Summary
of GAWH Petition
• 203 signature total
• 49 countries represented (for some countries such as Ghana, Nigeria,
Canada, Cameroon, UK and US at least three different people / officials
signed the petition)
• 14 universities (from the US, UK, Argentina, India, and New Zealand)
• 8 government representatives (from Health Ministries, National
AIDS Councils and Statistics Bureaus from Congo, Eritrea, Lesotho, Namibia,
South Africa and Swaziland)
• 3 UN agencies (UNDP, UNICEF–Côte d’Ivoire, and
DPI/NGO)
• 137 NGOs total:
• More than 47 NGOs from the US
• Several international organizations such as International Relief
Islamic Organization, Maryknoll Sisters
• Organizations from at least 40 different countries
• The NGOs that signed the petition are concerned with a range of
issues. Among them:
- Women’s issues
- Children’s issues
- Poverty issues
- Peace
- HIV training and education
- Assistance to vulnerable groups (elderly,
handicaped)
- Student associations and/or unions
- Pan Africanism
- Planned and responsible parenthood
- Human rights issues.
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