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December 2009
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The Center Launches the
South Asia Initiative on Women and HIV/AIDS Policymaking
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Front row L - R: Mufaweza Khan, Bangladesh; Zannatul Bakiya, Bangladesh; Yasmin Reema, Bangladesh; Anna Taleysnik-Mehta, CWPS; Rekha Saha, Bangladesh.
Second row L - R: Amy Bain, CWPS; Leslie R. Wolfe, Ph.D., CWPS; Shilpa Merchant, M.D., India; The Honorable Sarah B. Kabori, Bangladesh; Sonal Mehta, India; Smita Anand, CEDPA - India.
Third row L - R: Shukria Gull, Pakistan; Huma Khawar, Pakistan; Nayab Akhtar Azizi, Pakistan; The Honorable Yasmeen Rehman, Pakistan; The Honorable Kruparani Killi, M.D., India; Jennifer Tucker, CWPS.
Fourth row L - R: The Honorable Donya Aziz, M.D., Pakistan; Elisa Munoz, IWMF; Sumera Khan, Pakistan; Sandhya Srinivasan, India; Danielle Grant, CEDPA; Teresa Rehman, India; The Honorable Prabha Thakur, Ph.D., India.
Photo (c) Sylvia Johnson Photography 2009 |
The Center for Women Policy Studies (CWPS), along with the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA), and the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) launched the South Asia Initiative on Women and HIV/AIDS Policymaking in Washington, DC, December 7 –10, 2009.
The South Asia Initiative brought together women Members of Parliament, NGO leaders and journalists from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan to build long-term, sustainable cross -sector and cross-border partnerships to address the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls through enlightened public policy.
During their time together, these influential women leaders developed strategies to promote woman-centered HIV/AIDS policies and programs in their countries and the region. Their partnerships to ensure women’s human rights and to make women’s self-defined needs the centerpiece of HIV/AIDS policy create a strong foundation to effectively confront the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
To read the Women’s eNews story about the South Asia Initiative, click here.
Participant List
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH |
Parliamentarians |
Civil Society Leaders |
Journalists |
The Honorable Sarah B. Kabori
Member of Parliament |
Mufaweza Khan
Executive Director
Concerned Women for Family Development
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Zannatul Bakiya
Senior Staff Correspondent
Channel i
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Rekha Saha
Director
Steps Towards Development |
Yasmin Reema
District Correspondent
The Daily New Age |
REPUBLIC OF INDIA |
Parliamentarians |
Civil Society Leaders |
Journalists |
The Honorable Kruparani Killi, M.D.
Member of Lok Sabha
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Shilpa Merchant, M.D.
Technical Consultant, HIV/AIDS and Targeted Interventions
Population Services International
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Teresa Rehman
Principal Correspondent
Tehelka Magazine
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The Honorable Prabha Thakur, Ph.D.
Member of Rajya Sabha
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Sonal Mehta
Director, Policy and Programmes
India HIV/AIDS Alliance
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Sandhya Srinivasan
Consulting Editor
www.hivaidsonline.in
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ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN |
Parliamentarians |
Civil Society Leaders |
Journalists |
The Honorable Donya Aziz, M.D.
Member of the National Assembly |
Nayab Akhtar Azizi
Program Manager
Family Health International |
Sumera Khan
Reporter and Anchor
Express 24/7
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The Honorable Yasmeen Rehman
Member of the National Assembly |
Shukria Gull
Director
Pak Plus Society |
Huma Khawar
Development Journalist
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