Gender
The multi-faceted relationship between gender and HIV and AIDS: how gender impacts on transmission, treatment and testing of HIV and AIDS; gender and issues of stigma; how gender inequality is a key driver of HIV and AIDS; masculinity; violence against women; gender-related barriers to access to treatment; care-giving.
- Men who have sex with men living with HIV must be meaningfully engaged in HIV prevention
- E. Chamberlain / Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health, 2012
- HIV prevention for Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) has largely focused on ensuring HIV negative MSM (MSM-) remain negative. MSM living with HIV (MSM+) have been cast into the role of ‘vectors of transmission’, and preventi...
- The Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF)
- The MSMGF is a coalition of advocates working to ensure an effective response to HIV among MSM. Coalition includes a wide range of people, including HIV-positive and HIV-negative gay men directly affected by the HIV epidemic, and other experts in health, human rights, research, and policy work.
- HIV prevention with MSM: balancing evidence with rights-based principles of practice
- The Global Forum on MSM & HIV, 2010
- This policy brief includes the following sections: - key challenges to HIV prevention with MSM (men who have sex with men). - contemporary approaches to HIV prevention with MSM. - what global institutions are recommending. - MSM front...
- Understanding and challenging stigma toward men who have sex with men: Cambodia edition - toolkit for action
- International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2010
- In Cambodia, HIV infection is concentrated among key populations at higher risk, including MSM. A STI Sentinel Surveillance Survey found that HIV prevalence among MSM in 2005 was 8.7 percent in Phnom Penh and 0.8 percent in the provin...
- Female sex workers use of sexual health services in Nepal
- L. Ghimire; W.C.S. Smith; E.R.V. Teijlingen / BioMed Central, 2011
- Statistics indicate that more than half of the women with sexually transmitted infections in Nepal sought sexual health services. This study explores female sex workers (FSWs) use of sexual health services in Nepal and the factors ass...
- Factors that increase the risk of intimate partner violence
- T. Abramsky; C.H. Watts; C. Garcia-Moreno / BioMed Central, 2011
- Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a global public health and human rights concern. This multi-country study is sought to identify factors that are consistently associated with abuse across sites, in order to inform the ...
- South African women who experience intimate partner violence have increased incidence of HIV infection
- R.K. Jewkes; K. Dunkle; M. Nduna / The Lancet, 2010
- Research linking gender inequity and gender-based violence to HIV is limited. This paper assess whether intimate partner violence (IPV) and relationship power inequity increase risk of incident HIV infection in South African women. ...
- States must design measures that encompass all forms of violence against women
- C. Vives-Cases; G. Ortiz-Barreda; D. Gil-Gonza´lez / Universidad de Alicante, 2010
- Violence against women (VAW) is a social problem that States must address legally to deal with this source of injustice, inequality, and physical and non-physical health problems. This editorial aims to describe the international situ...
- Traditional leaders wield the power, and they are almost all men: the importance of involving traditional leaders in gender transformation
- Kristin Palitza / Sonke Gender Justice Network, 2010
- How can non-governmental organisations (NGOs) tackle social issues such as HIV, gender equality and violence in rural African communities? A number of them, including South African Sonke Gender Justice network, Ubuntu Institute, CARE ...
- Support for vulnerable sex workers in Malawi
- B. Kalanda / Malawi Medical Journal, 2010
- Sex work has increasingly become a popular means of making money for young girls in the urban areas in Malawi. This article makes reference to an intervention project in Malawi that was implemented in 2004 and sought to empower sex wo...
- Men who have sex with men living with HIV must be meaningfully engaged in HIV prevention
- E. Chamberlain / Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health, 2012
- HIV prevention for Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) has largely focused on ensuring HIV negative MSM (MSM-) remain negative. MSM living with HIV (MSM+) have been cast into the role of ‘vectors of transmission’, and preventi...
- HIV prevention with MSM: balancing evidence with rights-based principles of practice
- The Global Forum on MSM & HIV, 2010
- This policy brief includes the following sections: - key challenges to HIV prevention with MSM (men who have sex with men). - contemporary approaches to HIV prevention with MSM. - what global institutions are recommending. - MSM front...
- Understanding and challenging stigma toward men who have sex with men: Cambodia edition - toolkit for action
- International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2010
- In Cambodia, HIV infection is concentrated among key populations at higher risk, including MSM. A STI Sentinel Surveillance Survey found that HIV prevalence among MSM in 2005 was 8.7 percent in Phnom Penh and 0.8 percent in the provin...
- Female sex workers use of sexual health services in Nepal
- L. Ghimire; W.C.S. Smith; E.R.V. Teijlingen / BioMed Central, 2011
- Statistics indicate that more than half of the women with sexually transmitted infections in Nepal sought sexual health services. This study explores female sex workers (FSWs) use of sexual health services in Nepal and the factors ass...
- Factors that increase the risk of intimate partner violence
- T. Abramsky; C.H. Watts; C. Garcia-Moreno / BioMed Central, 2011
- Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a global public health and human rights concern. This multi-country study is sought to identify factors that are consistently associated with abuse across sites, in order to inform the ...
- South African women who experience intimate partner violence have increased incidence of HIV infection
- R.K. Jewkes; K. Dunkle; M. Nduna / The Lancet, 2010
- Research linking gender inequity and gender-based violence to HIV is limited. This paper assess whether intimate partner violence (IPV) and relationship power inequity increase risk of incident HIV infection in South African women. ...
- States must design measures that encompass all forms of violence against women
- C. Vives-Cases; G. Ortiz-Barreda; D. Gil-Gonza´lez / Universidad de Alicante, 2010
- Violence against women (VAW) is a social problem that States must address legally to deal with this source of injustice, inequality, and physical and non-physical health problems. This editorial aims to describe the international situ...
- Traditional leaders wield the power, and they are almost all men: the importance of involving traditional leaders in gender transformation
- Kristin Palitza / Sonke Gender Justice Network, 2010
- How can non-governmental organisations (NGOs) tackle social issues such as HIV, gender equality and violence in rural African communities? A number of them, including South African Sonke Gender Justice network, Ubuntu Institute, CARE ...
- Support for vulnerable sex workers in Malawi
- B. Kalanda / Malawi Medical Journal, 2010
- Sex work has increasingly become a popular means of making money for young girls in the urban areas in Malawi. This article makes reference to an intervention project in Malawi that was implemented in 2004 and sought to empower sex wo...
- What works for women and girls: evidence for HIV/AIDS interventions
- J Gay; K Hardee; M Croce-Galis; S Kowalski; C Gutari; C Wingfield; K Rovin; K Berzins / Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2010
- The Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF)
- The MSMGF is a coalition of advocates working to ensure an effective response to HIV among MSM. Coalition includes a wide range of people, including HIV-positive and HIV-negative gay men directly affected by the HIV epidemic, and other experts in health, human rights, research, and policy work.
- Paulo Longo Research Initiative (PLRI)
- The Paulo Longo Research Initiative (PLRI)is an alliance formed by sex workers, researchers and human rights advocates to generate and consolidate research about sex work, analyse policy and strategically communicate findings of evidence for policies and programmes that improve the lives of male female and transgender sex workers. Grounded in the perspectives of the global sex workers rights movem...
- Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers (APNSW)
- The Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers (APNSW) was formed in 1994 by members of some of Asia’s first organizations to work on health and human rights with sex workers, Empower Thailand, Sweetly Japan, Pink Triangle Malaysia, the Scarlet Alliance Australia and Sonagachi. Since 1994, APNSW has represented sex workers in various policy and educational forums, promoting the participa...
- Women Won't Wait
- Coalition seeking to end HIV and violence against women
- International Rectal Microbicide Working Group (IRMWG)
- International Rectal Microbicide Working Group (IRMWG)
- Exchange on HIV/AIDS, Sexuality and Gender
- Magazine on HIV and AIDS, sexuality and gender
- Sexuality Research and Social Policy: Journal of NSRC
- Online journal of the National Sexuality Resource Centre
- Agency for Co-operation and Research in Development (Acord)
- Alliance addressing rights and social justice in Africa
- Naz Foundation International (NFI)
- Research and advocacy organisation focusing on men who have sex with men
- Female Health Company
- Maker of the female condom
