This report provides general recommendations to health workers and activists on how to create a fostering environment of women and girls living with HIV; how to strengthen the health system by making more comprehensive sexuality programs available; how to ensure meaningful participation of women and girls living with HIV in policy; and how to strengthen multi-sectoral activities that support women and girls’ autonomy.
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This Forced Migration Review compilation focuses on the issue of sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict settings. It provides appalling data on the magnitude of sexual violence occurring in various conflict areas, and the increased vulnerabilities women and girls face due to sexual violence. Although the connection between sexual violence, conflict, and HIV is made throughout the issue, there is an article entitled “…
This resource provides several diagrams explaining what the Global Fund’s Strategic Actions are and how they will be used to invest in adolescent girls and young women along with gender and age-related disparities found in HIV, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. This article can be accessed in the ‘Community, Rights, and Gender’ section of The Global Fund’s Publications & Reports page.
This brief shares EngenderHealth’s learnings from the Champion Project, which looked at workplace HIV efforts in Tanzania and identified gaps. Gender-responsive workplace HIV policies are strongly recommended as a way to raise awareness, prevent infection, challenge gender norms, and provide workplace-based education around HIV.
Many curriculum-based responses to sexuality and HIV educations have been developed as a response to prevent HIV, STI’s, an unintended pregnancy among young people. Haberland evaluates 22 interventions to assess their success in relation to whether or not they incorporated gender and power dynamics within their curriculum.
This brief is an update on the United Nations’ “Universal Access for Women and Now!” (UA NOW!) Initiative. UA Now! was developed to better understand key barriers and gaps in delivering access to care for women and girls. It involves participation of groups of women living with HIV, women’s groups, civil society organizations, government, academic institutions, and UN agencies. This brief captures what work went on under the UA Now!…
This brief tells us about UN Women and how they collaborate with UNAIDS in order to ensure that there are policies and practices to reduce the vulnerability of women and girls to HIV and address unequal power relations between men and women.
This page provides an important overview of why adolescent girls and young women are at a much higher risk of HIV than men in many regions. It addresses issues from eco-systemic levels, such as violence, lack of access to health care and education, and lack of legal recognition. It also provides recent statistics and examples about women and HIV.
This report serves as a call for action to address gender inequality, poverty, and HIV/AIDS among women. It highlights the efforts of UNAIDS to create programs that mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS for women and girls worldwide. This report contains detailed responses on how to confront HIV in respect to prevention, treatment, education, women’s rights, and more.
The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) conducted research to understand efforts to promote women’ s property rights in response to HIV. This paper includes input from UNDP regarding pathways to ensure property rights for women as a measure of security towards the impact of HIV/AIDS.
To understand the role of women’s property rights in mitigating the effects of HIV and violence, ICRW conducted research in South Africa and Uganda. They used qualitative research to explore linkages between women’s experience with land ownership, HIV, and domestic violence. This paper shares the findings from both studies, comparing similarities and difference between the two.
The International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW) released their World AIDS Day statement by asking us to 'step up' to end HIV stigma for women and girls worldwide. They demand a political commitment and a focus towards empowerment, ensuring access to HIV prevention and high-quality treatment, as well as sexual and reproductive health rights for all women.
Read the full statement on-line…
On World AIDS Day, UN Women released a compelling statement about the importance of achieving gender equality to reduce young women's vulnerabilities to HIV. The statement reminds us of the work that remains, such as scaling up efforts to address unequal power dynamics in relationships, building strong prevention methods, and increasing knowledge around the HIV epidemic for women and girls.
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For this year's World AIDS Day message, The Executive Director of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibé, talks about the many strides made towards an AIDS-free generation but also the increased HIV risk young women in sub-Saharan Africa are facing, along with a need to adapt prevention and treatment strategies for all.
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The UN's Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, commemorates World AIDS Day by commending the progress that has been made in reducing mother-to-child transmission, the number of AIDS-related deaths, and increasing the number of infected people on life-saving treatment. However, he also reminds us of the need to support young, vulnerable people and other key populations in order to end AIDS by 2030.
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When the International AIDS Conference is held in Africa, not only do you get Elton John, Queen Latifah and the rest of the celebrity set in attendance, but African royalty appear as well. They’re concerned for their people—and it’s these traditional leaders, as opposed to politicians, that often hold sway. That’s especially true in Malawi, where 10.3% of the population lives with HIV. Reflecting gender disparities in the country, more…
HIV infection significantly decreases survival among women with invasive cervical cancer, according to a study conducted in Botswana. This was the case even though most women with HIV received antiretroviral therapy. “Cervical cancer is the most common cause of cancer death among African women, and the HIV epidemic intensifies this burden,” wrote study authors led by Scott Dryden-Peterson, MD, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. The…
An updated adherence analysis from the ASPIRE study indicates that consistent users of a vaginal ring containing dapivirine experienced 65% fewer infections, the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) in Durban, South Africa heard last month. Some additional analyses suggested a higher level of effectiveness. Moreover, African women who took part in the study told researchers that they…
HIV remains a major health concern for women and children globally. Worldwide, the majority of new HIV infections occur in young women. Each year, 1.5 million women living with HIV become pregnant. Without effective treatment, up to 45 percent of HIV-infected mothers will transmit the virus to their child, usually through breastfeeding. In an effort to prevent HIV transmission to women and their children, researchers from the University of…
In sub-Saharan Africa, girls and young women account for 71 percent of new HIV infections among adolescents. South African officials hope more access to pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, will help, but experts say stigma and lack of education could doom those efforts. Read full article here.