Odd choice for women

How on earth can UNIFEM, the UN Development Fund for Women, name Sydney's Cardinal Pell as an "ambassador" in a campaign to eliminate violence against women when he's not prepared to defend the use of condoms in those marriages where a spouse is infected by HIV ("No excuse for violence, says Aboriginal leader", November 23)?

That's a very serious black mark against Friday's White Ribbon Day, which is intended to highlight violence against women. We call on UNIFEM to cancel the cardinal's nomination.

Brian Haill The Australian AIDS Fund Inc, Frankston (Vic)