Summit addresses women and HIV/AIDS in Africa

This weekend marked the closing of the first International Women’s Summit on Women’s Leadership and HIV and AIDS, which was held in Nairobi, Kenya.
The summit released a 10-point action plan that aims to foster leadership roles of women and girls in the battle against HIV/AIDS. Via Kaisernetwork.org :

The plan of action includes securing significant involvement of women in decision making processes; promoting equality and the human rights of girls and women; ensuring their sexual, physical and psychological safety and security; promoting their reproductive and sexual rights and health; and increasing their access to education, economic security and other resources, such as the right to own and inherit property. (Nation/AllAfrica.com, 7/9).

Other issues discussed at the summit were men’s role in combatting HIV/AIDS and new technologies that could play a large role in prevention strategies, such as microbicides.
Sounds like it was a great gathering (of over 1,500, I might add); let’s hope their results makes a real impact.