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/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 NewA Transformative Framework for Women, Girls and Gender Equality in the Context of HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
This report consults adolescent women and young girls on how to achieve gender equality in the HIV response and sexual and reproductive health and rights.
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Women's StoriesAnnah Sango, Zimbabwe: Women and Girls and HIV Prevention
Annah Sango, from Zimbabwe, is a vocal youth activist for HIV prevention. Here she speaks about how HIV has impacted her life, and the need for more young women and girls to get involved in its prevention.
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In the NewsIntergeneration Sex Contributes to New HIV Infections Among Young Women in Zimbabwe
Over 3,700 young women (aged 15-24) from eastern Zimbabwe were included in the 15-year study. In addition to the increased HIV incidence, researchers found that young women's risk did not change over time, despite the introduction of antiretroviral therapy.
In the News
Community Health Workers are Key, but Remain Unpaid
Community health workers (CHWs) are members of a local community who are chosen to provide basic healthcare and to promote healthy practices and illness prevention. However, despite the crucial service they provide in rural communities with limited access to healthcare or in places where reliance on traditional healers and birth attendants is the norm, community health workers remain unpaid for...
University of Johannesburg Honour for HIV/AIDS Academic, Quarraisha Abdool Karim
Leading HIV/AIDS researcher Quarraisha Abdool Karim has been honoured with an honorary doctoral degree by the University of Johannesburg in recognition of her contribution towards improving the quality of life of women in Africa. With extensive research contributions that spans over 25 years‚ Professor Abdool Karim’s commitment to create a deeper understanding on the growing HIV epidemic in South...
Wives of Migrant Workers at Higher Risk of HIV in Nepal
A recent study published in SAARC Journal of Tuberculosis, Lung Diseases & HIV/AIDS shows that wives of migrant workers in Nepal are at a higher risk of HIV, not because they are not aware of it but because they are scared to ask their husbands about their potentially risky sexual behaviour while abroad. "Two-thirds of the research participants had generally good knowledge of HIV and its mode of...
Recent Resource
An unmet need for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and HIV services is substantial...
This study aimed to determine if integrated family planning and HIV services led to an increased use...
This toolkit was developed based on the experiences of women living with HIV engaged in the...