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A Weekly Digest from the Bush Center

December 4, 2020

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Go Further: More Than 1 Million Women Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa Screened for Cervical Cancer for the First Time

This week, on World AIDS Day, Go Further <[link removed]> partners announced that the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has conducted first-time cervical cancer screenings for more than 1 million women living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa through the program.
“I congratulate the PEPFAR teams in the Go Further countries, the governments prioritizing this work, and especially the brave women who face HIV and cervical cancer on reaching this milestone,” said President George W. Bush. “I am proud that the Bush Institute’s Go Further partnership with PEPFAR, UNAIDS, and Merck is ensuring women living with HIV have a bright and hopeful future.”
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FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY | You are Not Alone, Joshua Wong
On Wednesday, Chinese authorities sentenced <[link removed]> Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong to a 13-and-a-half-month prison sentence — the harshest sentence he has received for his determined and courageous stand for democratic freedom. Wong predicted his likely imprisonment in a Bush Institute Democracy Talks interview <[link removed]> conducted this summer.
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AFGHANISTAN | A Test for the Global Commitment to Women, Peace, and Security
In an op-ed for The Diplomat , Bush Institute Women’s Initiative Director Natalie Gonnella-Platts and Women's Initiative Senior Program Manager Farhat Popal discuss how the peace talks in Afghanistan present a critical opportunity to course correct for women's rights.
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TWO-MINUTE TAKE | China's New Trade Deal
China recently signed the world's largest trade deal. Matthew Rooney, Bush Institute — SMU Economic Growth Initiative Managing Director, explains what this means for the U.S. and what a new administration should prioritize.
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REMINDER | Don't Miss One Time in the Motorcade

Join us virtually at 6:30 p.m. Central time on Dec. 15 for Engage at the Bush Center, presented by Highland Capital Management, “One Time in the Motorcade.” President Bush’s Chief of Staff Freddy Ford will interview a series of former White House staffers who will tell entertaining stories from their days at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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