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POWER - Program On Women’s Empowerment in Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (SRMNCAH) rights in humanitarian settings in the Horn of Africa Region

UN Women's Programme on Women's Empowerment in Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health rights in humanitarian settings in the Horn of Africa Region (POWER), supported by the Austrian Development Agency, addressed gender equality and women’s empowerment as central to women’s enjoyment of their rights to health services.

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Living with HIV and Violence: Women of Ukraine Speak Out and Build Solidarity

In Ukraine, peer-support groups and the National Women’s Forum on HIV is bringing awareness, action and new beginnings for women survivors of violence living with HIV.

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Investing in adolescent girls’ and young women’s leadership and voice in the HIV response: Case studies and experiences

Adolescent girls and young women are the linchpin to ending AIDS. This new publication focuses on results of the UN Women-PEPFAR Partnership, Investing in Adolescent Girls and Young Women’s Leadership and Voice in the HIV Response, and includes herstories of five young women leaders from Tanzania, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Cameroon.

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Women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) are three times more likely to contract HIV

According to a study from McGill University researchers, women who experience recent intimate partner violence (IPV) are three times more likely to contract HIV. In Sub-Saharan Africa, women face an intersecting epidemic of IPV and HIV.
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UNAIDS releases new report outlining the path that ends AIDS

A new UNAIDS report delineates a clear path that ends AIDS, and helps prepare for and tackle future pandemics. The report cautions, however, that ending AIDS will not come automatically. Women and girls are still disproportionately affected, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Globally, 4,000 young women and girls became infected with HIV every week in 2022.
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Coercive reproductive healthcare practices reported by high number of women living with HIV

Recent data gathered from the People Living with HIV Stigma Index 2.0 indicates that women living with HIV are at an increased risk of reproductive coercion by healthcare professionals across sub-Saharan Africa, eastern Europe, and central Asia. HIV positive women who are sex workers, use drugs and/or are migrants are more likely to receive poor quality and stigmatising reproductive care.
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