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More Prevention, Vulnerability and Rights Division Feature Stories
- UNAIDS takes action to empower women and girls to protect themselves from HIV
- New York/Geneva, 2 March 2010 – UNAIDS, together with celebrated artist and activist for women and HIV, Annie Lennox, has launched an Agenda for Accelerated Country Action for Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV (2010–2014), which has been developed to address gender inequalities and human rights violations that continue to put women and girls at risk of HIV infection.
- 54th Commission on the Status of Women opening calls for Action on Gender Equality
- During a high-level panel on the opening day of the 54th at the Commission on the Status of Women, UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya A. Obaid, speaking on behalf of the United Nations, called attention to the links between the right to sexual and reproductive health and women's empowerment, gender equality and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
- UNAIDS, Annie Lennox, launch action framework for women, girls and HIV
- Globally, women and girls continue to be affected disproportionately by HIV. Artist and political and social activist Annie Lennox together with UNAIDS Executive Director Mr Michel Sidibé launched the Agenda for Accelerated County Action in order to bring global political attention to the well-being of women and girls today.
- Handbook on HIV for Parliamentarians developed in Cambodia
- Political commitment at the highest level is recognized as a critical factor in Cambodia’s success in creating a supportive legislative and policy environment for the national response to HIV. With support from the National AIDS Authority, the UNDP Legislature Assistance Project of the National Assembly, , Family Health International USAID funded Prasit Project and UNAIDS, a Parliamentary Handbook on HIV has been developed.
- Nigeria to accelerate universal access efforts in HIV response
- There are nearly three million people living with HIV in Nigeria. After South Africa, the country has the largest number of people living with HIV in the continent. Each day there are about 1000 new infections. National HIV prevalence is around 4.6%. But these figures mask the multiple epidemics in the various states of the country. Many of the people living with HIV are poor. Add to this stigma and discrimination.
- UNDP Head Helen Clark highlights importance of gender equality for Papua New Guinea to achieve MDGs
- United Nations Development Programme Administrator Miss Helen Clark highlighted HIV issues during her visit to Papua New Guinea (PNG). In her meetings with senior government and other officials, she underlined that “the United Nations development system stands ready to continue working with the Government and the people of Papua New Guinea in overcoming existing development challenges and accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goals, especially in areas such as education, health, advancing women’s empowerment and combating HIV/AIDS epidemic.”
- Protecting drug users from becoming infected with HIV in Lithuania
- The pioneering Vilnius Centre for Addictive Disorders in Lithuania is the focus of the second Dispatch from the Field, a web series designed to highlight the World Health Organization’s work at country level.
- Countries urged to review progress made in achieving national AIDS targets
- Ahead of the UN High-level Meeting on Millennium Development Goals, UNAIDS calls on all countries to review progress and barriers for achieving national targets for universal access.
- UNDP engages Namibian communities in conversation on sexuality and HIV
- What causes people to have more than one sexual partner at a time? “Sexual desire and satisfaction”; “It’s a cultural and social norm”; “Poverty and hunger- it’s a way to survive.” These are just some of the perspectives that emerged when communities from the Caprivi region, in North East Namibia, came together to talk about multiple and concurrent partnerships.
- WHO tool to integrate gender into AIDS programmes
- Half of all people living with HIV globally are now female. In order to offer women greater protection against the virus, WHO has designed a hands-on tool to integrate gender into AIDS programmes in the health sector.
- Breaking down cultural barriers to address HIV
- Cultural structures and systems can facilitate or inhibit the success of HIV programs such as voluntary male circumcision, PMTCT and social protection. Executive Director of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibé visited the Luo Council of Elders in the western part of Kenya to discuss their role in social transformation, during his five day official visit to the country.
- HIV prevention among most-at-risk young people: How to get the message across
- It is critical that young people most at risk of HIV infection are better informed and equipped with skills to protect themselves. This was a key argument emerging from an international symposium convened by the UNAIDS Inter-agency Task Team (IATT) on Education to address the education sector’s response to the challenge of HIV among this key population.
- Human Rights Day - Partnering with men to stop human rights violations against women
- Each year, Human Rights Day marks the culmination of 16 days of activism to end violence against women when groups from around the world come together to eradicate this threat to the health and wellbeing of women and girls. This year, UNFPA has launched a publication which highlights the crucial role men can play.
- Sexuality education an imperative for children and young people in a world affected by AIDS
- In many parts of the world, a combination of social taboos, unavailability of sound information, lack of resources and infrastructure leave many young people vulnerable to coercion, abuse, exploitation, unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. Sexuality education can play a key role in improving knowledge and reducing sexual risk behaviours among young people.
- Michel Sidibé calls for prevention revolution in opening address at UNAIDS’ governing body meeting
- The 25th meeting of the Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) of UNAIDS opened today in Geneva. Key agenda items include the recently completed Second Independent Evaluation of UNAIDS 2002-2008 and the anticipated impact that the financial crises on the AIDS response.
- President Zuma and UNAIDS Executive Director call for mass prevention movement at World AIDS Day commemoration in Pretoria
- To mark World AIDS Day, UNAIDS Executive Director Mr Michel Sidibé joined President Jacob Zuma and South Africans in their national commemoration in Pretoria where he called for the forging of a mass prevention movement.
- New report calls for policy changes on HIV and disability
- A new report by Health Canada’s International Affairs Directorate has called for a greater focus on rights of people with disabilities in HIV policy. The report makes recommendations for policy change and follows an International Policy Dialogue held between UNAIDS, Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada in Ottawa in March 2009.
- Violence against women and HIV
- Numerous studies from around the globe confirm the links between violence against women and HIV. These studies show that women living with HIV are more likely to have experienced violence, and that, women who have experienced violence are more likely to have HIV infection.
- UNAIDS, ASEAN join hands to support work on gender and HIV
- Studies in Asia indicate that most women in the region acquire HIV because of their partners who engage in unsafe behaviours. It is estimated that more than 90% of women living with HIV acquired the virus from their husbands or boyfriends while in long-term relationships. An effective AIDS response must address intimate partner relationships to prevent HIV infections in the female partners of men with high-risk behaviours.
- Antiretroviral treatment for prevention
- Research suggests that people living with HIV who are following an effective antiretroviral therapy regimen can achieve undetectable viral load, leading to significantly reduced risk of transmitting HIV. However, antiretroviral therapy for prevention has not proven to completely eliminate the risk of transmission the virus. To explore the issue WHO convened a meeting to review scientific data available on this approach.