Thursday 7 August 2008

Annie Lennox urges women to invigorate AIDS fight

MEXICO CITY �

Annie Lennox says complacency threatens to obtuse the fight against AIDS.


The singer-songwriter is participating in the international AIDS league in Mexico City this week as an ambassador for Oxfam.


On Saturday, she urged artists, musicians, filmmakers and women to maintain the issue at the forefront. She says, "This dialogue must not go off the table."


Lennox has launched a campaign called "Sing", which includes a song she recorded with 23 distaff singers to raise money for AIDS. She as well is political campaign on behalf of South African women and children infected with HIV.










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