Talent Jumo, on behalf of the Young Women’s Leadership Initiative in Zimbabwe and the World AIDS Campaign women observers’ team:

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We acknowledge the effort by UNAIDS to work towards the advancement of the women, girls and women agenda.

In my work with the Young Women’s Leaderships Initiative and in our work with young women in Zimbabwe, we firmly believe that greater strides could be made if women’s groups were more engaged in the process. We strongly recommend that member states commit towards civil society engagement as part of the implementation of the Agenda. We further recommend that UNAIDS support this process.

At the 27th PCB in December 2010 in Geneva, several civil society organizations came together to highlight the needs and issues of women and girls in a strengthened HIV response. Their intervention can be read below.

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Ebony Johnson, North American Community Liaison, International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW):

I speak on behalf of the International Community of Women Living with HIV ICW-Global, the International Women’s Health Coalition, the International AIDS Women’s Caucus, the World Young Women’s Christian Association, Gestos, the World AIDS Campaign, and the Foundation for Research and Studies on Women.