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There are 11.8 million young people (aged 15-24) living with HIV/AIDS globally -- 7.3 million are young women and 4.5 million are young men. This report contains important new data about why young people are key to defeating the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, including results from more than 60 new national surveys. It reaffirms that we must accord top priority to making investments in the well-being of young people and to engaging them in the fight…
The World AIDS Campaign for the years 2002-2003 will focus on stigma and discrimination. The main objective of the campaign is to prevent, reduce and ultimately eliminate HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination, wherever it occurs and in all its forms. The aim of this conceptual framework is to: create a common understanding of HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination; highlight some existing interventions targeting HIV/AIDS-related…
Many companies recognize the HIV/AIDS epidemic as a serious threat to productivity and profitability. This guide provides practical steps for developing and implementing workplace prevention and care programs that will serve both employees and managers. It is designed for use by companies' human resources managers, medical officers and union representatives. Users will find guidance in assessing the real and potential impact of HIV/AIDS on their…
The voices of women, their experiences during war and their struggles to build peace are at the heart of this report by independent experts Elisabeth Rehn (Finland) and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia). Because of the specific way in which women are targeted during conflict, and because Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security called for further study, UNIFEM appointed the two women, both politicians and…
The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and the Center for Social Development Studies (CSDS), Hanoi, are investigating the causes, manifestations, and consequences of HIV-related stigma and discrimination at the community level in Vietnam. This research explores the community context in which HIV-related stigma occurs and the extent to which the stigma associated with injection drug use and sex work intersects with that of people…
This report focuses on one crucial aspect of adolescent reproductive rights in Zimbabwe: the right to access dual protection methods and information. The "right to access dual protection methods and information" is a component of a broader set of internationally recognized reproductive rights, including the fundamental rights to reproductive self-determination, to non-discrimination, and to reproductive health care. The report documents legal,…
This report focuses on the challenges in the protection of those involved in sex work and discusses the key elements of various interventions. It explores the many issues involved in providing care and support for sex workers, preventing entry into sex work, and reducing risk and vulnerability through programmes at the individual, community and government levels. It addresses successful HIV/AIDS prevention and care strategies and outlines…
The International Community of Women living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) developed a project encouraging HIV positive women in Zimbabwe to share and document their own experiences of living with HIV, particularly in relation to their sexual and reproductive health and needs. Documentation of these experiences are intended as an advocacy tool for changes in policies and practices that would improve the reproductive and sexual health choices available…
The Continuum is a tool to investigate how gender responsive an organization's HIV/AIDS services and prevention programs are and whether they utilize a rights-based approach to sexual and reproductive health. Programs that fall to the left of the Continuum are ripe for a substantial overhaul while programs that fall in the middle are moving in the gender-sensitive direction and would benefit from an internal commitment to continue growth in this…
This document highlights key points for global advocacy around the issue of microbicides, particularly for HIV positive women. Women living with HIV face the challenges of the epidemic daily, and offer a unique perspective on the broad impact microbicides could have in their lives.
This publication outlines the importance of utilizing a rights-based approach to place HIV/AIDS within a gendered human rights framework. The report examines the evolving epidemic and critical challenges involved in transforming current programs to a gendered agenda. The knowledge pack offers practical examples of approaches from around the world, aimed at strengthen capacity, advocacy, service delivery, and research through explicitly…
This bibliography provides summaries of 28 key materials on sexuality and human rights, and a list of further references. These references are organized under themes including sexual rights and HIV/AIDS. Others are: gender and bodily integrity; lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender rights; refugees and asylum seekers; sexual rights and religion; reproductive rights; sexual violence, including sexual violence and armed conflict; sex worker rights…
Today's young people are the AIDS generation. They have never known a world without HIV. Millions have already died. Yet the HIV/AIDS epidemic among youth remains largely invisible to adults and to young people themselves. Stopping HIV/AIDS requires comprehensive strategies that focus on youth. This report focuses on why youth are vulnerable, what steps can be taken to address the epidemic and potential avenues for action.
The first step for agencies planning to undertake work on HIV/AIDS in the community must be to train staff to enable them to work more sensitively and effectively at the community level. This guide provides a framework for analysis to help identify links and facilitate discussions. The Gender Analysis Matrix, Social Relations Framework and Hierarchy of Needs are some of the tools for gender analysis outlined in the guide. This is a short,…
'Auntie Stella' was originally produced as an activity pack for use in schools with young Zimbabweans aged 13 to 17 years, and later developed as a website. It has been used in schools to stimulate discussion among young people on key teenage issues, and also gives information that teenagers find hard to get elsewhere. Both the print and website versions use the question and reply format of problem page letters written to agony aunts in…
This article examines some of the reasons why women are vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. These reasons include: violations of their economic rights, violations of their political rights, and cultural beliefs, such as the cultural value placed on virginity, fertility and the subservience of women to men in marriage. The article also discusses the role of the international community in protecting women's rights with special attention paid to the UN…
This manual will assist AIDS Service Organizations and other groups and institutions responding to AIDS in Southern Africa to make their programmes more responsive to gender issues. The integration of gender concerns in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of programmes strengthens the effectiveness of the response to AIDS. The manual provides the conceptual basis and offers practical hints to facilitate effective integration of…
This guidebook is intended for use in working with men both to address gender norms that put men and their partners at risk for negative reproductive health outcomes. It is also designed to engage men in issues related to gender and reproductive health to prevent HIV infection and gender-based violence. It contains a variety of interactive educational activities on such topics as gender and sexuality, male and female sexual health, HIV and…
This Handbook is dedicated to the premise that evaluation must be a critical part of the initial phases of planning effective HIV/AIDS prevention and care programs. It contains guidelines to implement a comprehensive and strategic approach to evaluation. Although not specifically focused on evaluation of gender and HIV/AIDS programmes, this tool provides useful and relevant information.
Young men play a central role in the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The report highlights how this population has been largely ignored in HIV interventions to date and explains how this exclusion could have devastating results in the long-term. It investigates the challenges young men face and looks at the most effective ways of addressing their needs. Above all, this report is a resource for policymakers, for the media and for service providers. It is…