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In the News

• Link between violence and HIV must be made explicit, say African ministers

  The link between gender-based violence and HIV infections needs to be explicit in the outcome document of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), delegates said this week. Read full article here

• Child marriage is too big a problem to ignore

  Child marriage is too big a problem to ignore. How long has it taken you to read these words? A few seconds, most likely. A moment in your day. Yet in that moment, another girl under the age of 18 has been married. Read full article here

• International Women’s Day: Addressing HIV in women and girls

  International Women’s Day: Addressing HIV in women and girls – the UK's role. Read full article here

• OP-ED: Women Out Loud

  UNITED NATIONS, Dec 11 2012 (IPS) - Global efforts to reach the “three zeros” for women and girls – zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths – are gaining momentum. Much of the progress we have seen is underpinned by the work of women living with HIV. Read full article here.

• Female condom to protect against HIV

  Researchers have developed a female condom which they claim can protect against pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV by dissolving inside the body and releasing chemicals. Read full article here.

• Yemen's women talk HIV: female support squad take on the stigma

  The Yemeni Women’s Union, in cooperation with the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, held a workshop Tuesday about gender and women living with HIV. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) funded the workshop. Read full article here.

• Activists fight for the rights of HIV-positive women living in Peru

  “I believe that, generally speaking, we tend to associate violence with manifestations of physical and sexual violence, and that we as women tend to overlook many additional forms of violence." Read full article here.

• KENYA: Rita, "I feel cheated of my right to decide whether to give birth or not"

  In August 2012, the African Gender and Media Initiative, a Kenyan NGO, released a report documenting cases of forced and coerced sterilizations of HIV-positive women, carried out by both private and government-run health facilities. Read full article here.

• Robin Gorna: Is an HIV free generation an achievable aim?

  Tomorrow is World AIDS Day and this year all the talk is of tipping points and “ending AIDS.” Read full article here.

• Women for Positive Action Highlight Ongoing Need for More Research Into Gender Differences in HIV Outcomes

  To mark Worlds AIDS Day, Women for Positive Action has released a commentary highlighting the shortage of women in HIV clinical trials (currently only ~20%) and discussing recent scientific papers reporting gender-related differences in virologic and clinical outcomes with combination antiretroviral therapy. Read full article here.

• Alicia Keys on World AIDS Day: Getting to Zero with Women and Girls

  For years, my battle cry has been to bring HIV treatment to children and families in Africa. And as I begin my new tour, you’re only going to hear me get louder on the issue— especially as it relates to women. Read full article here.

• UNAIDS reports a more than 50% drop in new HIV infections across 25 countries as countries approach the 1000 day deadline to achieve global AIDS targets

  A new World AIDS Day report: Results, by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), shows that unprecedented acceleration in the AIDS response is producing results for people. Read full article here.

What's New

57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women

The fifty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 4 to 15 March 2013.

 

On Tuesday, 12 March, the Commission will review the theme “The equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS” (agreed conclusions from the fifty-third session).

 

The review theme will take place in two sessions:

• Gender norms and stereotypes, socialization and unequal power relations
  Sharing and balancing life-work responsibilities
  Tuesday, 12 March 2013, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

 

• Caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS
  Recognizing and valuing unpaid care work
  Tuesday, 12 March 2013, 3 - 6 p.m.

 

More information:

• Issues paper
• Experts’ papers and Moderator’s summary will be posted as available.
• The two sessions of the review theme will be webcast and available online.

 

The Commission will consider as Priority Theme, “Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls”, on which it will hold a High-level round table and two panels (Panel 1 and Panel 2).

 

It will also look at “Key gender equality issues to be reflected in the post-2015 development framework” as emerging issue, and “Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls” as preview on the priority theme of 2014.

 

 

Side and parallel events on HIV

 

• High on the Agenda: Addressing Violence Against Women and HIV in Africa
  Tuesday, 05 Mar, 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
  UNAIDS

• Women Won’t Wait-End HIV & Violence Against Women-Now
  Wednesday, 06 Mar, 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
  UNAIDS, The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA), Women Won't Wait Campaign, Fundación para Estudio e Investigación de la Mujer (FEIM)

• All of side events taking place at the United Nations

• Other parallel events

 

Women's Stories

A Positive Approach to Violence: An Interview with Indonesian HIV Advocate, Baby Rivona