New York Times, June 13, 2005
To the Editor:
We welcome Mr. Brooks's decision to travel to Namibia to see for himself the toll that AIDS is taking, especially on women. We share his passion about reaching people living with H.I.V. and AIDS with life-prolongin

New York Times, March 2, 2005
To the Editor:
The majority of the more than 20,000 people who perished of extreme poverty yesterday were women and children, and that will continue to be the case unless we act now.

New York Times, January 5, 2005
To the Editor:
New rapid H.I.V. tests in poor American communities offer great hope. Primary prevention actions must also be mounted to reduce the excessive risk of H.I.V. and AIDS that women and girls face. It is only through comprehensive sex education, employment and zero tolerance for sexual coercion and violence that we can prevent women from becoming infected.

The Denver Post, July 26, 2004
To the Editor:
While Pius Kamau's column touches on the key underlying issues of basic gender inequities driving the AIDS pandemic, he misses the larger point. Feminists, together with doctors, scientists, teachers, social workers and many others, have been hard at work globally for decades to empower girls and women and provide them with comprehensive health care and education services.