The International Film and Television Exchange, Inc.

Congressional briefing
held in conjunction with
The Congressional Human Rights Caucus (CHRC)

THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE OF HIV/AIDS:
THE IMPACT OF GENDER DISPARITIES ON THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS

Thursday March 30, 2006
8:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Gold Room 2168 Rayburn House Office Building

Microbicide Reader in brief
Introduction by Dr. Claus Muller

PROGRAM

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Screening: IN WOMEN'S HANDS*
Breakfast Buffet, provided

9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Opening Remarks by Representatives Tom Lantos, Barbara Lee, Betty McCollum, James McGovern, Juanita Millender-McDonald, Diane Watson, Jim McDermott, Christopher Shays, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (t.b.c), and other members

9:30 - 10.15 a.m.
Keynote Address and Q & A.
Dr. Kent Hill, Asst. Administrator for Global Health, US Agency for International Development

10:15 - 11:20 a.m.
Panel: 10 minute presentations
Holly Burkhalter, Physicians for Human Rights, Moderator
Dr. Pauline Muchina, UNAIDS ( Orphans)
Geeta Rao Gupta, International Center for Research on Women (Property Rights)
Suneetha Kadiyala, International Food Policy Research Institute (Food Security)
Vivian Lowery Derryk, Academy for Educational Development (Access to Education)
Joe Amon, Human Rights Watch (Sexual Violence)
Dr. Zeda Rosenberg, International Partnership for Microbicides (Microbicide R&D)

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 Noon, Q & A

12:00 noon - Lunch Buffet, provided

For more information contact Maryamu Aminu (Rep. Tom Lantos), 202 225 3531
To register for this event contact Claus Mueller at 212 772 5647 or cmueller@hunter.cuny.edu or filmexchange@aol.com
Organized by Claus Mueller (IFTE & Hunter College/CUNY)

*produced by Global Campaign for Microbicides

This Congressional Briefing is sponsored by the M-A-C AIDS Fund

"HIV/AIDS: Morality and Funding" will be the theme in 2007