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International coalition urges governments and donors to keep their promises to women and girls

Natalie Siniora

06/06/2008 3:03 pm

WOMEN ARE STILL WAITING FOR GOVERNMENTS TO REDUCE WOMEN’S AND GIRLS’ RISK TO VIOLENCE AND HIV&AIDS!

NEW YORK, 6 JUNE 2008 - Government officials and AIDS activists from around the world will convene at the United Nations in New York from 10-12 June to review the global HIV/AIDS response. At the UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS) in 2001, governments committed to promote and protect women’s human rights and reduce women’s vulnerability to HIV&AIDS by eliminating all forms of discrimination including violence against women.

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