Teenage girls in sub-Saharan Africa are three-to-five times more likely to be infected with the virus that causes AIDS than boys their age. A new study in Malawi, Mozambique and Botswana explores why that is. Read full article here.
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Dr Sylvia J. Anie, Director of the Social Transformation Programmes Division of the Commonwealth, says the world body notes with concern women’s vulnerability to the AIDS epidemic. Read full article here.
Windhoek — Katutura Soap Project that helps HIV-positive mothers in Namibia to make a living has grown from strength to strength. Read full article here.
Last week marked the 30th anniversary of what we recognize as the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. However, in all the talk, there has been one core aspect of HIV/AIDS that has been absent: that women comprise 50% of those living with HIV globally. Read full article here.
World leaders gathered at the United Nations to mark the 30th anniversary of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and put out a 102-paragraph declaration. In an interview with the Huffington Post, Adrienne Germain and Alexandra Garita discuss the declaration and the controversies that arise whenever sex is on the agenda. Read full article here…
This tool, developed in collaboration between WHO, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) is designed to support countries to strengthen national health strategies.
The tool poses critical questions to identify gaps and opportunities in the review or reform of health sector strategies. Analysis tables include critical questions rooted in…
Today, Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton visited the Buguruni Health Center in Tanzania. The Health Center is an example of the coordinated services and care that the U.S. Global Health Initiative (GHI) is designed to support around the world. The first principle of GHI is a “focus on women, girls and gender equality.” Read full article here.
This video documents the fourth thematic panel during the High Level Meeting on AIDS, "Women, girls and HIV". This panel focused on the disproportionate burden of HIV on women and girls and the need to ensure that their specific needs and vulnerabilities are adequately addressed. It highlighted the progress, challenges and opportunities in addressing the social determinants of women's and girl's vulnerability to HIV infection, as…
Today, the most likely victims of HIV/AIDS are young women. In countries most devastated by AIDS, such as those in sub-Saharan Africa, three young women are infected for every man that is infected. Read full article here.
The UN meeting on AIDS this week marked the tenth anniversary of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS. Commitments made to regard gender equality in addressing this scourge as usual left women more prone to being infected and affected. Read full article here.
World leaders gathered in New York for the 2011 United Nations High Level Meeting on AIDS have today launched a Global Plan that will make significant strides towards eliminating new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive. Read full article here.
High-Level Policy Forum that attracted over 120 ambassadors, ministers, parliamentarians, advocates, youth and media. Focus was on girls, women, and HIV.
Her Royal Highness Mette-Marit The Crown Princess of Norway spoke at the International Peace Institute at an event during the 2011 High Level Meeting on AIDS entitled Prevention and Protection Save Lives: Girls, Women and HIV.
Social constructions of masculinity have been shown to serve as an obstacle to men's access and adherence to antiretroviral therapies (ART). In the light of women's relative lack of power in many aspects of interpersonal relationships with men in many African settings, our objective is to explore how male denial of HIV/AIDS impacts on their female partners' ability to access and adhere to ART.
To bring to the forefront priority actions for the AIDS response put forward by women around the world ahead of the General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS, a special event was held on 7 June. Read full article here.
Tetiana Afanasiadi is regional coordinator for Alliance Ukraine in Odessa, part of the International HIV/AIDS Alliance global partnership. Read full article here.
UNAIDS welcomes new UN Security Council resolution on HIV and preventing sexual violence in conflict
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) welcomes a new United Nations (UN) Security Council resolution on HIV which has been adopted at the UN Security Council in New York. Read full article here.
Gender and sexuality – and their related norms and practices – have long been recognised as key factors affecting the dynamics of HIV and the global response to it. This survey report, published by the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, maps current work and assesses the capacity, challenges and aspirations around gender and sexuality programming. Whereas issues vary across communities and countries, the authors contend that power imbalances,…
The Population Council has created a two book set of guidelines and activities for a unified approach to sexuality, gender, HIV, and human rights education. In Book 1, GUIDELINES, you will find curriculum content that places gender issues and human rights at the heart of sex and HIV education. In Book 2, ACTIVITIES, you will find 54 activities that engage young people and foster critical thinking skills.
Alicia Keys is committed to making a change for women everywhere. The “Superwoman” was one of the celebrities invited to speak on the panel at “HIV Priorities for Positive Change: In Women’s Words” during the United Nations conference on AIDS in New York City. Read full article here.