The FINANCIAL — The 2009 Woman of Peace Award was awarded to Annie Lennox. Annie was awarded for helping raise awareness of the HIV/AIDS impact on women and children, especially in South Africa through her “Sing” campaign, New Movies List reported.
Annie Lennox will be one of a number of high-profile speakers at a briefing on the subject of HIV stigma at the Houses of Parliament on 30 Monday November, news.PinkPaper.com reports. The event will be hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS, the International Planned Parenthood Federation and the community research team.
The first results of The People Living With HIV Stigma Index will be unveiled at the briefing. The Index is a research project, which involved interviewing 865 UK individuals with HIV on the subject of the stigma they have experienced as a result of their status, according to the same source. Attlee Suite in the Houses of Parliament from 3-5:30pm on Monday 30th November.
Annie Lennox is a British musician and recording artist. In addition to her career as a musician, Lennox is also a political and social activist, leading such events as an anti-war rally in London on 3 January 2009 in response to the conflict in Gaza, according to Wikipedia. She also objected to the unauthorised use of the 1999 Eurythmics song "I Saved the World Today" in an election broadcast for Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. Annie Lennox is on record in the Scotsman newspaper as supporting the SNP's call for Scottish independence.
In 1990, Annie’s version of Cole Porter's "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" appeared on the Porter tribute compilation Red Hot + Blue, a benefit for AIDS awareness, Wikipedia informs. Her song 'Sing' was subsequently born out of Lennox's involvement with Nelson Mandela's 46664 campaign and Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), both of which are human rights groups which seek education and health care for those affected by the HIV AIDS virus. Lennox has established a Sing website to promote her activities in support of AIDS awareness issues." Lennox opened the 2009 Edinburgh Festival of Politics with a stinging attack on Pope Benedict XVI’s approach to HIV/AIDS prevention in Africa. She said that the Pope’s denunciation of condoms on his recent tour of Africa had caused “tremendous harm” and criticised the Roman Catholic Church for causing widespread confusion on the continent.
Discussion about this post