Citizenship and rights

Civil society recommendations for the UNGASS review political declaration

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This document outlines recommendations from civil society for the 2006 UNGASS (United Nations General Assembly Special Session) review meeting. The document argues that political failings stand in the way of effectively addressing the epidemic.

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Legal frameworks affecting PLHIV in the Caribbean: ( Caribbean Community Secretariat , 2010); This publication, commissioned by CARICOM, is a desk review report of existing legislative frameworks affecting people living with HIV (PLHIV) and their families in eleven countries in the Caribbean.&...
Human rights abuses, vulnerability to HIV infection, and access to services: ( Ralf Jürgens;Joanne Csete;Stefan Baral / The Lancet , 2010); This paper reviews evidence from more than 900 studies and reports on the link between human rights abuses experienced by people who use drugs and vulnerability to HIV infection and access to services...
Practical action to challenge HIV and TB stigma and discrimination: ( K. Ross;S. Clay;S. Belemu / International HIV/AIDS Alliance , 2009); This toolkit, developed in response to the need to address TB stigma especially where TB and HIV co-infection rates are high, contains a range of participatory games, exercises and picture tools to he...
How can organisations ensure their SHRH interventions are effective?: ( J. Leerlooijer;et al. / World Population Fund , 2009); Worldwide, extensive experience, evidence and information is available showing what works and what does not when implementing sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). This tool attempts to...
A human rights based approach to promoting HIV prevention and treatment: ( Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS , 2009); In a world where the overwhelming majority of HIV infections are sexually transmitted, sex workers and their clients are at heightened risk of HIV, in large measure as a result of a larger number of s...