Gender Equality And HIV/AIDS
Comprehensive Web Portal for Gender Equality Dimensions of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
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Explore our site to find valuable resources, cutting-edge research, and breaking news on the gender equality dimensions of HIV and AIDS. This site aims to promote understanding, knowledge sharing and action on the gender-based inequalities propelling the HIV epidemic.
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FeaturedFinancing for Gender Equality in the HIV Response
This publication provides experts' insights of existing gaps and recommendations going forward in to improve investments towards gender equality in the HIV response.
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Women's StoriesLiving 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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In the NewsThe ‘Education Plus’ Initiative (2021-2025) – Empowerment of adolescent girls and young women in Sub-Saharan Africa
The ‘Education Plus’ initiative is a drive to accelerate actions and investments to prevent HIV, centred on the empowerment of adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa.
In the News
Designing Real-World HIV Prevention for Women
The HIV risk of women isn't explained through biology alone. The spread of HIV reflects the vulnerabilities and inequalities of what it means to live as a woman today.
Advocating Safer Sex Isn't Enough To Prevent HIV Among Women
When it comes to women, gender inequality and unbalanced power relations are the real drivers of HIV transmission, requiring us to look at HIV among women from a social rather than a purely health-based lens.
United Nations Secretary General's World AIDS Day Message for 2018
The Secretary-General urges the scaling up of testing for HIV; enabling more people to access treatment; increasing resources needed to prevent new infections; and to end HIV-related stigma.
Recent Resources
Despite substantial declines in the number of new HIV infections globally, the HIV/AIDS epidemic...
Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) are disproportionately affected by HIV, and can face...
Despite a recent fall in new infections, South Africa still has the largest HIV epidemic in the...