High Level Meeting On HIV/AIDS: Prevention and Protection Save Lives

Today Women Deliver, the Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations, the International Peace Institute and Family Care International are co-hosting a high-level policy forum, Prevention and Protection Save Lives: Girls, Women and HIV, which will bring together some of the key players in the global fight against AIDS as they gather this week at the UN to look at lessons learned, current challenges, and the path forward.

There will be guest speakers, as well as a panel discussion moderated by James Chau, UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador. Panelists include:

• Michelle Bachelet, MD; Executive Director, UN Women
• Jan Beagle; Deputy Executive Director, UNAIDS
• Purnima Mane; Deputy Executive Director (Programs), UNFPA
• Carmen Barroso; Regional Director, IPPF/WHR
• Lindsay Menard-Freeman; Youth advocate, Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS

Guest speakers include:

• H.R.H. Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway; Crown Princess of Norway and UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador
• Annie Lennox; UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador
• Ambassador Morten Wetland; Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations