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by: Pd_Off
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 11:29:00 AM EST

Bad news on the international AIDS front...

The Obama transition team has asked Ambassador Mark Dybul to remain in place as Global AIDS Coordinator, flying in the face of opposition by many HIV prevention, youth rights, and reproductive rights groups, 50 of whom recently signed a letter calling for a change in leadership. Ambassador Dybul helped enforce the exportation of abstinence-only programs denying millions of young people around the globe access to information about condoms. As if that isn’t bad enough, he has also been an opponent of integrating HIV prevention and reproductive health, a major mistake given the tremendous numbers of young girls and women at risk for HIV infection.

This is not the change young people in this country voted for. This is not the change young people around the globe need and deserve.


Contact the Obama transition team to register your protest and stay tuned to Amplify as this story develops.

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Comments
 hey so i clicked on that link, and it was just something with your name and and address and a comment. And i was confused about where all that info was going to. what is the link and all that info for exactly? is it just like the same as writing obama a letter and we should write int he comment box that we dont want Mark Dybul to remain in place?
# Posted By  ekimx425 | 1/13/09 03:59 PM | Report | Reply
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