Gender Equality And HIV/AIDS
Comprehensive Web Portal for Gender Equality Dimensions of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
COMPREHENSIVE | UP-TO-DATE | REVIEWED
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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 high-level political advocacy drive to accelerate actions and investments to prevent HIV, centred on the empowerment of adolescent girls and women's empowerment in sub-Saharan Africa.
In the News
Can relationship-based approaches improve uptake of HIV-prevention among serodiscordant couples in Tanzania?
Interview research in Kisarawe, Tanzania has found that heterosexual, serodiscordant couples (where one partner has HIV and the other does not) tend to make joint decisions about HIV prevention and treatment, suggesting that pairs often make decisions about HIV-prevention together and that working with both partners could increase PrEP and ART access. Read the full article here .
5 Young Activists Making Generation Equality a Reality
Global Citizen spoke to five members of the Generation Equality Forum Youth Task Force about what they hope to bring to the Generation Equality Forum, the gender equality issues they care about most, and how they would like to see young people stand up to achieve gender equality in our lifetime. Read the full article here .
Gender equality and justice critical for ending AIDS
On 10 June, representatives of the United Nations, Member States, young women’s movements and civil society laid out strategic pathways for advancing gender justice and women’s rights and agency at a thematic panel, Advancing Gender Equality and Empowering Women and Girls in the AIDS Response, held during the United Nations High-Level Meeting on AIDS.
Recent Resources
As part of national efforts to enhance the livelihood status of rural women living with HIV, UN...
Between 2010 and 2013, with support from the Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada, UN Women...
This living report details the various global responses of organisations providing harm reduction...