Thursday 6 March 2025 5:45pm to 6:45pm
Pembroke College, The Auditorium
About
Speaker: Winnie Byanyima, Director UNAIDS
Winnie Byanyima is the Executive Director of UNAIDS and an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. A passionate and longstanding champion for social justice and a global leader on inequality, Ms Byanyima leads the United Nations’ efforts to end the pandemic by 2030. Ms Byanyima believes that health care is a human right, and she is the co-founder and co-chair of the People’s Medicines Alliance, advocating for equitable access to medical technologies that help to prevent and respond to current and future pandemics.
Her lecture on the topic of health justice and the commodification of health will start at 5.45pm, so we ask that all guests are registered and seated from 5.30pm. Registration will open at 5.00pm.
Professor Sarah Nouwen from the Faculty of Law will lead the Q&A session on behalf of the Trust.
There will be a drinks reception following the lecture for all guests.
If you have any access requirements or other questions, please contact Carlos or Holly at gatesevents@admin.cam.ac.uk