"Feminism, human rights and zero discrimination are values deeply rooted across the world: they express our humanity, our recognition that I am because you are. And they are central to the struggle to beat AIDS. Let us beat AIDS. It can be done."
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Winnie Byanyima
Winifred Byanyima (born 13 January 1959) is a Ugandan-born aeronautical engineer, politician, and diplomat. She is the of UNAIDS, effective November 2019. Before that, served as the executive director of , to which she was appointed in May 2013. Also, she served as the director of the Gender Team in the Bureau for Development Policy at the (UNDP) from 2006.
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