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In the News

• Liberia: GOL, UN Partners Review Gender Equality & HIV

  The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Gender and Development (MoDG) in collaboration with the National AIDS Commission (NAC), UNAIDS and other institutional partners undertook a joint review of the Operational Plan for Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV.  Read full article here.

• Alicia Keys launching HIV campaign aimed at women

  You know her best as a multi-platinum recording artist and a 14-time Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter and producer.  But Alicia Keys has also made quite a name for herself as a philanthropist and AIDS advocate.  Read full article here.

• Chinese Women with HIV Suffer Harassment and Stigma

  Human rights and press freedom are crucial if China is to achieve its stated AIDS prevention goals, particularly when it comes to safeguarding women and children, a leading AIDS specialist has said. According to U.S.-based dissident doctor Wan Yanhai, AIDS prevention is intimately bound up with human rights and the empowerment of women, and China is no exception.  Read full article here.

• Midwives to be involved in HIV/AIDS prevention

  In a bid to stem the rising mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS in Semarang municipality, Central Java, the local administration will enlist the help of midwives. According to chairman of the municipal branch of the Indonesian Family Planning Association (PKBI), Dwi Yoga Yulianto, midwives play a vital role in preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. Read full article here.

• HIV positive women call for gender-focused care to curb death and transmission

  years and struggles to find care in a province with "seriously inadequate" health-care resources for women living with the illness. The lack of woman-centred, holistic and culturally-competent treatment is a "national disgrace" for Margarite Sanchez, 56, who was diagnosed with HIV-AIDS in 1993. Read full article here.

What's New

Women Deliver 2013

Thousands of participants from around the world, including government leaders, policymakers, healthcare professionals, NGO representatives, corporate leaders, and global media outlets will be attending the largest global event of the decade to focus on the health and empowerment of girls and women in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 28 – 30 May 2013. With the 2015 Millennium Development Goal deadline rapidly approaching, the time is now to deliver for girls and women.

 

Women Deliver 2013 will serve as a global platform for ensuring that the health and rights of girls and women remain top priorities now, and for decades to come. The Conference will include more than 120 concurrent sessions, high-level plenaries, skills-building workshops, and ministerial and parliamentarian forums. Several of these sessions will address the gender equality dimensions of HIV/AIDS.

 

To learn more visit the Women Deliver 2013 website Click Here.

 

Women's Stories

A Positive Approach to Violence: An Interview with Indonesian HIV Advocate, Baby Rivona