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February
Title: International Conference on Gender-Based Violence and Sexual and
Reproductive Health
Date: February 15-18, 2009
Place: Mumbai, India
For more information, contact:
Dr Balaiah Donta
Organizing Secretary
National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health
Jehangir Merwanji Street, Parel
Mumbai 400 012, India
E-mail: gbv2009@yahoo.co.in;
bdonta2007@yahoo.co.in;
biostatirr@hotmail.com
Tel: (+91 22) 24192040, 24192041, 24192158
Fax: (+91 22) 24139412
Conference Website:
http://www.nirrh.res.in/announcements/GenderbasedViolence.pdf
March
Title: Asia Regional Workshop: Women’s Leadership in HIV/AIDS
Date: March 16 – April 3, 2009
Place: location in Asia to be announced
For more information, contact:
Victoria Lanteigne
Capacity Building Division
CEDPA
1133 21st Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036,, USA
E-mail: AsiaAIDS@cedpa.org
Tel: 202-332-4496
Fax: 202-667-2043
Conference Website:
http://www.cedpa.org/section/training/aids_leadership
Title: 4th SA AIDS Conference
Date: March 31 – April 3, 2009
Place: Durban, South Africa
For more information, contact:
Conference Secretariat
PO Box 74789
Lynnwood Ridge
0040 South Africa
E-mail: sec@saaids.com
Tel: +27 (0)12 460 8998
Fax: +27 (0)12 460 2658/7191
Conference Website:
http://www.saaids.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
April
Title: 5th European Conference on Clinical and Social Research on AIDS and Drugs
Date: April 28-30, 2009
Place: Vilnius, Lithuania
For more information, contact:
Conference Website: http://www.aidsvilnius2009.com/
May
Title: Second Eastern European and Central Asia AIDS Conference
Date: May 3-5, 2008
Place: Moscow, Russia
For more information, contact:
Conference Website: http://www.eecaac.org/en/index.phtml
June
Title: 2008 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting
Date: June 3-7, 2008
Place: Kampala, Uganda
For more information, contact:
2008 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting Conference Secretariat
2025 M Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
USA
E-Mail: hivimplementers@courtesyassoc.com
Tel: 202-973-8681
Fax: 202-331-0111
Conference Website: http://www.hivimplementers.com/
July
Title: LIVING 2008: The Positive Leadership Summit
Date: July 31-August 1, 2008
Place: Mexico City
For more information, contact:
E-mail: mstolk@gnpplus.net
Conference Website:
http://www.living2008.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6&Itemid=9
August
Title: 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia-Pacific (ICAAP)
Date: August 9-13, 2009
Place: Bali, Indonesia
For more information, contact:
PO Box 36, Nusa Dua
Bali 80363, Indonesia
E-mail: icaap9@aidsindonesia.or.id
Tel: (62-361) 771 906
Fax: (62-361) 771 908
Conference Website: http://new.icaap9.org/
November
Title: VI Central American Congress on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted
Infections (CONCASIDA)
Date: November 9-14, 2009
Place: San José, Costa Rica
For more information, contact:
E-mail: carballo@netsalud.sa.cr
Tel:
Fax:
Conference Website: http://www.concasida2009.org
Title: Going to Scale: Engaging Men and Boys in Achieving Gender Equality
Date: November 10-14, 2008
Place: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
For more information, contact:
International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
1120 20th St NW, Suite 500 North
Washington, D.C. 20036
USA
E-mail: info@icrw.org
Tel: 202.797.0007
Fax: 202.797.0020
Conference Website:
http://www.icrw.org/ppt/men-and-boys/2008-global-symposium-tminerson.pdf
Title: 12th European AIDS Conference
Date: November 11 – 14, 2009
Place: Cologne, Germany
For more information, contact:
European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS)
Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière
Pavillon Laveran
EACS Office
47, boulevard de l’Hôpital
75651 Paris Cedex 13
France
E-mail: sylvie-chatelin@eacs.eu
Tel: +33-1-44241796
Fax:
Conference Website: http://www.eacs-conference2009.com/
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Global Campaigns |
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World AIDS Day Campaign
The World AIDS Campaign from 2005 to 2010 is calling on individuals and
groups to support the theme “Stop AIDS. Keep the promise” aimed at governments
and policy makers.
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Say NO to Violence against Women!
Join UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman in support of UNIFEM's campaign to Say No to Violence against Women! Add your name to a worldwide movement to speak out against violence against women. Read More...
Global Coalition on Women and AIDS
The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS is an informal grouping of partners and
organizations working to mitigate the impact of AIDS on women and girls
worldwide. Read More...
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New Reports |
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Executive Summary of UNIFEM forthcoming report “Transforming the National AIDS
Response: Gender Equality, Women’s Rights and the ‘Three Ones’.
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Manifesto on the needs of women affected by HIV/AIDS produced by the
Blueprint for Action on Women and HIV/AIDS Coalition.
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more(English).../Read
more(French)...
Positive Women Telling Truths: ICW Challenges for the Toronto AIDS Conference.
ICW News Issue 34 July/August 2006 Special Focus: Inclusion/Exclusion – What do
these words mean to us? ICW’s Challenges for the Toronto AIDS Conference.
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Women Speak |
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I am Gracia Violeta Ross Quiroga, a 28-year-old woman from Bolivia living
with HIV. It was in March 2000, when I had an infection that would not heal,
that I went to hospital for tests. I was tested for many different illnesses
including HIV. When the HIV test came back HIV positive, I could not believe it.
My family did not reject me but received me with open arms, and told me they did
not want to know what happened, they just wanted to be with me and support me
until the last day. Since I completed my Bachelor’s degree, I have been writing
publications and giving lectures on gender issues and the plight of PLWHA. The
terrible injustices affecting PLWHA in my country, especially against women,
encouraged me to get involved.
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