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UNAIDS Executive Director, Peter Piot's Statement on International Women's Day stressing the importance of addressing gender inequality and the feminization of the AIDS epidemic.
Africa Action marks International Women's Day with a recognition that the global HIV/AIDS crisis continues to take a disproportionate toll on the world's women, and with a call to U.S. and international policymakers to do more to address the vulnerability of women and girls to HIV/AIDS and other health challenges.
Clinical trials of a new drug designed to help prevent women contracting the Aids virus have been stopped. The World Health Organization said the drug, which uses a microbicidal gel, did not help the women and made them more vulnerable.
A new report from UNICEF says children around the world would be healthier if their mothers had more control over household decisions and finances. "Gender equality and the well-being of children are inextricably linked," said Anne Veneman, UNICEF's executive director. "When women are empowered to lead full and productive lives, children and families prosper
Message on the occasion of World AIDS Day 1 December 2006 by Dr Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS
Women in both the global South and North face not only staggering rates of HIV infection, but also unabating levels of violence, whether at the hands of male partners, police, or community members. While most see these as distinct, women around the world are now calling attention to the ways these experiences can be fundamentally linked.
The One Man Can Action Toolkit is a resource to support South African men to take action to end violence against women in South Africa. The Toolkit includes a resource directory, workshop materials, and information on how to develop healthy relationships and how to support victims of violence. Facts about violence against women in South Africa and action sheets for teachers, fathers, coaches, religious leaders and youth are also included.
Despite some promising trends, the global AIDS epidemic continues to grow, with 2.9 million deaths and 4.3 million new HIV infections in the past year, amid worrying evidence of a resurgence in infection rates in some countries that were previously stable or declining, according to latest United Nations data released today.
The United Nations women's fund chief and UN envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa have heralded a high-level panel's call for the creation of a new gender agency as a major step towards equality.
Health and Sanitation Minister, Abator Thomas, officially launched the Acceleration of HIV prevention initiative at the Miatta Conference Hall, Youyi Building in Freetown. Giving her key note address, Mrs. Abator Thomas started by saluting the National HIV/AIDS Secretariat (NAS) for taking the acceleration of HIV prevention initiative, which, she said, was in accordance with a resolution they adopted during a Minsters of Health summit held in…
The hitherto marginalised groups of people identified as being especially vulnerable to HIV/AIDS discrimination, appear to be gradually pushing their agenda into the National Strategic Framework for HIV/AIDS (2003-2009) in Botswana. The framework was obviously not crafted to include specific needs of these groups that include sex workers, intravenous drugs users, homosexuals, mobile populations, women, youths, and prison inmates. Interestingly,…
A unique match-making event in the western Indian state of Gujarat for HIV positive men and women has ended with three couples deciding to marry. Held in the city of Surat, the event was attended by 45 men and 15 women. The organisers of the event said it was an attempt to end the isolation of those infected by the HIV virus.
A home-based care programme that uses weekly visits and medicines supporters in Uganda has shown some of the highest rates of viral load suppression and medication adherence reported anywhere in the world, according to a report published as an early online article in The Lancet.
US Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) has proposed a bill that would require all HIV programs funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to address the rapid spread of infection among women and young people. This legislation, titled the PATHWAY Act of 2006, also removes earmarks in the current law requiring 33 percent of funding to go toward "abstinence-until-marriage" programs. Previously this month, a Government…
A new political declaration on AIDS that strengthens the world's response to the epidemic was presented to member states for adoption. In his remarks at the General Assembly High Level Meeting, Secretary-General Kofi Annan called AIDS "the greatest challenge of our Generation."
Civil society advocates at the UN High Level Meeting on AIDS in New York say that overnight negotiation may have moved the political declaration towards text that is more supportive of universal access to prevention, treatment and care, and which acknowledges the existence of `vulnerable groups`.
Following a meeting with persons living with HIV who are attending a major United Nations meeting on AIDS in New York, Secretary-General Kofi Annan reported their appeal to diplomats not to negotiate away past gains in a declaration to be adopted by the end of the three-day session, which concludes Friday.
Visionary leadership and an unprecedented partnership among Governments, the private sector and civil society were called for to meet the goal of reversing the spread of HIV and AIDS by 2015, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the opening session of the General Assembly's High-Level Meeting on AIDS.
Participants at a major United Nations conference in New York today reviewed the increasing prevalence of HIV/AIDS in women compared to men. Panelists discussed the importance of women's rights being at the center of the AIDS response.
African women including HIV positive women, women's rights activists, feminists, scholars, professionals, community workers and policy makers from the African continent participating in the African Women's Regional Consultation on Women's and Rights and HIV/AIDS in Africa, in Johannesburg, South Africa, April 6-7, 2006 have prepared a declaration/position on women's rights and HIV/AIDS in Africa.