“What a horrible feeling that is, to know that if the disease [AIDS] had primarily affected PTA presidents, or priests, or white teenage girls, the epidemic would have been ended years earlier, and tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of lives would have been saved.” IfsKnowsYearsHas BeensFeelingsGirlPresidentWhiteDiseaseAidsSavedHorriblePriestsAffectedTeenageEpidemicsTeenage GirlPta Author:David Levithan
“I hope to continue to be an activist for kids and teenagers and especially girls who are living with HIV/AIDS, because all over the world, people don't have the same rights that we do in the United States.” PeopleWorldStatesKidsGirlUnitedUnited StatesRightsAidsTeenagerActivistHivHiv Aids Author:Jenna Bush
“All people need to know how AIDS is transmitted, and every country has an obligation to educate its citizens. This is why every country must also improve literacy, especially for women and girls, so that they can make wise choices that will keep them healthy and safe.” PeopleKnowsNeedsCountryChoicesGirlKnow HowWiseCitizensHealthySafeAidsObligationEducateLiteracyWise Choices Author:Laura Bush
“When I was writing The Shadow of the Glen I got more aid than any learning could have given me from a chink in the floor of the old Wicklow house where I was staying, that let me hear what was being said by the servent girls in the kitchen.” WritingSaidGirlHouseGivenShadowLet MeAidsKitchenStayingChinks Book:Playboy of the Western World and Other Plays Source: Playboy of the Western World and Other Plays
“In many parts of the world, women and girls are especially vulnerable to HIV/AIDS because they lack control over most aspects of their life. Cultural expectations and gender roles expose women and girls to violence, sexual exploitation and far greater risk for infection.” WorldGirlRolesGreaterViolenceRiskExpectationsAspectGenderAidsVulnerableExploitationHivGender RolesInfectionHiv Aids Author:Hillary Clinton