Becky A. Johnson is a medical anthropologist and freelance writer currently based in Las Vegas, Nevada. She has previously worked with HIV and AIDS grassroots organizations in South Africa and Kenya and with the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance in Geneva, Switzerland. Her work has largely focused on HIV and AIDS education, comprehensive prevention programs, palliative care, women's health, and resource mobilization.
The message of sex workers at the International AIDS Conference was loud and clear — sex workers demand to be recognized as a legitimate profession and see themselves as part of the solution.
Is the focus on gender-based violence at the Ecumenical Pre-Conference an encouraging sign that churches are moving past patriarchy and coming to term with a reality that affects an estimated 1 in 3 women worldwide?
Investing more resources for women and girls in the response to HIV/AIDS was a cross-cutting issue discussed at the International Women's Summit in Nairobi.
Becky Johnson reports from The International Women's Summit on Women's Leadership on HIV and AIDS in Nairobi, Kenya—the largest meeting in history on the subject of women and HIV.
The first-ever International Women's Summit on Women's Leadership and HIV and AIDS, co-hosted by the World YWCA and YWCA of Kenya, will open on July 5 in Nairobi, Kenya.
