Dear End-Violence Members, Health & Development Networks (HDN), the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the International AIDS Society's Women's Caucus invite you to join a special e-mail discussion on the Gender-AIDS forum focusing on gender and HIV/AIDS.
As the global rates of new HIV infection among women - particularly young women - continue to rise disproportionately to infections among men, we are reminded of the importance of looking specifically at issues that affect women. "In 2020, Botswana is expected to have more women in their 60s and 70s than women in their 40s and 50s" due to HIV, according to UNAIDS. Using the Gender-AIDS electronic forum, the nearly 2000 existing members -and hopefully many new participants- will come together to discuss issues related to women and HIV/AIDS that will be on the agenda at the XIVth World AIDS Conference in Barcelona and, in particular, the pre-conference satellite on 7 July, 2002 called "Women At Barcelona". The on-line forum will also inform the discussion on women's issues at conference activities and in the community forums. Information compiled will also strengthen the declaration, which will be an important part of the Women at Barcelona and beyond. The key areas identified for discussion on the forum are: Research and Treatment; Advocacy and Policy; and Care Economy. This is an opportunity to take stock of what has happened since Durban in terms of research, treatment, advocacy and policy as well as to open new dialogue on the issues surrounding Care Economy - addressing the disproportionate unpaid burden of care on women and girls for caring for others in the home. To launch the discussions, we will draw upon a team of key resource people, and the HDN Key Correspondents, and we look to you and your colleagues to deliberate actively in what should prove to be an exciting, lively and informative online discussion. Most importantly, we hope to have the active participation of those individuals who, for whatever reason, will not attend Barcelona 2002 - this will ensure a rich and relevant focus to the dialogue and that as many voices as possible feed into the discussion and agenda for Women At Barcelona. If you would like to be part of this exciting process, send an e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Looking forward to your active participation in this forum and contribution towards setting the agenda for "Women At Barcelona." For more information about this project please go to: http://www.hdnet.org/ or http://www.womenatbarcelona.net --------------- Nazneen Damji Programme Specialist Gender and HIV/AIDS UNIFEM ***End-violence is sponsored by UNIFEM and receives generous support from ICAP*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe end-violence OR type: unsubscribe end-violence Archives of previous End-violence messages can be found at: http://www.edc.org/GLG/end-violence/hypermail/
