The Impact of Gender Inequality on Global Poverty and AIDS

The Westchester Coalition on Global Poverty and AIDS will present a talk with Letty Chiwara, Director of Global Programs at the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). She will speak on Monday, April 28th, at 7pm at the Thomas H. Slater Center – 2 Fisher Court, White Plains - NY.

Ms. Chiwara is a native of Zimbabwe and was a founding member of the Positive Women’s Network of Southern Africa, a non-profit organization providing support to women living with HIV/AIDS in 8 southern Africa countries. She also leads an inter-agency team of the United Nations, World Bank, and European Union which ensures that the development aid that is given to developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America will benefit women equally.

This event is sponsored by the Westchester Coalition on Global Poverty and AIDS. The Slater Center is located in downtown White Plains, across from the County Courthouse building near the intersection of Quarropas and Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. (914 948-6211). Local parking is available.

For more information contact: Ron Mitchell — hapny@hotmail.com / 914 576-8473

World AIDS Day - December 1 - Westchester County Event

The concept of a World AIDS Day originated at the 1988 World Summit of Ministers of Health on Programmes for AIDS Prevention. Since then, it has been taken up by governments, international organizations and charities around the world.

From 1 pm until 4 pm on Saturday, December 1, the performing artist and survivor of the Rwandan genocide, Marie Claudine Mukamabano, will be featured at a Westchester County World AIDS Day gathering at Good Counsel in White Plains. This free program will also include table exhibits by both local and national organizations involved in the fight against global poverty and AIDS, other cultural and musical performances, and a short march down North Broadway to highlight global AIDS. The event is sponsored by the Westchester Coalition on Global Poverty and AIDS in support of the http://www.one.org/ campaign and the growing worldwide campaign to make poverty history.

The Good Counsel gymnasium is located at 52 North Broadway in White Plains (Call 914 798-1300 for directions). For more info: HAPNY@hotmail.com.