When my husband died because of some diseases related to HIV, I thought I had lost everything. At that time I didn’t know about HIV, and my younger child and I tested positive for HIV. When I saw my son was seriously ill with TB, I felt he would die very soon. I didn’t know where I would go for medicines and other support. I really got angry with my husband who gave us this disease. My daughter is ‘negative’, so I know my in-laws will take…
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At the fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, member states met to discuss objectives and targets for the next decade including gender equality and empowerment. Read full article here.
If those who test positive can be put on drugs straight away to protect their own lives and that of their partner's, the stigma and fear associated with HIV must begin to lift.
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Researchers report yet more tantalizing data that the antiretroviral drugs doctors currently use to treat HIV infection could also be effective in preventing transmission of the virus. Read full article here.
Women at high risk of HIV/AIDS have not received adequate education to protect themselves from the virus, a conference on the subject heard yesterday.
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Environment Impact Assessments (EIA) will be expected to address HIV/AIDS and gender issues in the future after the National AIDS Coordinating Agency (NACA), together with other SADC countries complete an ongoing project that intends on finding ways of integrating these issues into the EIA.
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The World Health Organization’s (WHO) new recommendation for the extended use of triple drug antiretroviral prophylaxis for mother and infant is highly cost-effective compared to the current short-course two drug therapy for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) in Nigeria.
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During the meeting of the UNAIDS High Level Commission on HIV Prevention, commissioners visited Grassroot Soccer's Football for Hope Centre during a Skillz Street practice session involving around 100 girls.
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Women living with and affected by HIV in Latin America met recently in Panama to identify tools and methodologies to undertake their own study on the “vulnerabilities of women living with HIV in Latin America and the Spanish speaking Caribbean.”
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A new initiative “Combating AIDS in GCC countries” was hosted by the Minister of Health of Saudi Arabia, Dr Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Rabeeah and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on 16 April in Riyadh.
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Longtime Rising Voices grantee Repacted from Nakuru, Kenya continues its work in surrounding communities using magnet theater as a way to engage the community, and youth especially, through dramatic interpretations that present real-life situations involving health issues such as HIV/AIDS and TB. The members of the Repacted team showcase their role-playing abilities in order to provide awareness and education to the community, but also to…
Dr Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, addressed a side event called Putting Girls First during the CPD, which ran from 11-15 April at UN Headquarters in New York. UNFPA's director underlined the need to promote girls’ rights and gender equality and to prioritize them within national programmes for health, education, livelihoods and security.
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With support from an International Labour Organization (ILO) programme funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, a women's dairy cooperative organizes entrepreneurial skills-building and HIV awareness-raising activities.
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In 2004, two sisters in Rwanda started a “trade-not-aid” initiative that produces high-end handicrafts.+ From a humble beginning with just 20 artisans in the remote village of Gitarama, Gahaya Links…
In a former township outside of Cape Town, South Africa, a new project aims to break down barriers to antiretroviral therapy for pregnant women.
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Leah Okeyo is a community activist, blogger, author, and World Pulse correspondent. She is co-founder of two women's organizations–Jacolo Rural Women Response to HIV/AIDS, and Positive Action for Change (PACHO)–and is a participant in RV's “Blogging Positively” project. She is a Kenyan citizen and mother of…
I first heard about Barbara Kemigisa in a local church in Kampala, Uganda. She was giving a testimony about her life. When she first started talking, many people in the congregation were ready to hear the common conclusion “I thank God for……..” However, she caught everyone’s attention when she said these words “I am HIV Positive”. The mood changed as she went on narrating her ordeal and how she acquired the disease. She concluded by saying…
Three women in Namibia are suing the state for allegedly being sterilised without their informed consent after being diagnosed as HIV positive.
This paper provides an analysis of the gender policies and an update on the current state of gender programming and funding at the three financing institutions. By examining the way that gender concerns are being addressed, the paper highlights policy and programmatic trends related to gender that should be taken into account by the UNAIDS Secretariat’s gender strategy. The paper concludes with recommendations for UNAIDS and partners to more…
This paper commissioned by the Commonwealth Secretariat for the Eighth Women’s Affairs Ministers Meeting (8WAMM) convened in Kampala, Uganda in June 2007 examines the implications for gender equality of financing conditionalities for HIV and AIDS interventions. The core of this paper’s argument is that financing for development means financing to achieve equitable gender relations as central to the development process.