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"Secretary of State Hillary Clinton knows how to make a speech about ending AIDS. (Need we remind you about the incredible address she gave at the International AIDS 2012 Conference, which had us all sitting on YouTube for weeks watching clips of her at the poduim, not knowing whether we should cry or, well, battle cry in response.) On Thursday at the State Department, Secretary Clinton delivered a &amp;quot;blueprint&amp;quot; for the spread of HIV/AIDS across the globe, which would eliminate the rapid expansion of the disease and stopping the pandemic in its tracks. (Also, yes, it&amp;#x27;s pretty cool to see the huge kudos Secretary Clinton gets for the work she&amp;#x27;s done for women and girls just two minutes in.) Anyway, the video is substantial, but if you want to watch Clinton at her most empowering, flip to about 22:30, where her speech begins with this: &amp;quot;As part of our effort to go where the virus is, we are focusing even more intently on women and girls, because they are still at higher risk then men of acquiring HIV because of gender inequity and violence. So we are working to ensure that HIV/AIDS programs recognize the particular needs of women and girls, for example, by integrating these efforts with family planning and reproductive health services. (Applause.) We are also working to prevent and respond to gender-based violence, invest in girls&amp;amp;#8217; education, address gender inequality, and take other steps that have been proven to lower their risk of contracting the virus.&amp;quot; Bravo, Secretary Clinton, for being a leader for women on World AIDS Day and, well, period. And since it&amp;#x27;s World AIDS Day, read these 4 things you should know today over on Vitamin G, k?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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