International AIDS Conference Provides Forum for Promotion of Risky Sex

By Lisa Correnti

WASHINGTON, DC, July 27 (C-FAM) The UN Population Fund partnered with sexual and reproductive rights groups this week to push a controversial agenda of risky sexual behavior at a major international AIDS conference in Washington.

An opening-day event organized by International Planned Parenthood (IPPF) and co-chaired by the UN Population Fund, "The Politics of Condoms: Cock-ups, Controversies and Cucumbers," aimed to “re-energize” the use of condoms as a moral and effective method of preventing the spread of HIV. The XIX International AIDS Conference convened more than 20,000 activists around the theme: “Turning the Tide Together.” Read More