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Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) - February 5, 2004
Doing it for themselves: British actress Emma Thompson, former Irish president Mary Robinson and UNAids executive director Peter Piot on Monday launched the Global Coalition on Women and Aids to raise awareness and increase HIV/Aids education among women in developing countries.
The coalition will bring together advocates, government representatives, celebrities and community workers to eradicate violence against women, expand their access to education, strengthen their inheritance and property rights and ensure fair access to HIV prevention and care services.
"We have to put this power into the hands of women. It is not that I want to exclude men in tackling this, but we do have to place emphasis on women having jurisdiction over their own bodies," Thompson said.
The coalition will be operated by a steering committee of 28 people from different countries who are involved with Aids initiatives. They include South African Judge Edwin Cameron.
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