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 AIDSLink | issue 101, 1 February 2007
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Feature : Secret Ingredient to HIV Prevention: Use Kids
Goldmark Owoolu-Adojo, Executive Director, LIVE ALIVE FOUNDATION | Africa
LIVE ALIVE FOUNDATION is founded to showcase the role of children in HIV/AIDS eradication.
Feature : Giving Zimbabwe's Girls A Voice
Betty Makoni, Director, Girl Child Network | Africa
There are 500 girls' clubs in 49 of Zimbabwe's 58 districts and a full-blown Girl Child Network (GCN) that serves 30,000 girls, raises community awareness and lobbies government to protect girls.
Feature : Young Poor Female in Latin America and the Caribbean
Mabel Bianco, President, Foundation for Studies and Research on Women (FEIM) | Latin America
In Latin America and the Caribbean, the increase in poverty has mainly affected women and girls and this feminization of poverty has translated into the feminization of HIV/AIDS.
Feature : Young Girls in China: A New and Hidden AIDS Generation?
Xiaoqing Lu, Research Associate, Freeman Chair in China Studies, Center for Strategic and International Studies | Asia
The latest national HIV estimates in China suggest that the HIV epidemic has begun to spread from certain high-risk groups to the general population.
Letter from the President : Girls: Vulnerable from the Beginning
Dr. Nils Daulaire, President, Global Health Council | Global
HIV/AIDS will finally and fully be beaten back when girls are accorded dignity from the earliest age, when women have full rights in the family, the community and in their countries' political systems.
Feature : School Safety: Protecting Girls From Violence and HIV/AIDS
Lisa Schechtman, Policy and Grassroots Associate, Global AIDS Alliance | Africa
Safety in and enroute to school is a fundamental element of the right to education that has been on the international agenda since 1990 and the landmark education for All conference in Chang Mai, Thailand.
Feature : The Maasai: Preserving Culture and Protecting Girls
Timothy Mbugua, HIV and AIDS Policy Analyst, World Vision, Canada | Africa
As HIV and AIDS continue to ravage communities around the world, the role of cultural practices in accelerating the vulnerability of women and girls is coming into sharp focus.
Feature : The Girls Left Behind: Outside the Box and Out of Reach
Judith Bruce, Senior Associate, Population Council | Africa
As the new HIV data from sub-Saharan Africa roll in, it is increasingly clear that the epidemic is heading toward a poor, young and highly neglected segment of society – adolescent girls.
Feature : Beating Death in Combat: Girl Soldiers Face Danger From HIV/AIDS
Mike Wessells, Senior Advisor on Child Protection, Christian Children's Fund and Columbia University | Africa
Empowering girls and supporting their strengths is ultimately the best HIV prevention.
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Feature : Saniya: One of Uganda's Youngest Caregivers
Paul Mayende, Christian Children's Fund - Uganda | Africa
Little did Saniya know that at such an early age she would be in charge of the household and playing the role of care-giver.
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Positive Voices : The Sky's the Limit
Rudo Moyo, Spoken to and Translated from Shona by Francisca Nyamukoho | Africa
Rudo Moyo, a 17 year old from Zimbabwe, shares her experiences and encourages other girls that "the sky is the limit!" |
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