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Human rights is essential in fight against HIV/AIDS

2 Oct 2012

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

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Women struggle to secure land rights

15 Apr 2008

A women’s farming cooperative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Across Africa, women grow...

Gender violence hampers AIDS fight

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Two HIV-positive girls in Zambia, one of whom had been raped. Fear of violence keeps many HIV-...

AIDS deaths are declining, reports UN

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For the first time since the AIDS pandemic was identified a quarter-century ago, “we are seeing a...

Empowering women to fight AIDS

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HIV-positive mother and child in Tanzania: Low economic and social status, along with other...

Africa a priority for new UN head

15 Apr 2007

Mr. Ban Ki-moon visiting the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, during his first official trip as the...

Improving reintegration of former combatants

15 Apr 2007

Through its peacekeeping operations, the UN has helped disarm and return to civilian life some 400...