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Advancing young women's sexual and reproductive health and rights in the Post 2015 development framework
Location: DHL Auditorium / Dag Hammarskjold Library Building The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS is proud to host a side event at the 58th Commission on the Status of Women: Advancing young women's sexual and reproductive health and rights in the Post 2015 development framework.
Defending SRHR of Women Living with HIV in Healthcare Settings
Location: UN Conference Room C This side event will explore human rights violations faced by women and girls living with HIV during the exercise of their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in health care settings including stigma and discrimination, forced and coerced sterelization, forced and coerced abortion and lack of informed consent. The United Nations Development Program will present the key findings in their report on "Protecting the rights of key HIV-affected women and girls in health care settings: a legal scan." Advocacy and movement building strategies wil
Advancing young women's sexual and reproductive health and rights in the Post 2015 development framework
Location: DHL Auditorium / Dag Hammarskjold Library Building The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS is proud to host a side event at the 58th Commission on the Status of Women: Advancing young women's sexual and reproductive health and rights in the Post 2015 development framework.
High Level Panel
Location: Conference Room 1 (CB) / UN Headquarters High Level Panel Linking HIV, Gender Equality and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, as part of the Every Woman and Every Child Initiative, and the Post 2015 Social Justice Agenda Presenting a UNAIDS Advocacy Brief “UNITE WITH WOMEN UNITE AGAINST VIOLENCE AND HIV” Chairs: Ms Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director, UN WomenMr Michel Sidibé, UNAIDS Executive DirectorHRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Member of the HighLevel Task Force on ICPDHon.
Women’s Rights: Turn The Tide
Location: Global Village (adjacent to the food area) at the International AIDS Conference Date: 22 July 2012 Time: 17 July 2012 Join the Women’s Networking Zone in Washington D.C.
Advancing HIV Prevention Among Young People
Location: Conference Room 2, North Lawn Building, United Nations, New York Date: 25 April 2012 Time: 6:15 – 8:15pm This event will provide a forum to engage young people, national governments, civil society and UN leaders at a high level on critically important topics including: - HIV prevention among young women and girls - Structural issues impacting transmission among youth - HIV prevention among youth at risk The event will be co-chaired by H.E. Mr. Palitha T.B. Kohona, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the U.N., and Mr. John Hendra, Deputy Executive Director, UNWomen.
Sexual and reproductive health of adolescents in a fast changing world
Location: United Nations New York Conference room 2, North Lawn building Date: 24th April 2012 Time: 1.15-2.30pm HRP, UNFPA and WHO will co-host a panel session on how to respond to the opportunities an drisk for the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young people. Discussions will address the following key questions: What are young people saying about their sexual and reproductive health needs and rights ? How can countries best respond ? What have international organizations learned from their support of country responses? Where do we go from here ? The moderator will be Amy
International Women's Summit
Location: Conference Centre of Zurich, Switzerland Date: 12-13 July 2011 The theme “Women Creating a Safe World” ? The World Council 2011 and the International Women’s Summit (IWS) will celebrate the achievements, learning and progress of the movement, and examine persisting gaps and challenges to ensure the fulfillment of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) including HIV and AIDS, and the eradication of violence against women (VAW) at the community, national and global levels. The YWCA believes that women are entitled to live safely and securely, regardless of their HIV s
In Women's Words
Location: UN Headquarters, Conference Room 2 Date: 07 June Time: 4.00-5.30pm (EST) The panel was opened by the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame; Sarah Wescot-Williams, Prime Minister of St.
Remembering Robert Carr - celebrating life
Location: Chapel of the Church Centre of the UN 777 UN Plaza, Corner of 1st Avenue and 44th Street New York Date: 07 June 2011 Time: 6.00-8.00pm Please come and share your memories and stories of our late friend and colleague, Dr. Robert Carr.
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Walk in Our Knickers: Campaign launched to raise awareness of issues faced by women living with HIV
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women; the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence. Sophia Forum are taking this opportunity to launch their campaign ‘Walk in Our Knickers’ to highlight the fact that women living with HIV are twice as likely to have been or be affected by gender violence. ‘Walk in Our Knickers’ aims to raise awareness, advocate for improved practice and prompt responses from policy makers and government.
Implementing Comprehensive HIV and STI Programmes with Transgender People
In collaboration with UNAIDS and other partners, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and IRTG, a Global Network of Trans Women and HIV, have released a new publication entitled Implementing comprehensive HIV and STI programmes with transgender people: practical guidance for collaborative interventions. The publication presents concrete steps that public health officials, health workers and nongovernmental organizations can adopt to implement HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) programmes with transgender people.
HIV This Month
Welcome to UNAIDS Science now and to the third issue of HIV this month in 2016! In March, UNAIDS and WHO organized a highlights from CROI 2016 briefing. A video of the briefing as well as presentation slides from speakers are available. Presentation webcasts and abstracts at the actual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2016 in February are also available online.