Confronting the Crisis: Women and AIDS What is the role of women
in combating the global HIV/AIDS pandemic? What policies and
programs are most relevant and effective in decreasing women's
vulnerability to infection? How is the UN system addressing the
deep cultural chauvinisms that affect AIDS-related issues like
family planning and domestic violence? At "Confronting the
Crisis: Women and AIDS," held on November 10 at the Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars, UNAIDS Deputy Director
Dr. Kathleen Cravero and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of
State for African Affairs George Moose kicked off the first in a
three-part, high-level briefing series jointly sponsored by
UNAIDS and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
The series, which will feature UNAIDS' Executive Director Dr.
Peter Piot on November 30, seeks to expand awareness of the
global AIDS agenda outside of the health community, especially
within U.S. foreign policy and development circles. Anne
Peterson of USAID's Global Healt