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"Promoting the human rights of women affected and infected by HIV/AIDS since 1992"

"Desde 1992 promoviendo los derechos humanos de las mujeres afectadas e infectadas por el VIH/SIDA"

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Yokohama 1994

 Vancouver 1996

 

The International AIDS Women’s Caucus is a group of women that was formed in Amsterdam at the VIIIth International Conference on AIDS in 1992 by women infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. We came together because we believed women’s issues were not being adequately addressed at the International Conferences and at the national and all levels.

 

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Durban 2000

 Geneva 1998

 

Our goal was to ensure that women’s issues were highlighted at future World AIDS Conferences and since then, the IAWC has expanded its reach, working to ensure that the rights of women and girls with respect to HIV/AIDS are widely represented at both the regional and international levels.

 

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Barcelona 2002 Bangkok 2004

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.LIBERIA WOMEN WON'T WAIT STATEMENT. In We are writing in reference to a statement made by Liberia’s Information Minister, Lawrence Bropleh on the rape of a 9 year old girl and associated insinuations that men who want to rape should seek older women and sex workers for such ‘services’.

CIRCUMCISION HIV IMPACT DOUBTED. There is no hard evidence that circumcision protects gay men from HIV, research shows. African trials have shown circumcision cuts the likelihood of female to male HIV transmission by up to 60%...


Report of the Pre-Conference Satellite Meeting in the Centro Banamex in Mexico City entitled, “Challenges for Women and Girls and HIV/AIDS”. Organized by IAWC in conjunction with the Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) and the cooperation of IWHC. Download| Descargar