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AIDS Stigma Threatens Hard-won Progress

ICRW, with GlaxoSmithKline's Positive Action program and the Elton John AIDS Foundation, hosted a day-long symposium to discuss recent research on HIV/AIDS-related stigma and promising strategies and tools for stigma reduction on the eve of the International AIDS Conference in Toronto.

Click here for more information and links to selected presentations.

ICRW well-represented at XVI International AIDS Conference

XVI International AIDS Conference logo.

ICRW researchers spoke about the importance of girls' education and property rights for women as means to limit the spread of HIV, as well as how gender-based violence contributes to its spread.

Click here for more information and links to their presentations.

Empowered Women Are Key

World AIDS Day
Dec. 1, 2004

ICRW Teams with Hollywood, Corporate Sector and U.S. Government on World AIDS Day
Call to Strengthen Women, Girls in Global AIDS Fight

Oscar-nominated actress Glenn Close emceed a packed room for a World AIDS Day luncheon at the National Press Club, sponsored by the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), M·A·C AIDS Fund, UNAIDS and the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS. Read more ...

Actress Glenn Close holds M·A·C Cosmetic’s VIVA GLAM lipstick. Proceeds have raised $40 million to date for the M·A·C AIDS Fund.

Glenn Close
World AIDS Day Press Conference

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Dr. Khuat Thu Hong, John Demsey, Asunta Wagura, Dr. Peter Piot and Geeta Rao Gupta answer questions at the press conference.

Asunta Wagura, founder and executive director of Kenya Network of Women with AIDS (KENWA), describes the barriers she and other HIV-positive women face in receiving care and treatment.

 Asunta Wagura