International: The 'Women Won't Wait' campaign urges the G8 to end HIV and violence against women now.
Source:
CWGL The fight against one epidemic - HIV/AIDS - cannot be won without tackling another epidemic - gender-based violence.
Women Won’t Wait is an international coalition of organizations and networks from the global South and North committed to, and working for many years to promote, women’s health and human rights in the struggle to comprehensively address HIV and AIDS and end all forms of violence against women and girls.
Website Link:
http://www.womenwontwait.org/
Submitted on Wed, 05/23/2007 - 00:00
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