Mercy Global Concern - 2006

Mercy Global Concern: Report Number 1, October 2006

Did you know that AIDS has a woman's face?

What was once considered a gay men's problem is rapidly becoming a global women's epidemic due to social and biological factors that make women far more vulnerable to the virus than men. More than half of all people living with HIV/AIDS today are women and, in the hardest hit countries, five young women are infected for every one young man!

Experts now agree that the best way to fight AIDS is to empower women around the world to protect themselves.

Please join IPPF/WHR in calling on President Bush to tackle the global AIDS crisis by ending violence against women, promoting gender equity, and ensuring universal access to prevention, treatment and support for women and girls living with or threatened by HIV/AIDS before it is too late.

Click below to sign the petition now:
http://www.freechoicesaveslives.org/campaign/access_life

The goal is to collect 25,000 petition signatures by World AIDS Day on December 1st.

The link between women's status and the HIV/AIDS pandemic is finally gaining widespread recognition. World leaders and public health advocates are now calling for changes in the way societies treat women and girls. It is clear that giving women
access to education, health care, economic opportunities, and decision-making power will be the key to both protecting women from the virus and preventing a global AIDS catastrophe.