International Women's Day – March 8, 2009
International Women's Day celebrates the many achievements and contributions of women around the world and brings attention to the many issues and challenges that remain in the effort to achieve gender equity.
World AIDS Day: United in Partnership Against HIV/AIDS – December 1, 2008
On this 20th global observance of World AIDS Day, we celebrate life. In countless communities around the world, through partnerships with the American people, courageous individuals in nations devastated by HIV/AIDS are choosing life, saving the lives of their fellow countrymen and women, and creating hope for a future free of HIV/AIDS.
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence - November 25-December 10, 2008
An international campaign designed to raise awareness of the violence faced by women and girls around the world, 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence provides a forum for organizations to come together and address the obstacles gender-based violence poses to issues of health and development.