The Red Ribbon Award

On 25th July 2012, the Positive Women's Network was awarded the Red Ribbon Award for their outstanding work as a grass-roots level organization working in the field of HIV and AIDS, under the category of "Treatment, Care, and Support". PWN+ was one of ten organizations from around the country to receive this award. The event was held in Washington D.C., and was attended by many eminent personalities and HRH Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway; Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS; Jim McDermott, Member of the US House of Representatives; and Marisol Touraine, Minister of Health and Social Affairs of France addressed the Special Session, while Nobel Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi delivered her remarks via video message.

Speaking at the ceremony, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé said, “The winners of the Red Ribbon Award 2012 have accomplished so much with so little. They work at the grassroots level in very challenging situations to ensure that vulnerable groups and people living with HIV get the information, services and opportunities they need”. The award recognizes outstanding work in communities by grass-roots level organizations and intends to strengthen communities to stop and reverse the spread of HIV and AIDS.

Please visit http://www.redribbonaward.org/ for more information regarding the Red Ribbon Awards 2012. 

Click here for the press release by the RRA Secretariat about the event.