 31 July, unaids.org asked Kate Thomson, UNAIDS Chief of Civil Society Partnerships to reflect on the changing leadership role of the global positive community and today’s outstanding issues.
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UNAIDS committed to support the achievement of MDG3
27 June 2008|
UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot received one of the MDG3 Torches on Thursday 26 June in Geneva as part of a campaign organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark intended to ensure commitment from participants to the third Millennium Development Goal (MDG3): Promote gender equality and empower women.
Panel discussion 3: Gender equality and AIDS
09 June 2008|
The first panel discussion on the second day of the 2008 High-Level meeting on AIDS is on the topic of gender equality and AIDS.
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Human rights and gender in HIV-related legal frameworks
28 April 2008|
In adopting the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS in 2001 at the UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS, Governments have fully recognized the importance of protecting human rights and gender equality through appropriate legal frameworks in national responses to HIV.
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Leadership and AIDS: Patricia Pérez
08 April 2008|
Leadership is the expression of a person whose aim is to transform something for the better and to develop this potential in others. Often leadership abilities are brought to the fore by certain crises in life enabling people to discover abilities that they didn’t know they had.
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Women leading the AIDS response in Latin America
28 March 2008|
The Coalition of First Ladies and Women Leaders of Latin America on Women and AIDS held its IV meeting in the Dominican Republic on 27 and 28 March 2008.
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Abataka: Women shape their future
07 March 2008|
International Women’s Day on 8 March is a global day of celebration to inspire women and celebrate their achievements. The theme of 2008 is “Investing in Women and Girls”. UNAIDS Special Representative Mary Fisher and the women artisans of the Abataka jewellery project believe income generation projects are critical in empowering women living with HIV, enabling them to shape their future.
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International Women's Day 2008: Investing in women and girls
07 March 2008|
Ahead of 2008 International Women’s Day - themed “Investing in Women and Girls” - the main focus of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women was the importance of financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women.
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Uniting against female genital mutilation
04 March 2008|
Reaffirming their commitment to the elimination of female genital mutilation, 10 United Nations bodies including UNAIDS, have expressed their commitment to support governments, communities, and women and girls to abandon the practice within a generation.
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African First Ladies meet on AIDS
04 February 2008|
The Organisation of African First Ladies against HIV and AIDS (OAFLA), held their 5th Extra Ordinary General Assembly in Addis Ababa from 1-2 February.
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Innovative approaches at grassroots level in Zambia
26 December 2007|
Slowing the high rate of new HIV infections among young girls in Zambia is being addressed with urgency by leadership on several levels across the country.
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Making HIV trials “work for women”
13 December 2007|
At the end of a two-day consultation held in Geneva, health experts from international agencies, non-governmental and research organizations, universities and industry agreed on a series of steps aimed at ensuring HIV trials and interventions are designed and implemented to reflect more closely the needs of women.

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