The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has published Results, a World AIDS Day 2012 report. The report includes the most recent HIV/AIDS data, which shows that a more than 50% reduction in the rate of new HIV infections has been achieved across 25 low- and middle-income countries––more than half in Africa, the region most affected by HIV. It also proposes innovative strategies and makes country recommendations to…
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The Liberian Women Empowerment Network (LIWEN), the only network of women and adolescent girls living with and affected by HIV and AIDS in Liberia recently conducted a series of HIV training activities in Grand Gedeh County. Read full article here.
The HIV prevalence rate among women attending antenatal clinics around the country appears to be "stabilising" at about 30 percent, MPs hear. Read full article here.
Scientists have developed a vaginal ring embedded with an antiviral drug that could potentially protect women against the virus that causes AIDS. Read full article here.
On the whole, did the 2012 International AIDS Conference reflect the human rights-based and gender perspective necessary to addressing the epidemic among women and girls? Read full article here.
Baby Rivona has advocated passionately on behalf of women living with HIV and AIDS in Indonesia since 2005. She contracted the disease herself through drug use, and was shocked by the stigma and the lack of support she…
The International AIDS Conference convenes in Washington July 22-27 and activists are demanding more policies and investments reflecting the fact that women are now more than half of all people living with HIV. Read full article here.
Putting the spotlight back on family planning, the UK Government along with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation organised a summit in London to support the right of women and girls to decide, freely and for themselves, whether, when and how many children they have. Read full article here.
The HIV pandemic changed when we weren't looking. After looking at the most recent statistics, you could argue it outsmarted us. Five years ago, women overtook men as the majority of people in the world living with HIV. Read full article here.
Ethiopian policy makers, faced with a rapidly expanding population and rising numbers of HIV-Aids infections, decided to tackle both problems together. Read full article here.
New research shows that a combination of inexpensive antiretroviral drugs can be very effective in treating HIV positive women in developing countries. Read full article here.
BEIJING, China -- The number of spouses infected with HIV by their partners is increasing on the Chinese mainland, and most of those infected by spouses are females, a new report has revealed. Read full article here.
Most women -- 73 percent -- diagnosed as HIV-positive in Argentina within the last two years were infected through unprotected sex with a stable partner, according to preliminary results of a new study. Read full article here.
UN Women joined forces with the Asia Pacific Interagency Task Team on Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV (IATT) and the Unzip the Lips Campaign to produce a short video on women most at risk of, and most affected by, HIV in the Asia Pacific region. The video highlights the needs and rights of key affected women and girls in a concentrated epidemic. The video was shown to 260 delegates from 34 countries at the UN ESCAP Asia-Pacific High-level…
This briefing paper discusses the many challenges of food insecurity in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and gender equality. The report covers various topics that pertain particularly to women living with HIV or affected by HIV; these include: barriers to women's farming, women's land rights, economic and social empowerment, violence against women, inheritance rights and property grabbing, politics, ideologies and vested interests.
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This publication provides a brief overview of why it is important to consider voluntary family planning as a component for HIV prevention and treatment. It outlines the beneficial health outcomes of integrated HIV/AIDS and family planning services, as well as how these services can also promote women’s rights. This piece concludes with an informational section on international policy and how these programs are funded globally.
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In 2009, researchers completed a study that showed a microbicide gel could protect women from HIV infection. They said it showed that a microbicide could empower women to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS. Read full article here.
Peoples’ Dialogue on Human Settlement, a non-governmental organisation, on Tuesday called on journalists to promote the rights of women to acquire and own property... “This will ensure that they do not fall prey to sexual exploitation to reduce HIV/AIDS in the country,” says Ms Sylvia Noagbesenu. Read full article here.
As we observe Women’s History Month throughout March, we celebrate the work pioneered by advocates, policymakers, and practitioners around the world to advance women’s rights. Read full article here.
This resource was produced for the participants of a workshop held in November 2011 in Istanbul, organised by UNFPA, UNDP, UN Women, UNAIDS, and WHO, with Sonke Gender Justice Network, Men Engage, and the ATHENA Network. This contains a number of resources produced by many organisations working on gender-based violence, involvement of men and boys, and the meaningful involvement of women living with HIV in the context of HIV…