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UN Member States Hedge Pledges to Fight AIDS

The United Nations wrapped up its major conference on AIDS with a slew of pious declarations and new commitments to fight AIDS, which has killed more than 22 million people. (more)

UNGASS Declaration Champions Women's Empowerment

New York (Unifem) - Perhaps the most pervasive message that is woven into the Declaration of Commitment unanimously signed in June 2001, was that gender equality and women’s empowerment are a pre-requisite to stemming the tide of the epidemic. (more)

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War on AIDS Forgotten as U.S. Takes on Terrorism
The U.S. has committed some 40 billion U.S. dollars to deal with the disaster, and to punish those responsible for the terror attacks on New York and Washington.

The urgency with which the world has risen to deal with the terror attacks in the United States has left many wondering why the international community has ignored a far much more serious scourge that has killed millions of people worldwide. (more)


Empowering Cuban Women to Insist on Safe Sex

Only a revolution similar to the one women led 40 years ago in search of gender equality could curb the spread of AIDS in Cuba and uproot the widespread resistance to the use of condoms, say local AIDS prevention workers.(more)