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International Women's Day 2013 - Statement

A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women

Statement on World AIDS Day 2012

Over the next quadrennium (2011-2015) the theme for World AIDS Day is “Getting to Zero”, calling for zero discrimination, zero new infections, and zero deaths. Getting to Zero is the focus and aim for UNAIDS and the HIV community as they encourage member states to defend the progress made and to address the gaps in order to achieve the MDG 6 targets which include: to prevent people becoming infected with HIV; to expand availability of treatment; to provide the best care for people living with HIV and AIDS and their families; to expand access and uptake of HIV testing and counseling so that people can learn their HIV status; to strengthen health care systems so that they can deliver quality and sustainable HIV and AIDS programmes and services; and to improve HIV and AIDS information systems, including HIV surveillance, monitoring and evaluation and operational research.

United Nations International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

The NGO Working Group on Peace, which includes the World YWCA, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and the General Arab Women Federation, again this year joins women and men all over the world in observing the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. As organisations that have a long history of working on issues of peace with justice, we have witnessed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since 1948 and journeyed in solidarity with the people in this region. We stand in search of lasting and durable peace with justice for all people of the world, and especially in this region on this special day, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.