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This comprehensive gender and HIV/AIDS web portal provides up-to-date resources
on the gender dimensions of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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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
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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. |
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Announcing The Fourth Wave
a New Online Forum on AIDS and Gender
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In the third decade of the
HIV and AIDS epidemic, women and particularly young women and girls have become
a growing proportion of those affected and infected. The
SSRC, UNESCO
and UNIFEM announce the launch of a new
online forum, the "Fourth Wave":
Violence, Gender, Culture & HIV in the 21st Century, to discuss the gendered
structural inequalities that have a direct bearing on women's and girls'
vulnerability to HIV. A moderated online discussion will allow practitioners,
policy makers and scholars to debate why the response to the epidemic is failing
women. The online forum will precede the forthcoming Fourth Wave book, chapters
of which are posted on the website.
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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... | [ 245 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... | [ 140 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... | [ 132 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... | [ 139 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... | [ 579 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... | [ 481 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... | [ 450 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... | [ 444 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... | [ 451 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... | [ 480 reads ] |
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Global Campaigns |
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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.
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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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New Reports |
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Executive Summary of UNIFEM forthcoming report “Transforming the National AIDS
Response: Gender Equality, Women’s Rights and the ‘Three Ones’.
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Manifesto on the needs of women affected by HIV/AIDS produced by the
Blueprint for Action on Women and HIV/AIDS Coalition.
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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.
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Women Speak |
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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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