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Calendar
Ecumenical Pre-Conference of the International AIDS Conference
Mexico City (Mexico)
31/07/2008 to 02/08/2008
International AIDS Conference
Mexico city (Mexico)
03/08/2008 to 08/08/2008
International Youth Day
Global (Global)
12/08/2008
61st Annual DPI/NGO Conference
Paris (France)
03/09/2008 to 05/09/2008
Lead story
International Women at the Crossroads, People no Longer at Ease in Zimbabwe
16/07 — 9:26
Isis International
Girls looking out
With her back leaning on the whitewashed wall, a young mother tries to breastfeed and calm her infant. Several other backs try to find support on the homey surface and several more arms carry tiny but hungry and disturbed human beings. All in a temporary shelter of sheer survival.
International
16:16
Wealth Disparities Feminize Poverty and HIV and AIDS
Laura is a 16-year-old girl from a middle class family in Santiago del estero, Argentina. The economic crisis of 2002 forced her to drop out of primary school in her last year to care for five younger s…
International
24/07
Governments Fail to Meet HIV and AIDS Goals for Women
Women's organizations from around the world held a strong presence at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on HIV and AIDS in New York where 147 governments convened, from June 9…
International
17/07
Straight Talk about Male Circumcision
Adult male circumcision is being pushed as the latest magic bullet for the HIV pandemic. There is good reason for the enthusiasm about a new use for the world's oldest surgical intervention. But let's b…
International
20/06
IAS Challenges International Community to Meet Universal Access Targets by 2010 and MDG 6
The International AIDS Society (IAS) commends governments, civil society and UN agencies for the significant progress on universal access targets reported at the recent UN High Level Meeting on AIDS (10…
International
20/06
UN classifies rape a 'war tactic'
The UN Security Council has voted unanimously in favour of a resolution classifying rape as a weapon of war. The document describes the deliberate use of rape as a tactic in war and a threat to internat…
International
19/06
Rape a way of life for Darfur's women
Sudan's Darfur crisis has exploded on many fronts violence, hunger, displacement and looting but United Nations peacekeepers say the biggest issue now affecting the region is the systematic rape of wome…
International
19/06
Women hiding their HIV status for fear of being battered: Activists in Zambia fight a ‘deadly link’
Maria is living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Antiretroviral medicines (ARVs) are now more widely available and are supposed to make her life better. But her continued therapy is under threat be…
International
06/06
Africa: Double Jeopardy of Women Migrants
In the wave of xenophobic violence that swept across South Africa in the past weeks, more than 50 people have died, hundreds are injured, and thousands displaced. While media reports described the bruta…