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Keeping
the Promise: An Agenda for Action on Women
and AIDS
The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS,
2004
This UNAIDS document outlines the global
situation of women and AIDS and addresses the
fact that current AIDS responses do not, on
the whole, tackle the social, cultural and
economic factors that put women at risk of
HIV, and unduly burden them with the
epidemic's consequences. This publication
provides an overview of the specific
strategies and gender-sensitive policies
necessary to combat the feminization of the
epidemic and better address the specific
needs of women and HIV/AIDS. It also
documents the responses and progress on
commitments to improve HIV/AIDS resources for
women made by countries worldwide
http://data.unaids.org/pub/Report/2006/20060530_re_keeping%20the%20promise_en.pdf
Also available in Spanish and French at:
http://womenandaids.unaids.org/
Women,
Girls & HIV/AIDS - Advocacy Note
World AIDS Campaign, 2004
This advocacy note aims to highlight the
specific vulnerabilities and challenges women
and girls face with respect to HIV/AIDS. It
provides background on why women and girls
remain vulnerable and answers the question
'What can be done?' by laying out a strategy
for prevention, access and impact.
http://www.wpro.who.int/NR/rdonlyres/F1F88521-518C-4EAC-AF7E-1F07A4E9FF0B/0
/WAD2004_Women_Girls_HIV_AIDS.pdf
Cutting
Edge Pack: Gender and HIV/AIDS
Bridge Development and Gender, 2002
This pack provides an overview of the social,
economic and political factors that are
driving the HIV/AIDS epidemic and how they
affect women. The document identifies
challenges to a rights and gender based
approach to AIDS and makes conclusions and
recommendations for improving advocacy. This
is a three part packet with an overview
report, supporting resources collection, and
a series of brief issue paper on gender and
HIV/AIDS. The resource collection includes
country specific texts and case studies as
well as tools and guides on mainstreaming
gender, human rights, the media, health care
provision, young people in and outside
schools, people living with HIV, and female
controlled methods.
http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/reports/CEP-HIV-report.pdf
Also available in Spanish, French and
Albanian at: http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/reports_gend_cep.html#HIV
Women
and AIDS: Confronting the Crisis
UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNIFEM, 2004
Rising rates of HIV infection among women are
a major cause for concern. Not only are girls
and women highly susceptible to HIV infection
- both biologically and as a result of gender
inequality and discrimination - they are also
less able to access treatment than men.
Families of limited means may choose to pay
for treatment for men rather than women, and
the cost of transportation to clinics may be
too high for women who do not earn an income
or have limited access to resources. When
combined with women's increasing burden of
care work, the situation becomes untenable.
This report is an urgent call to action to
address the triple threat of gender
inequality, poverty and HIV/AIDS. It urges
governments and policy makers to ensure that
national programmes address the constraints
that make it difficult for HIV positive girls
and women to access and adhere to treatment
in the face of opposition and stigma. Health
services should provide mobile health
clinics, reduce or eliminate fees, provide
child care at health centres and offer care
to everyone in a family so no one member is
treated at the expense of others. Governments
and policy makers should also assume
responsibility for the health-care needs of
people living with HIV/AIDS so that
individual women no longer solely bear the
burden of their care.
(Adapted from Siyanda,UK - www.siyanda.org)
http://genderandaids.org/downloads/conference/308_filename_women_aids1.pdf
Gender,
Sexuality, Rights and HIV
An overview for community sector
organizations
International Council of AIDS Service
Organizations, 2007
This document produced by ICASO is a resource
for NGOs and Community Based Organizations to
build greater understanding of how gender and
sexuality determine vulnerability to HIV. The
document explores the ways in which gender
and sexuality interact with socio-cultural
norms to increase vulnerability to HIV
infection. This paper highlights major human
rights declarations, treaties and
recommendations that can be used by
individuals and associations to advocate
their rights and hold decision makers
accountable to their commitments.
http://www.icaso.org/publications/genderreport_web_080331.pdf
Also available in Spanish at:
http://www.icaso.org/advocacy_briefings.html#gender
CDC
Fact Sheet: HIV/AIDS Among Women
Centers for Disease Control, 2007
This is a general fact sheet on AIDS among
women in the U.S. The document provides a
breakdown of rates of infection among
specific populations and regions, and
explores why women are particularly
vulnerable to HIV/AIDS.
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/women/resources/factsheets/pdf/women.pdf
Also available in Spanish at:
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv
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Taking
action...
Stepping
Stones
Stepping
Stones is a training package in
gender, HIV, communication and
relationship skills. It is also
sometimes described as a life-skills
training package, covering many
aspects of our lives, including why
we behave in the ways we do, how
gender, generation and other issues
influence this, and ways in which we
can change our behavior, if we want
to. The manual has been successful
in changing attitudes toward
HIV/AIDS and improving the response
in more than 100 countries. All the
sessions depend on the participants
developing their own local
analysis of local issues - so local
context, culture and history
form the basis on which participants
can develop their
own locally
appropriate solutions to
the issues which they face.
Information about the training
manual is available at
http://www.steppingstonesfeedback.org/index.htm,
including how it can be purchased.
An official French translation of
the Stepping Stones packet and
unofficial translations in
Afrikaans, Khmer, Ki-Swahili,
Portuguese, Russian, Singhala, and
Spanish are available.
(Description adapted from the
website www.steppingstonesfeedback.org)
*New
Addition
Keep
the best change the rest
Participatory tools for working with
communities on gender and
sexuality
International HIV/AIDS Alliance,
2007
Gender and sexuality are cross
cutting factors in the transmission
of HIV and the care and support of
those infected and affected. Without
addressing these issues the response
to the epidemic is limited. This 90
page toolkit provides a resource
aimed at enabling individuals and
organizations working on HIV and
AIDS issues to address gender and
sexuality effectively. The toolkit
gives guidance on how to build
relations and trust with key
community stakeholders in order to
support this work; prepare
facilitation teams and train them.
The tools involve community members
using techniques such as role-play
and making diagrams using local
resources such as the ground, sticks
and everyday objects to generate
discussion. Contents include
sections on: Gender, sexuality and
vulnerability, Sex and
relationships, Sexual violence,
Working together and Making an
action plan.
Adapted from www.aidsalliance.org
http://www.aidsalliance.org/custom_asp/publications/view.asp?publication_id=257&language=en
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