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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FeaturedWomen's Property and Inheritance Rights in the Context of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
This programme aimed to promote women's access to property and inheritance rights as a means to reduce vulnerabilities to and mitigate the impact of HIV.
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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 NewsMaking the HIV Response Work for Women Through Film: A Toolkit for Action
Check out a new Toolkit for Action developed jointly by UN Women and the Queen Mary University of London on using a feature film ‘Pili’ about a woman living with HIV in Tanzania to mobilize action to address gender equality issues women living with HIV face
In the News
Church related hospitals fight GBV
The Zimbabwe Association of Church-related Hospitals (ZACH) has held its annual conference in Harare early this week. The conference evolved around issues of gender-based violence (GBV) and HIV emerging from SASA communities. Sasa is a Kiswahili word that means now (now is the time to prevent violence).
Black Women HIV Rates Decline, But Is It Progress?
Unfortunately, Black and brown women continue to be the hardest hit female demographic in terms of new HIV diagnoses.
19 000 Domestic Violence Cases Reported In 2019 Musasa Project
Presenting a paper on ‘Sexual and Gender Based Violence The Relationship with HIV’, Musasa Project legal officer Tinashe Chitunhu, said there was a huge link between sexual domestic violence and HIV/AIDS.
Recent Resources
The guide serves as an important resource to complement and build on existing guidance and tools to...
In sub-Saharan Africa, adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) account for 74% of new HIV infections...
The gender assessment tool for national HIV responses (GAT) is intended to assist countries in...