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BURUNDI: PREVENTING HIV TRANSMISSION FROM MOTHER TO CHILD
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November 2009 was a hive of activities as ACORD in Burundi engaged local partners under the Oxfam umbrella in HIV/AIDS-related awareness. The 2009 World AIDS Day theme, “Universal Access and Human Rights” was hallmarked through joint participation in diverse forms of celebrations.
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Stand up, Take Action to Free the Hungry Billion
(2009-10-16)
One in six people in the world live with constant hunger – not as a result of war or natural disaster, but because of the unequal way that our societies and our global food system is structured. This means that if all the food produced in the world was shared equally we would have enough to feed almost double the world’s current population. But unfortunately that is not the case as millions continue to starve.
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Regional Conference on Women Security Sector Governance, Kampala
(2009-10-07)
ACORD in alliance with Action Aid International Africa, The African Women's Development Fund, Urgent Action Fund Africa, Akina Mama wa Afrika, the Great Lakes Parliamentary Forum on Peace - Amani Forum and Fahamu hosted the second Pan African Conference on Sexual and Gender Based Violence from 26 to 28 October in Kampala, Uganda.
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Press Release: Investing in Agriculture for Economic Growth and Food Security
(2009-07-07)
African governments must live up to their commitments to invest at least 10% of the national budgets in agriculture, in order to address the current food crisis and break Africa’s present dependency on the whims of the global market. (Download CAADP Policy Brief No.6 - English/French)
