Winnie Byanyima
@Winnie_Byanyima • 334,456 subscribers
Passionate about justice & human dignity. In the struggle to #endAIDS. Executive Director of @UNAIDS. Opinions are my own.
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My sister Hon Miria Matembe, your deep sense of justice and heartfelt solidarity with Kifefe Kizza-Besigye in this dark time move me deeply. Your courage in speaking out gives us strength and hope. We hold on to the belief that KB will endure this torment and walk free again.
Winnie Byanyima82,254 views • 1 month ago
We are at a perilous moment in the global AIDS response. Decades of progress are at risk as the world pulls back just when we need to push forward. Donor cuts have hit the HIV response like a shockwave. Prevention services are collapsing, treatment expansion has stalled, and community organizations—the backbone of the response—are being forced to shut down. Community-led services—our frontline defenders—have been devastated. Across eight countries, 89% of their funding came from bilateral donors, 10.9% from multilaterals, and less than 0.1% from domestic sources. When donors withdraw, communities are left with nothing. The human cost is stark. In 2024, 570 adolescent girls and young women were newly infected with HIV every day. Yet, 60% of women-led HIV organizations have lost funding or closed programmes. : From rising criminalisation, to shrinking civic space, to collapsing services, those most at risk are being abandoned. But let me be clear: the science shows we can end AIDS. The question is whether politics will allow us to. That is why the Multi-Stakeholder Hearing this week and the United Nations High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS in June matter so much. We need governments to rally behind an ambitious, actionable Political Declaration—one that can save millions of lives and put the world back on track to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. #HLM2026AIDS #UnitedToEndAIDS
Winnie Byanyima57,580 views • 2 months ago
This Sunday marks one year since your violent abduction from Nairobi and your illegal detention in a military prison. You are innocent — targeted only for your views and now facing a death sentence. We miss you. We stand with you. We honour you. #FreeKizzaBesigye
Winnie Byanyima121,782 views • 8 months ago
This is the hero that Yoweri K Museveni and his bizarre son,the army chief, have chosen to brand a traitor! I will always be proud of Kifefe Kizza-Besigye’s selfless, life-saving contribution to a liberation struggle—one that was, sadly, hijacked. Mugisha Muntu
Winnie Byanyima217,742 views • 1 year ago
Misleading. Legally, Uganda can ignore European Parliament but NOT without consequences. The Parliament influences funding decisions by the European Commission. It does not impose sanctions, but it can pressure the Council and Commission to do so. It can impact market access.
Winnie Byanyima70,791 views • 5 months ago
The sad truth told by one courageous MP, Hon. Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda ᴾᵃʳᵒᵈʸ
Winnie Byanyima182,255 views • 1 year ago
Merry Christmas to all my friends and followers! This morning I attended Mass at Gayaza parish, later I cut flowers in my garden, and now I’m in the kitchen with Anselm, cooking for friends. What a privilege it is simply to be alive — to belong to communities, to love and be loved. I take none of it for granted. May your day — and your year — be filled with joy, laughter, good health and the comfort of those who make your heart feel at home.
Winnie Byanyima79,409 views • 7 months ago
We are in court to hear my application of habeus corpus- to bring my husband Kifefe Kizza-Besigye dead or alive before court and show cause why he is being held. I’m so reassured by the presence of many leader from the broad opposition. I’m sitting next to BOBI WINE
Winnie Byanyima154,901 views • 1 year ago
We will not deliver on the promise of ending AIDS through institutions alone. We will deliver it through people, through the communities who refuse to be invisible, through the staff who carry this mission every day, through the partners and Member States who stand with us, and through courageous leadership in the face of uncertainty. This is how we have always moved this response forward. And that is how, together, the UN will carry it to 2030 — and beyond. #UnitedToEndAIDS #PCB58 🔗
Winnie Byanyima11,888 views • 24 days ago
Agree with you, Hon. Kahinda Otafiire. Our past is marked by violent change—every leader has exited through the gun. Ugandans now ask for a different path: a predictable, democratic, and peaceful transition after 40 years of rule by Yoweri K Museveni. Not an heir!
Winnie Byanyima59,774 views • 6 months ago
Honoured to participate in the 2nd meeting of the Founding Committee of the International Panel on Inequality (#IPI), with the keynote remarks delivered by H.E President Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 🇿🇦. Inequality is growing even faster. There's an alarming increase of incomes and wealth at the top, while 1 in 4 people are skipping meals regularly — as billionaires maximize for themselves. We call it an inequality emergency. 📽️
Winnie Byanyima23,632 views • 3 months ago
Every two minutes, there's a new HIV infection in the Asia Pacific region. Every hour, 17 lives are lost across this region due to AIDS-related illnesses. Yet all of these are preventable. We can end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030, if we end the inequalities that define it. Pleased to share my introductory remarks at today's Asia-Pacific Regional Dialogue on the status of the HIV Epidemic & Response. #HLM2026AIDS #UnitedToEndAIDS
Winnie Byanyima15,602 views • 2 months ago
