Gender Equality And HIV/AIDS
Comprehensive Web Portal for Gender Equality Dimensions of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
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Explore our site to find valuable resources, cutting-edge research, and breaking news on the gender equality dimensions of HIV and AIDS. This site aims to promote understanding, knowledge sharing and action on the gender-based inequalities propelling the HIV epidemic.
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What's NewUnderstanding U=U for Women living with HIV: ICASO Community Brief
This brief looks at the Undetectable equals Untransmittable (U=U) announcement by interviewing women living with HIV from around the world.
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Women's StoriesLiving with HIV and Violence: Women of Ukraine Speak Out and Build Solidarity
In Ukraine, peer-support groups and the National Women’s Forum on HIV is bringing awareness, action and new beginnings for women survivors of violence living with HIV.
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In the NewsThe Film Shining a Light on the Struggles of Tanzanian Women living with HIV
In a country with significant gender inequality, women are more likely to have older partners and get married at a younger age - and often do not have education or agency to insist on safe sex.
In the News
The Faceless Epidemic: Where are the Women with HIV?
In the United States, women make up approximately 25 percent of the people living with HIV. Globally, the statistics are quite different: 52 percent of the people living with HIV are women.
It's Time for the Next Generation of HIV Activists to Lead
Young African-American women must be at the forefront of the reproductive justice movement as they are more likely to receive an HIV diagnosis, to die during childbirth and receive a late cervical cancer diagnosis.
Stigma Towards Women living with HIV Blocks Efforts to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission
Research involving mother-to-child outreach workers in India describes numerous and persistent challenges facing pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV, the most widely discussed being HIV-related stigma.
Recent Resource
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