Indian sex workers are a shining example of women’s empowerment

Andrea Cornwall: As the alternative Aids summit in Kolkata has shown, society should start treating women who work in the industry with respect instead of disgust

Aids conference in Washington and sex workers’ summit in Kolkata – in tweets

Tweets from the International Aids Conference in Washington and the week-long summit and protest in Kolkata

UN ‘way off target’ on promise to end HIV infections in newborn children

Unicef's senior adviser says that more than 330,000 children are being born with HIV every year despite proven treatment

Anti-prostitution pledge in US Aids funding ‘damaging’ HIV response

Activists at Aids conferences demand end to Pepfar conditions that prevent HIV programmes reaching vulnerable groups

Fight against HIV empowering sex workers in India, says UN Aids envoy

India's sex workers credited with pioneering successful HIV prevention programmes and generating wider social reforms

Aids still a threat, conference told

Michel Sidibé, executive director of UNAids, says although the end of the epidemic is in sight, millions of people are still at risk

Aids breakthrough as study says treatment should cost less

Clinton Foundation delivers report showing cost of treating people with HIV is four times less than previously thought

Sex workers gather in Kolkata for alternative Aids summit

In response to US visa restrictions that prevent them travelling to the international aids conference in Washington, sex workers have organised a week-long summit and protest in India

Living with families affected by HIV and Aids – video

Ahead of the international Aids 2012 conference, a film made by young people with parents affected by HIV and Aids gives their moving accounts