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
AIDS deaths, more people living with HIV, women at highest risk in India
India's newly released HIV/AIDS Estimation report finds an increase in the number of people living with HIV, AIDS-related deaths and that over 42% of people living with HIV are women.
We Know How! Responding to HIV and the Youth Bulge with Youth Voices
Young women (15-24 years) in sub-Saharan Africa are eight times more likely to be living with HIV than their male counterparts. The time has come to think innovatively about how to reach young people and meet their needs.
The Feminisation of HIV and AIDS
If the battle to eradicate AIDS in this lifetime is to be won, there is a need for urgent transformation of the structural causes of inequality that render women vulnerable to infection and the advancement of women's rights.
Recent Resources
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has launched the 'HER' Initiative, which...
To end the growing HIV epidemic among young women, human rights violations must be addressed. The...
In this report, analysis of data from seven countries in Eastern and Southern Africa found that only...