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XVIII International AIDS Conference LogoXVIII International AIDS Conference
18–23 July 2010 | Vienna, Austria

 

 

 

Events relating to gender equality and women’s rights during the Conference:

  • The ATHENA Network, with suport from UNIFEM and the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, has produced a guide to all gender and women-related sessions at the Vienna Conference. The guide is available here.

New Resources and Publications:

  • UNIFEM Report “Transforming the National AIDS Response: Advancing Women’s Leadership and Participation” can be found here.
  • Women Won’t Wait End HIV and Violence Against Women and Girls NOW Report: “What’s the Budget? Where’s the Staff?: Moving from Policy to Practice”
  • UNAIDS Outlook 2010 Report can be found here.
  • What Works for Women and Girls: Evidence for HIV/AIDS Interventions - now available at www.whatworksforwomen.org - is a comprehensive review of successful HIV programming for women and girls spanning 2,000 articles and reports with data from more than 90 countries.

Useful Resource and Links:

UNIFEM and ActionAid Launch New Report on Promising Practices to Confront Violence Against Women and Girls and the Spread of HIV & AIDS

UNIFEM and ActionAid are proud to release a new report that profiles innovative approaches to addressing Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) and HIV&AIDS. Together We Must! End Violence Against Women and Girls and HIV&AIDS reviews ten organizations that are working on new strategies to address these related pandemics. By releasing the report on International Human Rights Day, UNIFEM and ActionAid, affirm the urgency of confronting VAWG and HIV & AIDS as fundamental threats to women’s rights. The report is available here. Together We Must!

Global launch of the AIDS Accountability Scorecard on Women

Are governments keeping their promises?

As World AIDS Day (1 December) approaches, AIDS Accountability International has released the first ever global scorecard analyzing country responses to the specific needs and vulnerabilities of women in the context of the AIDS epidemic. This independent assessment, developed through a comprehensive consultative process with global health experts and civil society representatives from across the world, evaluates data that all governments provide as part of the 2001 United Nations Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS. Further information is available at the AIDS Accountability International website. AIDS Accountability Scorecard on Women
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Latest News

 Survey reveals AIDS misconceptions persist among women - Years of public awareness campaigns on HIV-AIDS or the Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome have not diminished prevalent misconceptions about the virus or the ailment even among well-educated women, a recent government survey found. Read More...[ 1695 reads ]
 UGANDA: Early Diagnosis of HIV Still Elusive - HIV-positive Justine Kirumira* is a mother torn between doing what is right for her daughters and her own fear of HIV/AIDS. She suspects that her eight and 12-year-old daughters may also have the virus. But she may never know the truth of their status because she refuses have them tested. Read More...[ 1217 reads ]
 Study: In Malawi, money in girls’ hands boosts school enrolment - Small stipends paid directly to young girls have had a powerful impact on their school attendance in Malawi, reducing drop-out rates considerably and helping to protect them from HIV. Read More...[ 1227 reads ]
 WHO tool to integrate gender into AIDS programmes - In order to offer women greater protection against the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) has designed a hands-on tool to integrate gender into AIDS programmes in the health sector. Read More...[ 1235 reads ]
 World AIDS Day Message by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon - The world is seeing signs of progress in reversing the AIDS epidemic in some countries. Investments in the AIDS response are producing results and saving lives. At the same time, in global terms new infections are outpacing the gains achieved in putting people on treatment, and AIDS remains one of the leading causes of premature death globally. Read More...[ 1611 reads ]
 World AIDS Day Message by Michel Sidibé UNAIDS Executive Director - On this World AIDS Day we are filled with both hope and concern. Hope because significant progress has been made towards universal access. New HIV infections have dropped. Fewer children are born with HIV. And more than 4 million people are on treatment. Read More...[ 1425 reads ]
 World AIDS Day Statement By Inés Alberdi UNIFEM Executive Director - A recent report by the World Health Organization revealed that AIDS is the leading killer of women of reproductive age in poor and middle-income countries. This is unacceptable at a time when HIV treatment is available. Read More...[ 1426 reads ]
 World AIDS Day Message by UNDP Administrator Helen Clark - The international community observes World AIDS Day each year on December 1st. On this day we focus this year on the need for effective HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment, and support. Read More...[ 1436 reads ]
 World AIDS Day Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Ahmed Obaid - Today on World AIDS Day we extend solidarity to all people who are living with HIV and AIDS so they can live free of stigma and discrimination. And we remember and pay tribute to those who have lost their lives to AIDS. Read More...[ 1423 reads ]
 World AIDS Day Message by Elizabeth Mataka, UN's Special Envoy on AIDS in Africa - Reflecting on the World AIDS Day theme of 2009 of Universal Access and Human Rights, I was struck how much more needs to be done to ensure that women and girls across Sub-Saharan Africa can access comprehensive HIV prevention, care and support services. Read More...[ 1678 reads ]

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New Resources Added to the Site

 Ndizvo Zvandiri[ 4342 reads ]
 Making the Response to AIDS Work for Young Women and Girls[ 4329 reads ]
 Gender and HIV and AIDS: UK Consortium on HIV and AIDS Gender Working Group[ 4621 reads ]
 Women and Risk of HIV/AIDS Infection[ 5052 reads ]
 Increase Women’s Control Over HIV Prevention: Fight AIDS[ 4650 reads ]
 Reducing HIV Stigma and Gender Based Violence: Toolkit for Health Care Providers[ 5030 reads ]
 HIV/AIDS awareness and risk behaviour among pregnant women in Semey, Kazakhstan[ 3908 reads ]
 HIV Vulnerabilities Faced by Women Migrants: from Asia to the Arab States[ 5566 reads ]
 At Risk: Rights Violations of HIV-Positive Women in Kenyan Health Facilities[ 4116 reads ]
 A multilevel analysis of effect of neighbourhood and individual wealth status on[ 4006 reads ]
 HIV/AIDS and Gender Training: A Toolkit for Policy and Senior Level[ 4641 reads ]
 In Coastal Tanzania, A Vicious Spiral of HIV/AIDS, Poverty, Gender Inequity[ 4165 reads ]
 Study of knowledge, perception and attitude of adolescent girls towards STIs/HIV[ 4183 reads ]
 Human Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS and Other Sexually Transmissible Infecti[ 4265 reads ]
 The Power Imbalance Between Men and Women and Its Effects on the Spread of HIV[ 5128 reads ]

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World AIDS Day Campaign

The World AIDS Campaign from 2005 to 2010 is calling on individuals and groups to support the theme “Stop AIDS. Keep the promise” aimed at governments and policy makers. Read more...

Say NO to Violence against Women!

Join UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman in support of UNIFEM's campaign to Say No to Violence against Women! Add your name to a worldwide movement to speak out against violence against women. Read More...

Global Coalition on Women and AIDS

The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS is an informal grouping of partners and organizations working to mitigate the impact of AIDS on women and girls worldwide. Read More...
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Executive Summary of UNIFEM forthcoming report “Transforming the National AIDS Response: Gender Equality, Women’s Rights and the ‘Three Ones’. Read more...

Manifesto on the needs of women affected by HIV/AIDS produced by the Blueprint for Action on Women and HIV/AIDS Coalition. Read more(English).../Read more(French)...

Positive Women Telling Truths: ICW Challenges for the Toronto AIDS Conference. ICW News Issue 34 July/August 2006 Special Focus: Inclusion/Exclusion – What do these words mean to us? ICW’s Challenges for the Toronto AIDS Conference. Read more...
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I am Gracia Violeta Ross Quiroga, a 28-year-old woman from Bolivia living with HIV. It was in March 2000, when I had an infection that would not heal, that I went to hospital for tests. I was tested for many different illnesses including HIV. When the HIV test came back HIV positive, I could not believe it. My family did not reject me but received me with open arms, and told me they did not want to know what happened, they just wanted to be with me and support me until the last day. Since I completed my Bachelor’s degree, I have been writing publications and giving lectures on gender issues and the plight of PLWHA. The terrible injustices affecting PLWHA in my country, especially against women, encouraged me to get involved.

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