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The objective of this code is to provide a set of guidelines to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the world of work and within the framework of the promotion of decent work. The guidelines cover the following key areas of action: (a) prevention of HIV/AIDS; (b) management and mitigation of the impact of HIV/AIDS on the world of work; (c) care and support of workers infected and affected by HIV/AIDS; and (d) elimination of stigma and…
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…
At its 45th session held in 2001, the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women focused on the thematic issue of women, the girl child and human immuno-deficiency virus/acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). This report includes the Agreed Conclusions of the Commission on this thematic issue. Additional documents relating to the Commission's 45th Session regarding women, the girl child, and HIV/AIDS can be accessed on-line…
An intervention that addresses mother-to-child transmission of HIV is complex, yet it is one of the few biomedical interventions currently available for reducing the transmission of HIV that is feasible and affordable in resource-constrained settings. This article highlights selected findings from research in Botswana and Zambia and provides guidelines for ensuring community involvement in programs.
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…
From June 25-27, 2001, the United Nations held the first ever General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The Special Session addressed the pandemic not only as a global public health issue, but also as a looming development and security crisis requiring a multi-sector, multi-front strategy. This Declaration of Commitment, adopted by the General Assembly during the UNGASS on HIV/AIDS, outlines the United…
This preliminary overview of available literature suggests that within the context of gender and the HIV epidemic, sexual violence is a complex phenomenon with multiple determinants, consequences and manifestations. UNAIDS estimated that by December 1997, 30.6 million people around the world had been infected with HIV, with more than 70% of these infections occurring through unprotected sexual intercourse. The overall proportion of these…
This document is a review of factors affecting men and women's increased susceptability to HIV and programme responses to reduce this risk. Gender-awareness programmes have focused on improving access to information regarding HIV/AIDS and sexuality and reproduction, as well as the improvement of appropriate services and technologies. Studies additionally show that interventions to improve women's economic and social status can have a significant…
This study reviews the existing statistical data available to describe how HIV/AIDS affects men and women differently, drawing on data from reported AIDS cases, data from sero-prevalence surveys and estimates of overall HIV/AIDS trends. Illustrated with case studies from Bangladesh, Brazil and Uganda, this research highlights the gender differences in vulnerability to HIV and outlines possible improvements in data collection and analysis.…
This document is a transcript of the plenary address given by Geeta Rao Gupta at the XIII International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, in 2000. In accordance with the title, Geeta Rao Gupta focuses on the what, why and how of gender, sexuality and HIV/AIDS. Emphasis is placed on exploring gender-sensitive and transformative approaches to the epidemic.
An important component of HIV voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) programs is encouraging clients to inform partners of their serostatus. Yet many clients do not disclose results to partners. Studies have found that a serious barrier to disclosure of status for women is fear of a violent reaction by male partners. Also, HIV-infected women are at an increased risk for partner violence. Building on previous research, this study explored…
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 Handbook is a tool for extending the reach of effective responses to HIV/AIDS where they are needed most. There are over 40 million PLHA in the world today, and 95 percent live in resource-constrained countries. Until and unless the impact of AIDS is reduced, these countries face little prospect of building a more secure and prosperous future. The Handbook emphasizes crosscutting issues such as gender, human rights, capacity building,…
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 report describes a research project conducted in India which emphasizes forms and determinants of HIV/AIDS-related discrimination, stigmatization, and denial. It offers an account of how DSD operates, and what causes it, in a range of contexts in two contrasting regions. The report provides a discussion of the gendered nature of HIV-related discrimination, and finds that there was clear evidence that the HIV/AIDS-related discrimination…
This paper presents an overview of information on socio-economic and gender inequalities in the knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention. The information, based on an analysis of household data collected by the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) program, concerning poor-rich coverage and gender differences for twenty-three countries, focuses primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. The findings suggest that knowledge of HIV/…
This report is a compilation of a number of innovative and promising interventions in the field of HIV/AIDS prevention at the international, regional, and local levels. It contains a section entitled "What works with Women and Men?", which discusses the gender dimensions of HIV prevention initiatives and includes case studies from Namibia, Jamaica, Honduras, Brazil, Uganda and Zambia.
"Living for Tomorrow" is a development and research HIV prevention project based in Estonia, targeting young people and the difficulties faced by educators in actively involving youth in safe sexual behavior. Its approach is to build sexual health awareness while looking at how gender norms in society actually dictate and produce unsafe and damaging sexual relations between men and women.
FAS organized a workshop on the theme "Linking AIDS to Women's Peace Advocacy" from April 3-7, 2000. The workshop took place at the OAU Conflict Management Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It drew together women from Africa to consider the issues of gender and HIV/AIDS in peace advocacy in the continent. The publication explores the nature of the epidemic and the lessons that can be learned from the workshop.
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Individuals interested in youth development are considering programs that integrate attention to reproductive and sexual health with a focus on livelihood options, which aim to improve young people's capabilities, assets, and activities necessary for earning a living. Given the critical gap in assessment of the few such linked programs, ICRW undertook an 18-month analysis of these programs in India, Colombia, and Kenya. The goals of this…