September 28, 2021: The World Health Organization's "Independent" Commission on sexual abuse allegations in DRC released its report today. Paula Donovan, Co-Director of AIDS-Free World and its Code Blue Campaign, says there is nothing independent about the way WHO handled the allegations lodged against its personnel.
Read MoreSeptember 30, 2020: The UN's dysfunctional system for handling allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse against its own personnel ensures that the latest scandal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will not be the last. (UN Photo / Sylvain Liechti)
Read MoreMay 15, 2020: It is not possible to hold a free and fair election without international monitors in the midst of rampant and worsening violence while an unchecked pandemic sickens many more Burundians than the government is willing to admit, write Paula Donovan and Stephen Lewis in a new statement. (UN Photo / Martine Perret)
Read MoreIn a new statement, AIDS-Free World urges the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) to provide more than reassurance to people living with and affected by HIV and TB during the COVID-19 crisis. UNAIDS must offer uncompromising leadership, correct information as it develops, tangible action, and clear communication.
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Read MoreApril 27, 2018: Code Blue’s Paula Donovan and Stephen Lewis react to UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ decision to open a new OIOS investigation into sexual assault and sexual harassment claims against UNAIDS Assistant-Secretary-General Luiz Loures. (UN Photo / JC McIlwaine)
Read MoreStephen Lewis' keynote address to the 21st Conference of The Union — North America.
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