“Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" Hanne-Vibeke Holst
	Mpule Kwelagobe to Receive Jonathan Mann Health Human Rights Award
	"Women of the World Face to Face" Photo Exhibition Reaches the European Parliament

On March 9, 2001, Danish viewers of the internationally syndicated game show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” were treated to a special celebrity episode featuring UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Hanne-Vibeke Holst. Hanne-Vibeke played for her favorite cause, the Face to Face Campaign, and charity, The Danish Family Planning Association.

Hanne-Vibeke competed against nine other Danish celebrities for a chance to play the million Danish Kroner trivia game. After besting her fellow contestants during the opening speed round, Hanne-Vibeke advanced to the “hot seat” where she proceeded to answer the 250,000 Kroner question (approximately US $ 30,500).

Equally important as the prize money, Hanne-Vibeke was able to inform the TV audience of the millions of women who do not have access to reproductive and sexual healthcare and the efforts of Face to Face Campaign Partners to change this situation.

The International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPA) – which represents 10,800 physicians in 60 countries – has selected UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Mplule Kwelagobe as one of three recipients to receive the 2001 Jonathan Mann Health Human Rights Award. The award, which has been presented to such distinguished individuals as Dr. Joseph Saba (UNAIDS) and Guatemalan artist and human rights activist Daniel Hernandez, pays tribute to an individual who advances the late Dr. Mann’s legacy of advocacy in the health human rights arena.

The award is in recognition of Mpule’s, “… strong commitment to advocate for the right of people living with HIV/AIDS to obtain quality healthcare, with special emphasis on children with HIV/AIDS in the developing world.” The Association also cited the establishment of the Mpule Kwelagobe Children’s Village in Botswana, which provides a home to 400 children affected by and infected with HIV, and the utilization of her 1999 Miss Universe title to publicly advocate for the entitlement of every person to the benefit of human health as the reasons for honoring Mpule.

The two other recipients of this year’s Jonathan Mann Health Human Rights Award are Ms. Sandra Thurman, Director, White House Office of National AIDS Policy (1997-2000) and Dr. Lieve Fransen, Principal Administrator, Unit for Social, Human, and Cultural Development, European Commission. The annual awards will be presented at the gala event “Honoring Our Heroes” on September 24, 2001.The evening’s other honorees include Former US President Bill Clinton who will receive the Dag Hammarskjold Award.

On behalf of the F2F Campaign Partners, Spokespersons and Friends… Congratulations Mpule!

What began as national Face to Face awareness building project by the Federación de Planificación Familiar de España (FPFE), the photo exhibition "Women of the World Face to Face" is now informing a pan-European audience. With the assistance of IPPF European Network and a grant from the Face to Face Campaign, a multi-language version of the original photo exhibit opened at the European Parliament on the even of International Women’s Day 2001. The powerful, visual images were a compilation of 21 different photographers whose work portrays the situation of sexual and reproductive health and rights of women around the world.

The exhibit’s effectiveness as a tool for conveying messages and preempting social change promoted Lyn Thomas, Director of IPPF European Network and F2F Board Member, to bring the exhibit to a larger audience.During the event, Lyn informed the numerous guests about women in the neighboring countries of Central and Eastern Europe, where the sexual and reproductive healthcare services are lacking and where resources, commitment and assistance are especially needed.