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Announcing The Fourth Wave
Announcing The Fourth Wave
a New Online Forum on AIDS and Gender
About
In the third decade of the
HIV and AIDS epidemic, women and particularly young women and girls have become
a growing proportion of those affected and infected. The
SSRC, UNESCO
and UNIFEM announce the launch of a new
online forum, the "Fourth Wave":
Violence, Gender, Culture & HIV in the 21st Century, to discuss the gendered
structural inequalities that have a direct bearing on women's and girls'
vulnerability to HIV. A moderated online discussion will allow practitioners,
policy makers and scholars to debate why the response to the epidemic is failing
women. The online forum will precede the forthcoming Fourth Wave book, chapters
of which are posted on the website.
Highlights
The Social Science Research Council brings necessary knowledge
to critical social issues. To learn more about us and to support our work,
please visit our website.
UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization, promotes international co-operation among nations in the fields of
education, science, culture and communication.
UNIFEM, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, is the
women's fund at the United Nations that provides financial and technical
assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women's empowerment
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Latest News
 Confronting the AIDS Epidemic in the Pacific - As HIV/AIDS infection rates increase across the Pacific Islands region, experts say local governments and aid organisations need to work together to stem an epidemic.
Read More... | [ 3680 reads ] | | First Lady of Cameroon named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador - The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, will designate Chantal Biya, First Lady of Cameroon, as UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for education and social inclusion. The designation recognizes the First Lady’s longstanding support for inclusive education, particularly concerning girls, young women, orphans and the underprivileged, as well as for HIV/AIDS research, treatment, education and prevention.
Read More... | [ 2254 reads ] | | Through The Eyes of Children - "I didn’t know that girls can play soccer. I thought it was a sport only for boys," says Thulile Khanyile. But after a photography and writing project changed her perception of gender roles, the 14-year-old helped start a girl’s soccer team at her high school in Nkandla, a rural area in the heart of Zululand.
Read More... | [ 2231 reads ] | | Rise in mobility across South-East Asia puts millions more at risk for HIV - 13 November 2008 – The growing number of people crossing boundaries in South-East Asia searching for economic opportunity puts millions at risk to HIV infection with little or no protection or access to services, according to a United Nations report launched today. Read More... | [ 3119 reads ] | | Time for Joint Action on HIV/AIDS and Violence - NAIROBI, Oct 15 (IPS) - The war against HIV/AIDS, it is emerging, will not be won unless sexual and gender-based violence is tackled. Participants at a recent regional meeting looking at linkages between violence against women and girls and HIV/AIDS described the two as dual pandemics that needed to be addressed concurrently for the HIV/AIDS fight to be successful.
Read More... | [ 3348 reads ] | | Multiple concurrent partnerships make HIV/AIDS fight a quagmire - Multiple concurrent partnerships (MCPs), the practice of people having more than one sexual partner over the same time, is a major driver in the spread of HIV in Tanzania.
Read More... | [ 2985 reads ] | | Women need empowerment in fight against AIDS: U.N. - BEIJING (Reuters) - Women must be more involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS, a disease increasingly being spread through sex, and men must also be encouraged to respect women more, a senior U.N. official said Friday.
Read More... | [ 3374 reads ] | | ZWRCN launches 'Make a difference for women' campaign - The Gwanda south Member of the House of Assembly Cde Orders Mlilo says there is need to increase access to information on sexual and reproductive health and right of women to combat HIV and AIDS.
Read More... | [ 2906 reads ] | | Entitlement and responsibility: Gender inequality and HIV/AIDS - "I have always been concerned that in a lot of the discourse around infection within a marital relationship, there seems to be an inordinate amount of emphasis on people not seeking to blame their sexual partners, rather being exhorted to “just accept the result and move on”. " Read More... | [ 3300 reads ] | | Tackling HIV in Ghana - It seemed a tall order, getting the point across about HIV and Aids without mentioning the word condom. If the organisers of our voluntary education programme had their way we wouldn't even mention sex. As I sat, sweating, in the office of the National Council for Women and Development (NCWD) in the dusty village of Sunyani in Ghana I wondered if we could make any difference at all. Read More... | [ 4616 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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