[WSIS CS-Plenary] Women and AIDS

[Lady Murrugarra]

Dear colleagues,

Greetings for the New Year! 

UNAIDS will be moderating an on-line discussion on Women and AIDS that will take place from January 10-21, 2005. This is part of a series sponsored by the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women. The input from this discussion will feed into the forthcoming ten-year review by the UN of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995.



We invite you to share your views and experiences and, in particular, to highlight the key issues that you believe should be emphasized on the international agenda in terms of actions at national and global level to address the increase in HIV prevalence among women and girls and its impact on them. We are looking for key messages, examples of progress made or good programmes, those that highlight men's role in partnership with women, examples of political leadership at local or national level, good slogans, and input from organizations of people living with HIV and caring for those affected. This will also serve as a follow-up to World AIDS Day, so that we can learn from the experiences of the many NGOs, UN agencies, organizations of people living with HIV/AIDS and activists working to mitigate the impact of HIV on women and girls.



The results of this discussion will be included in a report to the UN Department for the Advancement for Women to be incorporated into its presentations to the Commission on the Status of Women in March 2005. 

To register or for more information, visit the discussion website at: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/forums/review/health

You may also subscribe to the discussion via e-mail by sending a message to reviewforum-register at un.org  with "Women and Health? as the subject, providing the following information:

Online discussion: Women and Health

Name: [your full name]

E-mail: [your e-mail address]

Organization Name: [full name of your organization] 

Organization Type: [specify whether organization is an NGO, UN entity, government, academia or other]

Country/region: [country/region you represent]

Areas of interest: [Critical Areas of Concern of the Beijing Platform for Action, other issues]

Gender: [female/male]

Please allow one working day for registration to the discussion.

If you have any further questions, please contact the discussion moderator/facilitator Subidita Chatterjee at subidita at bluewin.ch. For information on other discussions on the Platform's Critical Areas of Concern and other important issues, see http://www.un.org/womenwatch/forums/review/ 

Once again, best wishes for a wonderful 2005. 


		
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