Violet Shivutse, a caregiver and founder of Shibuye Community Health Workers in Kenya, was one of eight speakers on a UN Women panel at the XIX International AIDS Conference, held from 22 to 27 July in Washington D.C. Shivutse says the HIV epidemic revealed women's power -- it literally woke them up -- and now women living with HIV and in AIDS-affected communities are at the forefront of change in their societies.
Attending the International AIDS Conference for the first time as a co-sponsor of UNAIDS, UN Women used the meeting to amplify women's voices and highlight the urgent need for women to be engaged at all levels of leadership in the global HIV/AIDS response.
