[Lac] AIDS WOMEN : United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women

[ladymurrugarra at viabcp.com]

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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