HIV-AIDS

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2 Oct 2012

Ms. Pillay wrote this article in advance of the International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC, 22-27 July.

Making waves: Malawi revives debate on gay rights

2 Oct 2012
Displaying the rainbow flag of gay rights activists: Despite vocal opposition in a number of...
Helping the ‘collateral victims’ of AIDS

2 Oct 2012
Here in Rakai, where Uganda’s first AIDS case was reported in the early 1980s, it is common to see...
Gender violence hampers AIDS fight

6 Sep 2012
Holding anti-retroviral medicines in Zambia: Fear of violence has prompted some women to hide or...
In Africa, AIDS often has a woman’s face

5 Sep 2012
Testing a patient at an HIV clinic in Soweto, South Africa.Photograph: Africa Media Online / South...
AIDS breakthrough threatened by budget woes

15 Aug 2011
New discovery brings hope, but will the funds be there?
Africa Watch

15 Dec 2010
UN Women Africa gets 10 seats on board of UN Women Under-Secretary-General Michelle Bachelet, head...
Africa Watch

15 Aug 2010
Nelson Mandela speaking at the UN General Assembly in 1994, shortly after his historic election as...
African women’s long walk to equality

15 Aug 2010
Women in Madagascar benefit from a micro-finance programme: African women’s movements are focusing...
Pregnant with Possibility

22 Jul 2010
Maternal mortality rates on the continent are among the highest in the world. And progress in...
Millennium Development Goals: time to step up

15 Apr 2010
Although some countries have improved children’s health, the region still accounts for half of all...