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| Evaluating Stepping Stones: A review of existing evaluations and ideas |
TITLE: Evaluating Stepping Stones: A review of existing evaluations and ideas
for future M&E work
AUTHOR: T. Wallace
DATE: 2006
PUBLISHER: ActionAid
This report, commissioned by ActionAid International, reviews the existing
publicly available M&E data on Stepping Stones. The review aims to 1) contribute
to the understanding of what Stepping Stones has and has not been able to
achieve during the past ten years and 2) critique existing M&E documentation on
stepping stones and improve it in the future.
Article can be accessed on-line
here in PDF format. To view PDF documents you will need to download and
install Adobe Acrobat Reader. The program is available for free through the
Adobe website, download
here. More
help is available on PDF documents and Adobe Acrobat Reader
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| A Framework to Identify Gender Indicators for RH and Nutrition |
TITLE: A Framework to Identify Gender Indicators for Reproductive Health and
Nutrition Programming
AUTHOR: N. Yinger, A. Peterson, M. Avni, J. Gay, R. Firestone, K. Hardee, E.
Murphy, B. Herstad and C. Johnson-Welch
DATE: 2002
PUBLISHER: Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG)
This publication presents a framework for incorporating gender into the design
and evaluation of population, health and nutrition programs. It defines gender
in ways to make it easier to include in programming, suggests a framework for
identifying and addressing gender-related constraints, and identifies
illustrative process indicators.
Article can be accessed on-line here in PDF format. To view PDF documents you will need to download and install Adobe
Acrobat Reader. The program is available for free through the Adobe website, download here.
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| Positive women monitoring change: A monitoring tool on access to care |
TITLE: Positive women monitoring change: A monitoring tool on access to care,
treatment and support, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and violence
against women created by and for HIV positive women
AUTHOR: International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW)
DATE: 2006
PUBLISHER: International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW)
After a review of existing monitoring and reporting systems used to report on
progress against international policy processes, HIV positive women developed
their own tool covering the areas of access to care, treatment and support,
sexual and reproductive health and rights, and violence against women. Research
questions target HIV positive women, service providers, and
governments/ministries.
Article can be accessed on-line here.
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| Evaluating Programs for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care |
TITLE: Evaluating Programs for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care in Developing
Countries: A Handbook for Program Managers and Decision Makers
AUTHOR: T. Rehle, T. Saidel, S. Mills, and R. Magnani
DATE: 2001
PUBLISHER: Family Health International
This Handbook is dedicated to the premise that evaluation must be a critical
part of the initial phases of planning effective HIV/AIDS prevention and care
programs. It contains guidelines to implement a comprehensive and strategic
approach to evaluation. Although not specifically focused on evaluation of
gender and HIV/AIDS programmes, this tool provides useful and relevant
information.
Article can be accessed on-line here.
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| Gender and Monitoring the Response to HIV/AIDS Pandemic |
TITLE: Gender and Monitoring the Response to HIV/AIDS Pandemic
AUTHOR: P. DeLay
DATE: 2004
PUBLISHER: Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10(11)
The mechanisms, techniques, and data sources used to monitor and evaluate global
AIDS prevention and treatment services may vary according to gender. UNAIDS has
been charged with tracking the response to the pandemic by using a set of
indicators developed as part of the Declaration of Commitment. The article
reviews different types of data that can be used.
Article can be accessed on-line here in PDF format. To view PDF documents you will need to download and install Adobe
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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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