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| 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.
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TITLE: Ndizvo Zvandiri
AUTHOR: Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric AIDS Foundation
DATE: 2007
PUBLISHER: Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric AIDS Foundation
“Ndizvo Zvandiri” is 30-minute film that aims to promote advocacy in prevention
of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT), and encourage disclosure of HIV status
and male participation in reproductive health issues. “Ndizvo Zvandiri,” which
means “This is What I Am,” tells the story of Miriam, who discovers that she is
HIV positive when she goes to look for antenatal care. Intended to be
representative of the challenges that many women in Zimbabwe face, the film
chronicles the gender challenges she faces in disclosing her status to her
husband, as well as how the couple eventually join hands to protect the future
of their unborn child. The film is complemented by a discussion guide to help
facilitate discussion on the various PMTCT and social issues portrayed in it.
For more information on this film, please contact:
Matthews Maruva, Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric AIDS Foundation
143 King George Road, Harare, Zimbabwe
Tel: 04-302572 / 302287 / 79
Fax: 263-4-(0)4-729401
E-mail: mmaruva@pedaids.org
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| Making the Response to AIDS Work for Young Women and Girls |
TITLE: Making the Response to AIDS Work for Young Women and Girls
AUTHOR: I. Alberdi
DATE: 2008
PUBLISHER: UNIFEM
This speech by Inés Alberdi, Executive Director of UNIFEM, was made at the
High-Level Meeting on AIDS, UN General Assembly, Panel Discussion 3. Speaking on
behalf of the UN, Executive Director Inés Alberdi said that “it is vitally
important to address the links between HIV and AIDS and violence against women
and girls ... both a cause and a consequence of HIV among women of all ages, but
especially young women and girls.”
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Posted by editor on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 16:29:50 CST (4341 reads)
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| Gender and HIV and AIDS: UK Consortium on HIV and AIDS Gender Working Group |
TITLE: Gender and HIV and AIDS: UK Consortium on HIV and AIDS Gender Working
Group Briefing Paper
AUTHOR: UK Consortium on HIV and AIDS
DATE: 2008
PUBLISHER: UK Consortium on HIV and AIDS
The 8-page briefing paper aims to introduce readers to the key issues regarding
gender inequalities and the different impacts of HIV and AIDS on women, men,
girls and boys.
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| Women and Risk of HIV/AIDS Infection |
TITLE: Women and Risk of HIV/AIDS Infection
AUTHOR: International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC)
DATE: 2008
PUBLISHER: International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC)
This fact sheet reviews women’s vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, focusing particularly
on young women. Many women and young people do not have access to the
information and services they need to protect themselves from HIV infection.
Women’s vulnerability is increased by marriage, sex work, injecting drug use,
being the partner of an injecting drug user, a student, and violent or coercive
sex.
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| Increase Women’s Control Over HIV Prevention: Fight AIDS |
TITLE: Increase Women’s Control Over HIV Prevention: Fight AIDS
AUTHOR: Global Coalition on Women and AIDS
DATE: 2006
PUBLISHER: UNAIDS
Women account for nearly half of HIV infections worldwide and almost two-thirds
of those among young people, with female infections rising in almost every
region. Yet 25 years into the global AIDS epidemic, there is still no
widely-available technology that women can control to protect themselves from
HIV. This is a brief that addresses women’s lack of resources to protect
themselves from infection and highlights the need for strategies and methods.
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| Reducing HIV Stigma and Gender Based Violence: Toolkit for Health Care Providers |
TITLE: Reducing HIV Stigma and Gender Based Violence: Toolkit for Health Care
Providers in India
AUTHOR: R. Kidd, N. Prasad, M. Tajuddin, J. Avula, R. Ginni, and N. Duvvury
DATE: 2007
PUBLISHER: International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
The toolkit is a collection of participatory educational exercises for educating
health care providers on the issues of stigma and gender-based violence. It was
developed for and with health care providers in Andhra Pradesh, India. The
modules use a learner-centred, participatory approach to training — one built
around discussion and small-group activities. The goal is to facilitate open
discussion on HIV stigma and gender violence, and on what health workers can do
to promote a change in attitude and practice. It includes modules with training
exercises that are meant to be used selectively, according to the trainer's
objectives and training group.
Article can be accessed on-line
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter A: HIV Stigma – Naming and Owning the Problem
Chapter B: Gender Violence –Naming & Owning the Problem
Chapter C: Shame and Blame –Stigma & Emotional Violence
Chapter D: More Understanding and Less Fear
Chapter E: Moving to Action
Annex 1: Fact Sheets
Annex 2: Making Your Own Training Program
Annex 3: Games for Training
Annex 4: Overview of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005
Annex 5: Pictures for Use in Toolkit Sessions
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| HIV/AIDS awareness and risk behaviour among pregnant women in Semey, Kazakhstan |
TITLE: HIV / AIDS awareness and risk behaviour among pregnant women in Semey,
Kazakhstan, 2007
AUTHOR: E. Sandgren, S. Sandgren, M. Urazalin, and R. Andersson
DATE: 2008
PUBLISHER: BMC Public Health, 8(295)
Central Asia has one of the most rapidly increasing HIV prevalence in the world.
This research article describes the results of a study to assess current
knowledge, risk behaviour and attitudes to voluntary counselling and testing
concerning HIV/AIDS among pregnant women in Semey, Kazakhstan. The study
concluded that pregnant women in Semey have poor knowledge about specific
mother-to-child HIV transmission and do not know about the means of reducing
mother-to-child HIV infection. However, most of the women in Semey were positive
to prevention strategies for mother-to-child transmission after hearing about
it.
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| HIV Vulnerabilities Faced by Women Migrants: from Asia to the Arab States |
TITLE: HIV Vulnerabilities Faced by Women Migrants: from Asia to the Arab
States
AUTHOR: UNDP Regional Centre in Colombo
DATE: 2008
PUBLISHER: UNDP
By analyzing the economic, socio-cultural, and political factors that influence
the HIV vulnerability of migrant workers - especially female migrant workers -
the study aims to aid the design of appropriate rights-based HIV prevention
programmes. It also is intended to identify emerging challenges and trends in
the response to HIV and migration issues in host countries, particularly in the
area of human rights and public health.
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| At Risk: Rights Violations of HIV-Positive Women in Kenyan Health Facilities |
TITLE: At Risk: Rights Violations of HIV-Positive Women in Kenyan Health
Facilities
AUTHOR: Center for Reproductive Rights
DATE: 2008
PUBLISHER: Center for Reproductive Rights and Federation of Women
Lawyers–Kenya
This report vividly illustrates the failure of the Kenyan government to care for
women living with HIV. At healthcare centers across Kenya, these women encounter
physical and verbal abuse and are subject to discriminatory standards of care.
They often cannot access antiretroviral treatment and their rights to informed
consent and confidentiality are frequently violated during HIV testing and
treatment. The publication calls on the Kenyan government to implement systemic
changes to ensure that HIV-positive women can fully exercise their right to
affordable, accessible, and safe health services.
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| A multilevel analysis of effect of neighbourhood and individual wealth status on |
TITLE: A multilevel analysis of effect of neighbourhood and individual
wealth status on sexual behaviour among women: Evidence from Nigeria 2003
Demographic and Health Survey
AUTHOR: O.A. Uthman and E.J. Kongnyuy
DATE: 2008
PUBLISHER: BMC International Health and Human Rights
This research article describes the results of an analysis of the 2003 Nigerian
Demographic and Health Survey to examine factors associated with extra-marital
sex among women in Nigeria and investigate how much variation in reported
extra-marital sex can be attributed to individual- and community-level factors.
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| HIV/AIDS and Gender Training: A Toolkit for Policy and Senior Level |
TITLE: HIV/AIDS and Gender Training: A Toolkit for Policy and Senior
Level Decision Makers
AUTHOR: National AIDS Control Council (Kenya)
DATE: 2004
PUBLISHER: National AIDS Control Council (Kenya), Policy Project
This toolkit is a demonstration of the importance National AIDS Control Council
(NACC) places on taking on board gender issues in HIV and AIDS in prevention,
care, mitigation of social impacts on families, human rights and economic impact
of the scourge on the country’s economy. The toolkit offers an opportunity to
policy and senior level decision makers to be exposed to gender issues in HIV
and AIDS, thus enabling them to address the same in their policies and
programmes.
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| In Coastal Tanzania, A Vicious Spiral of HIV/AIDS, Poverty, Gender Inequity |
TITLE: In Coastal Tanzania, A Vicious Spiral of HIV/AIDS, Poverty, Gender
Inequity, and Natural Resource Degradation
AUTHOR: M. Thaxton
DATE: 2005
PUBLISHER: Population Reference Bureau
Small fishing and farming villages dot the rural landscape along the Indian
Ocean on Tanzania's northern coast. Local men have fished for subsistence in
this area for generations, while women have traditionally managed households and
acted as primary caregivers.
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| Study of knowledge, perception and attitude of adolescent girls towards STIs/HIV |
TITLE: Study of knowledge, perception and attitude of adolescent girls
towards STIs/HIV, safer sex and sex education: (A cross sectional survey of
urban adolescent school girls in South Delhi, India)
AUTHOR: A. McManus and L. Dhar
DATE: 2008
PUBLISHER: BMC Women's Health (8:12)
This research article describes an evaluation of adolescent school girls'
knowledge, perceptions and attitudes towards STIs/HIV and safer sex practice and
sex education and explores their current sexual behaviour in India.
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| Human Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS and Other Sexually Transmissible Infecti |
TITLE: Human Rights in the Context of HIV/AIDS and Other Sexually
Transmissible Infections
AUTHOR: Center for Reproductive Rights
DATE: 2008
PUBLISHER: Center for Reproductive Rights
This briefing paper takes an in-depth look at the standards developed by six UN
“treaty monitoring bodies,” or committees, in the area of HIV/AIDS and other
STIs. Following a brief overview of the origin and work of the committees, this
paper reviews standards each body has adopted as it has monitored governments’
compliance with their duties under international human rights law, including
references to gender. In repeated statements, these bodies have made clear that,
in the context of HIV/AIDS and other STIs, governments are bound by
international standards to ensure prevention, care, and protection from
discrimination.
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| The Power Imbalance Between Men and Women and Its Effects on the Spread of HIV |
TITLE: The Power Imbalance Between Men and Women and Its Effects on the
Rampant Spread of HIV/AIDS among Women
AUTHOR: J.L. Andreff
DATE: 2001
PUBLISHER: Human Rights Brief, 9:1
This article examines some of the reasons why women are vulnerable to HIV/AIDS.
These reasons include: violations of their economic rights, violations of their
political rights, and cultural beliefs, such as the cultural value placed on
virginity, fertility and the subservience of women to men in marriage. The
article also discusses the role of the international community in protecting
women’s rights with special attention paid to the UN Commission on the Status of
Women and the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination
against Women. The article concludes with recommendations to the international
community to help ensure the rights of women are protected.
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| At Risk and Neglected: Sex Workers |
TITLE: “At Risk and Neglected: Sex Workers,” Report on the Global AIDS
Epidemic
AUTHOR: UNAIDS
DATE: 2006
PUBLISHER: UNAIDS
This section focuses on sex workers and their under representation in HIV
prevention and treatment initiatives. It briefly looks at HIV/AIDS and sex work
internationally, providing some statistics and comments about specific
countries. It also examines related issues such as drug use and young and
uninformed sex workers. The environment sex work often takes place in and the
typical clients of sex workers are also discussed. This section concludes with
examples of positive policy initiatives for the protection of sex workers from
HIV/AIDS.
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| Sex-trafficking, Violence, Negotiating Skill, and HIV Infection in Sex Workers |
TITLE: Sex-trafficking, Violence, Negotiating Skill, and HIV Infection in
Brothel-based Sex Workers of Eastern India, Adjoining Nepal, Bhutan, and
Bangladesh
AUTHOR: K. Sarkar, B. Bal, R. Mukherjee, S. Chakraborty, S. Saha, A.
Ghosh, and S. Parsons
DATE: 2008
PUBLISHER: Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 26(2):223-231
This research article describes the results of a community-based cross-sectional
study conducted among brothel-based sex workers of West Bengal, eastern India,
to understand sex-trafficking, violence, negotiating skills, and HIV infection
in them. The study highlights that the trafficked victims faced violence,
including sexual violence, to a greater magnitude, and that sexual violence was
associated with acquiring HIV.
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| Reducing adolescent girls' vulnerability to HIV infection: Examining microfinanc |
TITLE: Reducing adolescent girls' vulnerability to HIV infection:
Examining microfinance and sustainable livelihood approaches. A literature and
program review
AUTHOR: T. Lukas
DATE: 2008
PUBLISHER: Health Policy Initiative
This literature and program review focused on the current and future role of
microfinance and sustainable livelihood strategies in reducing adolescent girls'
vulnerability to HIV infection in developing countries, particularly in
sub-Saharan Africa. Part 1 of the review focuses on youth-centered programs to
prevent HIV infection among vulnerable female adolescents—including microfinance
and sustainable livelihood programs. Part 2 analyzes the relationship between
microfinance and HIV prevention in the general population, with a focus on women
and the oldest adolescents in the target group. Adapting the traditional
microfinance model to meet the needs of this sub-group could prove to benefit
not only these adolescents but also the microfinance industry.
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| A Gendered Analysis of the Burden of Care on Family and Volunteer Caregivers |
TITLE: A Gendered Analysis of the Burden of Care on Family and Volunteer
Caregivers in Uganda and South Africa
AUTHOR: O. Akintola
DATE: 2004
PUBLISHER: Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD),
University of KwaZulu-Natal
This study was commissioned to understand the contexts in which home-based care
and its variations is being provided in Uganda and South Africa, and to assess
the gendered impacts that these programmes have on the members of the family and
community as well as the organisations offering care for PLWHAs. This is
intended to assist in designing policies and in the planning of home-based care
programmes.
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| The Care Economy: Gender and the Silent AIDS Crisis in Southern Africa |
TITLE: The Care Economy: Gender and the Silent AIDS Crisis in Southern
Africa
AUTHOR: S. Urdang
DATE: 2006
PUBLISHER: Journal of Southern African Studies, Volume 32, Number 1
This article considers the impact of AIDS on women’s roles and responsibilities
within the household ‘care economy.’ It emphasizes that all interventions aimed
at reversing the epidemic need to take into account the excessive work-load that
members of the household, usually women, shoulder in responding to the needs of
sick family members. Most notably, gender equality and care economy issues need
to be identified by development programmes. There is also a need to implement
policies that focus on issues such as treatment, prevention, education, economic
empowerment and violence against women. The article argues that unless the care
economy and the relations of gender inequality within the household are included
in the design, implementation and evaluation of such interventions, results will
be compromised.
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| Gender Equality and “Sugar Daddies” |
TITLE: Gender Equality and “Sugar Daddies”
AUTHOR: R. Hope
DATE: 2007
PUBLISHER: MIDEGO
This paper considers the risks to young women of cross-generational sex, given
that young women (15-24 years old) in sub-Saharan Africa are three times more
likely to be infected with HIV than young men of the same age.
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| Promoting the Girl Child's Rights in the Face of HIV/AIDS |
TITLE: Challenges and Opportunities for Promoting the Girl Child's Rights
in the Face of HIV/AIDS
AUTHOR: M.T. Mushunje
DATE: 2006
PUBLISHER: Gender and Development, 14: 1
This article explores the gender dimensions of the AIDS pandemic, focusing on
its impact on the girl child. It draws on the rights-based approach and argues
that the protection and recognition of the rights of the girl child are
essential in the face of the AIDS pandemic in Southern Africa. The article gives
insights into some innovative programmes that have been developed in Zimbabwe
and recommendations for improving the conditions of, and paving the way for the
empowerment of, the girl child.
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| Family Planning, HIV/AIDS & STIs, and Gender Matrix: A Tool for Youth RH |
TITLE: Family Planning, HIV/AIDS & STIs, and Gender Matrix: A Tool for
Youth Reproductive Health Programming
AUTHOR: S. Brock and R. Columbia
DATE: 2008
PUBLISHER: International Youth Foundation (IYF)
The purpose of the matrix is to provide youth-serving organizations with a guide
of topics on family planning, HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
and gender; segmenting them by age and marital status. The matrix can assist
technical experts, program managers, health providers, peer educators and others
to determine what topics and interventions best fit into their own respective
programs while taking cultural paradigms into consideration. The tool can be
applied in any setting or program serving youth such as schools, outreach and
peer education programs, community-based youth services or youth-friendly
clinics.
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| Triple Jeopardy: Female Adolescence, Sexual Violence, and HIV/AIDS |
TITLE: Triple Jeopardy: Female Adolescence, Sexual Violence, and HIV/AIDS
AUTHOR: International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC)
DATE: 2008
PUBLISHER: International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC)
A brief describes the linkages between young age, sexual violence, and HIV/AIDS
and describes policy and program responses.
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here
in French PDF Format,
here in Spanish
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| Make it Matter — 10 Key Advocacy Messages to Prevent HIV in Girls and Young Wome |
TITLE: Make it Matter — 10 Key Advocacy Messages to Prevent HIV in Girls and
Young Women
AUTHOR: S. Middleton-Lee and M. Mas De Xaxas Faus.
DATE: 2007
PUBLISHER: IPPF, UNFPA, Young Positives, Global Coalition on Women and AIDS
This document includes ten advocacy messages focusing on three goals that are
recognized as important components of a successful response to the HIV epidemic:
improving access to sexual and reproductive health for girls and young women;
expanding socio-economic opportunities for girls and young women; and ending
child marriage. The messages are illustrated by facts, case studies, activities,
and signs of success.
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| Gender Differences in the Risk of HIV Infection among Persons |
TITLE: Gender Differences in the Risk of HIV Infection among Persons Reporting
Abstinence, Monogamy, and Multiple Sexual Partners in Northern Tanzania
AUTHOR: K.Z. Landman, J. Ostermann, J.A. Crump, A. Mgonja, M.K. Mayhood, D.K.
Itemba, A.C. Tribble, E.M. Ndosi, H.Y. Chu, J.F. Shao, J.A. Bartlett, and N.M.
Thielman
DATE: 2008
PUBLISHER: PLoS ONE 3(8): e3075
This article examines the association between the number of sexual partners and
the risk of HIV seropositivity among men and women presenting for HIV voluntary
counseling and testing (VCT) in northern Tanzania. Among women presenting for
VCT, the number of partners is strongly associated with rates of seropositivity;
however, even women reporting lifetime monogamy have a high risk for HIV
infection. Partner reduction should be coupled with efforts to place tools in
the hands of sexually active women to reduce their risk of contracting HIV.
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Posted by editor on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 15:04:32 CST (2228 reads)
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| Failing Women, Withholding Protection: 15 lost years in making the female condom |
TITLE: Failing Women, Withholding Protection: 15 lost years in making the female
condom accessible
AUTHOR: Oxfam
DATE: 2008
PUBLISHER: Oxfam, WPF
This briefing paper is about powerful institutions’ neglect of duty by not
providing leadership on female condoms, and failing to meet women’s needs and
demands for them with a consistent and proportionate effort to make them
accessible and affordable. It concerns the ignorance, denial, and bias of the
powerful, at the expense of the rights of women.
Article can be accessed on-line
here in English PDF format,
here in French PDF Format and
here in Spanish
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Posted by editor on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 15:03:15 CST (2330 reads)
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| Re-Sexualising the Epidemic: Desire, Risk and HIV Prevention |
TITLE: Re-Sexualising the Epidemic: Desire, Risk and HIV Prevention
AUTHOR: J. Berger
DATE: 2004
PUBLISHER: Development Update
Even in the 'era of treatment' successful HIV prevention remains an enormous
challenge. This article argues that there is a need to pay more attention to sex
and desire in the design of HIV prevention programmes. The paper highlights how
perceived "dirty" issues, such as sex between men and anal intercourse between
men and women, are often overlooked by HIV prevention programmes. It also
explores how reasons why people may "choose" not to place themselves in safety
by engaging in sexual conduct with a high risk of HIV infection are often not
explored by researchers. The author calls for effective programmes that enable
behaviour change. This means dealing openly and honestly with the lives that
people actually lead and the sex they actually have. The need to ensure that
researchers do not avoid asking difficult questions is also emphasised.
Article can be accessed on-line
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Posted by editor on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 14:59:59 CST (2317 reads)
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| Mainstreaming Gender in the Response to AIDS in Southern Africa |
TITLE: Mainstreaming Gender in the Response to AIDS in Southern Africa: A Guide
for the Integration of Gender Issues into the Work of AIDS Service Organizations
AUTHOR: Southern African AIDS Training (SAT) Programme
DATE: 2001
PUBLISHER: Southern African AIDS Training (SAT) Programme
This manual will assist AIDS Service Organizations and other groups and
institutions responding to AIDS in Southern Africa to make their programmes more
responsive to gender issues. The integration of gender concerns in the planning,
implementation, and evaluation of programmes strengthens the effectiveness of
the response to AIDS. The manual provides the conceptual basis and offers
practical hints to facilitate effective integration of gender issues into
policies and programmes. It offers knowledge, information, tools, and
instruments that will be useful in the day-to-day work of ASOs. It discusses the
relevance of considering gender issues at different programming levels and
stages.
Article can be accessed on-line
here in PDF format. To view PDF documents you will need to download and
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Posted by editor on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 14:58:33 CST (2264 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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