US pledges to put women, girls first in AIDS fight

Submitted by anthony on Wed, 2009-07-01 06:29

Article here.

'WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the Obama administration will put women and girls first in the fight against AIDS.

Rodham Clinton addressed an international AIDS conference in Namibia by video hookup Wednesday.

She says her government will prioritize preventing mother-to-child transmission of the virus that causes AIDS, and work to ensure girls are not forced into prostitution or early marriages.

Africans have welcomed the election of Barack Obama, who has roots in Kenya and is America's first black president. But Africans also have applauded George W. Bush, Obama's predecessor, for an AIDS campaign launched in 2003 that expanded AIDS prevention, treatment and support programs in 15 hard-hit countries, 12 of them African.'

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Apparently a mans life has less value then a woman's. Even worse, deciding one child is more important then the other. I wonder if Hillary would make these comments in front of a group of young boys.

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Submitted by anthony on Wed, 2009-07-01 17:44

manonthestreet

Society has always held a man's life cheaper than any other group. Who get slaughtered in war? Who is expected to sacrifice his life for others? Men and young men are the ones of course.

It sickens me that what protection men might have is reserved for married men. This is not because of any intrinsic worth but because he might be useful to a woman. Women must not be deprives of their sevants must they?

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Submitted by trotter on Wed, 2009-07-01 18:29