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| News: Survey reveals AIDS misconceptions persist among women |
Years of public awareness campaigns on HIV-AIDS or the Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome have not diminished prevalent misconceptions about the virus or the ailment even among well-educated women, a recent government survey found.
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| News: UGANDA: Early Diagnosis of HIV Still Elusive |
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HIV-positive Justine Kirumira* is a mother torn between doing what is right for her daughters and her own fear of HIV/AIDS. She suspects that her eight and 12-year-old daughters may also have the virus. But she may never know the truth of their status because she refuses have them tested.
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Posted by Editor on Saturday, February 06, 2010 @ 10:48:40 CST (1201 reads)
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| News: Study: In Malawi, money in girls’ hands boosts school enrolment |
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Small stipends paid directly to young girls have had a powerful impact on their school attendance in Malawi, reducing drop-out rates considerably and helping to protect them from HIV.
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Posted by Editor on Saturday, February 06, 2010 @ 10:36:53 CST (1213 reads)
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| News: WHO tool to integrate gender into AIDS programmes |
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In order to offer women greater protection against the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) has designed a hands-on tool to integrate gender into AIDS programmes in the health sector.
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Posted by Editor on Saturday, February 06, 2010 @ 10:13:12 CST (1227 reads)
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| News: World AIDS Day Message by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon |
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The world is seeing signs of progress in reversing the AIDS epidemic in some
countries. Investments in the AIDS response are producing results and saving lives. At the same time, in global terms new infections are outpacing the gains
achieved in putting people on treatment, and AIDS remains one of the leading causes
of premature death globally.
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Posted by editor on Tuesday, December 01, 2009 @ 13:25:37 CST (1603 reads)
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| News: World AIDS Day Message by Michel Sidibé UNAIDS Executive Director |
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On this World AIDS Day we are filled with both hope and concern. Hope because significant progress has been made towards universal access. New HIV infections have dropped. Fewer children are born with HIV. And more than 4 million people are on treatment.
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Posted by editor on Tuesday, December 01, 2009 @ 13:21:10 CST (1412 reads)
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| News: World AIDS Day Statement By Inés Alberdi UNIFEM Executive Director |
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A recent report by the World Health Organization revealed that AIDS is the leading killer of women of reproductive age in poor and middle-income countries. This is unacceptable at a time when HIV treatment is available.
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Posted by editor on Tuesday, December 01, 2009 @ 13:18:54 CST (1418 reads)
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| News: World AIDS Day Message by UNDP Administrator Helen Clark |
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The international community observes World AIDS Day each year on December 1st. On this day we focus this year on the need for effective HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment, and support.
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Posted by editor on Tuesday, December 01, 2009 @ 13:06:46 CST (1425 reads)
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| News: World AIDS Day Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Ahmed Obaid |
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Today on World AIDS Day we extend solidarity to all people who are living with HIV and AIDS so they can live free of stigma and discrimination. And we remember and pay tribute to those who have lost their lives to AIDS.
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Posted by editor on Tuesday, December 01, 2009 @ 13:02:52 CST (1411 reads)
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| World AIDS Day Message by Elizabeth Mataka, UN's Special Envoy on AIDS in Africa |
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Reflecting on the World AIDS Day theme of 2009 of Universal Access and Human Rights, I was struck how much more needs to be done to ensure that women and girls across Sub-Saharan Africa can access comprehensive HIV prevention, care and support services.
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Posted by editor on Tuesday, December 01, 2009 @ 13:00:45 CST (1649 reads)
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| News: Confronting the AIDS Epidemic in the Pacific |
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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.
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Posted by editor on Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 14:53:42 CST (4747 reads)
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| News: First Lady of Cameroon named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador |
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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.
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Posted by editor on Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 14:46:46 CST (3313 reads)
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| News: Through The Eyes of Children |
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"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.
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Posted by editor on Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 14:42:23 CST (3282 reads)
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| News: Rise in mobility across South-East Asia puts millions more at risk for HIV |
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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.
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Posted by editor on Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 14:34:04 CST (4385 reads)
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| News: Time for Joint Action on HIV/AIDS and Violence |
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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.
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Posted by editor on Sunday, November 02, 2008 @ 11:53:28 CST (3996 reads)
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| News: Multiple concurrent partnerships make HIV/AIDS fight a quagmire |
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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.
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Posted by editor on Sunday, November 02, 2008 @ 10:59:24 CST (3783 reads)
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| News: Women need empowerment in fight against AIDS: U.N. |
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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.
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Posted by editor on Sunday, November 02, 2008 @ 10:55:50 CST (4138 reads)
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| News: ZWRCN launches 'Make a difference for women' campaign |
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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.
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Posted by editor on Sunday, November 02, 2008 @ 10:52:06 CST (3618 reads)
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| News: Entitlement and responsibility: Gender inequality and HIV/AIDS |
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"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”. "
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Posted by editor on Sunday, November 02, 2008 @ 10:48:27 CST (3952 reads)
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| News: Tackling HIV in Ghana |
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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.
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Posted by editor on Saturday, July 19, 2008 @ 09:36:46 CDT (5370 reads)
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| News: Combating HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases through 'edutainment' in Rwanda |
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Mugeni and Muhire are known throughout Rwanda as the stars of a radio soap opera, Urunana (hand in hand). The stories of Mugeni and Muhire and other characters are being used to educate Rwandans on a number of health issues including contraception, Malaria, HIV testing, nutrition and the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV.
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Posted by editor on Saturday, July 19, 2008 @ 09:33:10 CDT (3819 reads)
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| News: Straight Talk about Male Circumcision |
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Adult male circumcision is being pushed as the latest magic bullet for the HIV pandemic. There is good reason for the enthusiasm about a new use for the world's oldest surgical intervention. But let's be clear about what circumcision will and will not offer a man and his partner or partners.
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Posted by editor on Saturday, July 19, 2008 @ 09:27:06 CDT (4022 reads)
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| AIDS council may endorse draft gender, HIV policy |
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NEW DELHI: The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has sought time from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to chair the second meeting of the National Council on AIDS (NCA), which is likely to endorse the draft Gender and HIV Policy.
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Posted by editor on Saturday, July 19, 2008 @ 09:19:44 CDT (3899 reads)
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| News: Mainstream gender in HIV/AIDS fight |
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Organizations and government bodies engaged in fighting against HIV/AIDS have been called upon to mainstream gender in their programmes in Uganda.
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Posted by editor on Saturday, July 19, 2008 @ 09:17:21 CDT (4118 reads)
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| News: African women slam abuse of females with HIV/AIDS |
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Hundreds of sub-Saharan Africans rallied Monday in Burkina Faso against the abuse of women infected with HIV/AIDS.
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Posted by editor on Tuesday, February 05, 2008 @ 11:02:18 CST (5866 reads)
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| Community Action Is Key to Prevention |
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The United Nations presented the call for nominations for the Red Ribbon Award 2008 to honour community leadership and action against HIV/AIDS in the Mexican capital Friday.
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Posted by editor on Sunday, December 02, 2007 @ 11:15:12 CST (6839 reads)
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| News: Men as equal partners in the fight against HIV/AIDS |
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So how do we go about creating an AIDS free society?In this feature Swedish Ambassador, Staffan Herrstr gives some suggestions.
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Posted by editor on Sunday, December 02, 2007 @ 11:04:01 CST (5760 reads)
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| News: Eradicating Stigma and Gender Inequality Essential to Combat AIDS |
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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says eradicating stigma and gender inequality is essential to reduce the impact of HIV/AIDS. The agency says HIV/AIDS thrives in communities that continue to discriminate against victims of the disease.
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Posted by editor on Sunday, December 02, 2007 @ 10:56:32 CST (5825 reads)
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| News: World AIDS Day Message - UNIFEM |
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The theme of this year’s World AIDS Day is leadership. We recognize that leadership occurs at many levels. While leadership and unswerving commitment of national and global policy makers to stem the insidious HIV pandemic is essential, we also need to ensure that leadership from communities of those most affected is valued and promoted.
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Posted by editor on Saturday, December 01, 2007 @ 06:48:12 CST (4703 reads)
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| News: World AIDS Day Message - Global Coalition on Women and AIDS |
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Today is a fitting time to acknowledge and celebrate the leadership of thousands of women and girls all over the world who, on a daily basis, take on the challenges of the AIDS epidemic with courage and
conviction.
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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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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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