UNAIDS
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • February 14, 2018
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As allegations of sexual abuse and harassment in the offices, field operations and peacekeeping missions continue to plague the United Nations, a case that has recently come to light reveals that in 2016 a woman who worked for Unaids…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Secretary-General
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- Lori Silberman Brauner
- • March 28, 2016
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Maureen Phiri, a young girl from a poor family in Malawi, was only 11 years old when she was raped by the man who had hired her to do housework for him and his wife. Not only did Maureen continue…
- Categories: Gender Violence, Health and Population, UN Agencies, Women
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- Danielle M. Bennett
- • April 23, 2014
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It has been 33 years since the first reports of HIV/AIDS surfaced, and the pandemic, which has never been found to be racial, ethnic or gender specific among the population, is now affecting women the most. They account for…
- Categories: Caribbean, Health and Population, Women
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- Barbara Crossette
- • January 15, 2014
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In an open letter to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Michel Sidibé, the executive director of UNAIDS, the organization called AIDS-Free World wants answers to questions about how the UN will deal with Nigeria after the adoption of…
- Categories: Africa, Human Rights
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- Barbara Crossette
- • June 12, 2013
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No group in the global population has more at stake after the Millennium Development Goals‘ deadline of 2015 than children and young people. That would seem obvious, but predictions vary widely on what kind of a world these young…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Health and Population
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • July 31, 2012
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The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or Pepfar, announced that it was donating $5 million to Together for Girls, a public-private partnership, to address violence against not only girls but also boys, including harassment, rape and pornography or…
- Categories: Health and Population, Women
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