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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
Asia-Pacific
Operational Framework for Linking HIV/STI
Services with Reproductive, Adolescent,
Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Services
World Health Organization/Western Pacific
Region, 2008
Distinct interventions are needed to improve
reproductive health, adolescent reproductive
health, maternal, neonatal and child health,
and prevention and management of HIV and
other sexually transmitted infections. Yet
common underlying causes and shared solutions
provide the basis for linkages that can
strengthen all services and increase the
reach of HIV prevention and testing. This
Operational Framework provides information
about how to create these linkages and what
factors to take into account in doing so. The
emphasis is not on creating all possible
linkages, but on doing what is possible and
advisable given local factors such as
epidemiology, current skill sets, the current
organization of the health system, resources
available, and health system usage
patterns.
This
31 page document contains six chapters that
explore why linkages between HIV/AIDS and
reproductive, adolecent, maternal, newborn
and child health services are important to
increasing Universal Access to care, how to
link these services and examples from
countries like Cambodia and India.
http://www.wpro.who.int/NR/rdonlyres/DB0EB0E3-3AB5-4667-ACD9-
E8C5DAEA53FC/0/HSI_LinkingHIVServices_March2008_FINAL.pdf
Sakhi
Saheli -Promoting Gender Equity and
Empowering Young Women A Training Manual
Population Council/HORIZONS, CORO,
Instituto Promundo, 2008
This 136 page training manual was prepared
through a two-year-long participatory process
undertaken in Mumbai, India. Young women were
engaged as leaders in the design and
implementation of program activities, which
were subsequently validated through
community-based research in selected urban
slum communities in India. The manual
promotes critical reflection among young
women, so they can recognize and understand
how gender normative attitudes and behaviors
affect their everyday lives and can result in
increasing their vulnerability to HIV and
other reproductive health problems.
http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/horizons/India_SakhiSaheli_Eng.pdf
Setu
India International HIV/AIDS Alliance
Setu is a resource center developed by the
International HIV/AIDS Alliance of India to
initiate a sharing and learning process among
India HIV/AIDS Alliance and its NGO partners.
It contains resources related to HIV/AIDS,
Gender, Government and international donor
policies related to development issues
http://www.aidsallianceindia.net/
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