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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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...
How does HIV and AIDS care and prevention impact on sex work projects?: ( C. Overs / Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers , 2008); Many HIV agencies and civil society groups are considering the impact of new prevention and care methods and planning to incorporate them into their programs and policies. Large organisations have sta...
Improving responses to HIV and AIDS in the workplace: ( Lotte Ghielen / STOP AIDS NOW! , 2009); For a number of years, STOP AIDS NOW! and its partners have been investing in stimulating workplace responses among civil society organisations (CSOs) to HIV and AIDS. This report, published by STO...
Health and human rights legal framework for law on drug use and HIV/AIDS: ( Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network , 2009); Many countries with injection-driven HIV and AIDS epidemics continue to emphasise criminal enforcement of drug laws over public health approaches, thereby missing or even hindering effective respon...