Ms. Graça Machel and Ms. Mary Robinson of the AWEPA Eminent Advisory Board, and Dr. Jan Nico Scholten, AWEPA President, call for an end to rape as a weapon of war in Eastern Congo.
On February 13 and 14 the AWEPA Executive Committee held a two day meeting. Being both the year of AWEPA's 25 year jubilee, and the year of elections there were many items to be looked at in this first meeting of 2009.
For millions of children, HIV and AIDS have starkly altered the experience of growing up. In 2007, it was estimated that 2.1 million children under age 15 were living with HIV.
