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 NewWhat Women Want: Demands for Quality Healthcare for Women and Girls
The What Women Want campaign is reaching out to 1 million women and girls worldwide on their top priority for quality maternal, reproductive and sexual health care.
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Women's StoriesLiving with HIV and Violence: Women of Ukraine Speak Out and Build Solidarity
Peer-support groups and the National Women’s Forum on HIV, supported by UN Women is bringing awareness, action and new beginnings for women survivors of violence living with HIV. -
In the NewsWomen Twice as Likely to be Living with HIV in Post-Conflict Uganda
Gender specific-vulnerabilities, sexual assault and power imbalances between men and women in conflict settings resulted in increased infections among women.
In the News
To End the HIV Epidemic, Focus on Sexual Violence Prevention
Preventing HIV among girls and young women demands a more ambitious, holistic and flexible approach approach: one that includes attention to sexual and gender-based violence.
1,400 Girls Enrolled in HIV Prevention Initiative
DREAMS Namibia is an initiative that empowers adolescent girls and young women to remain HIV-free and fully achieve their potential by addressing structural drivers that increase girls' HIV risk, including gender inequality.
Making an HIV-Free Future Possible for Girls
In KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa where girls are disproportionately affected by HIV, nurse Felicity Basson works with the DREAMS programme to provide girls with knowledge, support and information about their rights and services in order to prevent and manage HIV infections.
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Huge gaps in access to basic sexual and reproductive health services, pose serious challenges to...
Ending the AIDS epidemic among children, adolescents and young women requires ambitious targets and...
This community-led study in Malawi, Uganda and Zambia sought to understand the factors that...