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Searching with a thematic focus on Gender, Gender based violence, Health, HIV and AIDS

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  Acceptance of violence amongst female learners in rural high schools of Kwazulu Natal

  Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Center, 2006

  Gender is a culture-specific construct, and the unequal power balance in gender relations that favours males has been shown to be associated with the transmission of HIV/AIDS. This qualitative study explored the views of female high school learners in Kwazulu Natal (KZN) about gender and sexual relations.
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  Yaari Dosti: young men redefine masculinity, a training manual

  Population Council, 2006

  Increasing recognition of the influence of norms supporting inequitable gender relations on HIV/STI risk and partner violence has led to the development of innovative programmes aimed at reducing this. This manual is adapted from once such programme, “Program H: Working with Young Men Series”, developed in Brazil by Instituto PROMUNDO.
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  From the front line: the impact of social, legal and judicial impediments to sexual health promotion, and HIV and AIDS related care and support for males who have sex with males in Bangladesh and India

  Naz Foundation International, 2005

  This study from the Naz Foundation International (NFI) reports on the high levels of sexual violence, marginalisation and stigma experienced by males who have sex with males (MSM) in India and Bangladesh. The report finds that the primary cause of this violence is cultural gender norms rather than sexual identity, since those MSM who identify as Kothi (feminine men) are most at risk.
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  Young children, HIV/AIDS and gender: a summary review

  Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2006

  Gender discrimination and inequality is a key factor in the transmission of HIV and AIDS.
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  Preventing and responding to gender-based violence in middle and low-income countries: a global review and analysis

  World Bank, 2005

  Worldwide, patterns of violence against women differ markedly from violence against men. This World Bank paper reviews what is known about more and less effective approaches to prevent and respond to gender-based violence. The authors present definitions, recent statistics, health consequences, costs, and risk factors of gender-based violence.
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  Effect of a structural intervention for the prevention of intimate partner violence and HIV in rural South Africa: results of a cluster randomized trial

  The Lancet, 2006

  This article from the Lancet provides evidence that microfinance initiatives combined with gender and HIV training can reduce levels of intimate partner violence. This in turn can potentially reduce levels of risk in relation to HIV.
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  Zero tolerance: stop the violence against women and children, stop HIV/AIDS

  Global AIDS Alliance, 2006

  This document describes a framework for a comprehensive response to violence against women and children, including the resources that would be needed, political and financial, for full implementation.
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  With women worldwide: a compact to end HIV/AIDS

  International Women's Health Coalition, 2006

  This compact, from With Women Worldwide, argues that sexual and reproductive rights are a pivotal but neglected priority in HIV and AIDS policy, programming and resource allocation. Failure to protect the human rights of girls and women, including their right to health and right to live free of sexual coercion and violence, fuels the pandemic.
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  Creating an enabling environment for the advancement of women and girls

  World Vision International Resources on Child Rights, 2006

  This publication is World Vision’s briefing paper to the 50th Commission on the Status of Women.
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  Young men and the construction of masculinity in sub-Saharan Africa: implications for HIV/AIDS, conflict, and violence

  World Bank Publications, 2005

  This report discusses the role of young men in the perpetuation of violence and the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa, and outlines the kind of programme interventions that can support alternative forms of masculinity.

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