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UN launches web site on gender and HIV/AIDS

    JOHANNESBURG

    To further efforts to place gender equality at the core of the fight against HIV/AIDS, the UN on Friday launched its first comprehensive web portal.

    "I believe that one of the most powerful HIV vaccines available today is women's empowerment," Executive Director of the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), Noeleen Heyzer said in a statement.

    Heyzer said the site promotes understanding, knowledge sharing, and action on the epidemic as a gender and human rights issue.

    She added the portal was developed by UNIFEM and UNAIDS, with the aim of providing researchers, policy-makers and practitioners access to cutting edge information.

    "This online resource centre is a practical step forward ... to help improve the support for the millions of women around the world living with HIV and affected by the epidemic," UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot said.

    To access the site:
    http://www.genderandaids.org/

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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