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- Eliminating new HIV infections among children
- 15 million accessing treatment
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- 2011 Political Declaration: Targets and elimination commitments
More feature stories on women and girls
- Invest in Women – It Pays
- At the Women Deliver conference in London (18 – 20 Oct 2007), UNAIDS Executive Director called for renewed political support and increased funding to make sure that women’s health become a national priority across the world. He stressed that “healthy mothers and children are key to slowing down the AIDS epidemic”
- UNAIDS Special Representative Mary Fisher visits Zambia
- As part of her work as UNAIDS Special Representative, AIDS activist, public speaker, author and artist Mary Fisher visited Lusaka, Zambia in August to promote AIDS awareness and increase support for various AIDS initiatives within the country.
- Gender and AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa
- Empowerment of women and promotion of gender equality were underlined as critical to reducing vulnerability to HIV in the Middle East and North Africa [MENA] at a recent gathering of experts in the region.
- Love, live, dream: women against AIDS in Armenia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine
- During a nine day tour of five countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, a group of HIV advocates met with policy makers and civil society organizations to raise awareness on women and AIDS in this part of the world.
- Does it work for women?
- Members of the Leadership Council of the Global Coalition of Women on AIDS are meeting prior to the International Women’s Summit to exchange information and experience on strategies that are working for women and areas where increased action is needed.
- Changing lives, changing communities: International Women's Summit, Kenya 2007
- Hosted by the World YWCA, the International Women’s Summit on Women’s Leadership on HIV, brings together over 1500 people, including global leaders, high level policy makers, celebrities, community health workers and AIDS activists from 4 to 7 July to develop strategies, skills and partnerships in response to the impact of AIDS on women and girls.
- Women's Tour to five countries of the Commonwealth Independent States - photo gallery
- Photo gallery of the tour of women against AIDS in Armenia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine. Women against AIDS tour was conceived in the midst of a growing concern that women are increasingly at risk of HIV infection in many parts of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The percentage of adults living with HIV who are women has risen from 11% in 1990 to 28% in 2006.
- Breaking the silence in Mozambique
- In 2005 a four-year Joint UN Gender programme was established in Mozambique to support the growing number of women affected by the AIDS epidemic in the country.
- International Women's Day: Ending Impunity for Violence Against Women
- During a visit to Bangkok, Thailand, UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot met with the Prime Minister of Thailand and celebrated the International Women’s Day with the Executive Secretary of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and with Ms. Joana Merlin-Scholtes, the United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in Thailand.
- International Women’s Day: an interview with Purnima Mane
- On International Women’s Day, Purnima Mane, UNAIDS Director of Policy, Evidence and Partnerships and a renowned expert in gender issues tells us about women and AIDS and how violence against women increases women’s risk to HIV.
- Gender equality key to development, says UNICEF report
- Gender inequality and the low status of women in society are two of the principal drivers of HIV. ‘The State of the World’s Children 2007’ report published today by UNICEF underlines that empowering women is pivotal to the health and development of families, communities and nations.
- Calls for accountability and gender equality at World AIDS Day 2006 event in New York City
- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot, AIDS activist Lynn Murchison and Hunger Project President Joan Holmes took part in an event in New York to commemorate World AIDS Day.
- AIDS and Human Rights activist awarded
- AIDS and human rights are inextricably linked as demonstrated by Beatrice Were, a leading advocate for the rights of people living with HIV in Uganda who recently received the Human Rights Watch Defender Award in recognition of her work.
- Stop violence against women; stop HIV
- For many women, violence or the threat of violence dramatically increases their vulnerability to HIV infection. The ‘16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence’ campaign which runs every year from 25 November – 10 December aims to stem violence against women and highlights the intersections between domestic violence and HIV.
- UN General Assembly discusses Violence against Women
- From 9 to 11 October, the advancement of women was debated at the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly. One of the most critical items on the agenda was the Secretary-General's in-depth study on all forms of violence against women.
- Sharing skills, support and hope
- When rural girls and young women move to Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, in search of a better life, not all of them find it. Faced with limited educational training and the difficulties of earning a living—some end up as sex workers and at risk for HIV. Kenya Voluntary Women Rehabilitation Centre reaches out to sex workers in the slums of Nairobi and helps young women re-build their self-esteem and make positive changes in their lives.
- Economic security for women key to HIV prevention
- A new paper published today by the UNAIDS-led Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA) shows that when women have an income and a safe place to live, they are much better able to negotiate abstinence, fidelity, and safer sex. Economic security, the paper stresses, is a major factor in enabling women to protect themselves from HIV.