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  Women and HIV/AIDS: confronting the crisis

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2004

  This report, published by UNIFEM, UNAIDS and UNFPA, is a call to action to address the triple threat of gender inequality, poverty and HIV/AIDS. It highlights the work of the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, a UNAIDS initiative that supports programmes which mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls worldwide.
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  National cross sectional study of views on sexual violence and risk of HIV infection and AIDS among South African school pupils

  British Medical Journal, 2004

  This study, published in the BMJ, investigates the views of South African school pupils (aged 10 – 19) on sexual violence and on the risk of HIV infection and AIDS, as well as on their experiences of sexual violence. Findings revealed that misconceptions about sexual violence were prevalent among both sexes, although more females held views that would put them at a higher risk of HIV.
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  Sex for pleasure, rights to participation, and alternatives to AIDS: placing sexual minorities and/or dissidents in development

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004

  This IDS working paper highlights some of the contradictions between rights and participation by examining the ways in which participation of sexual minorities and/or dissidents is framed in the development industry. It focuses on the placement of sexual minority rights and well-being struggles within an HIV/AIDS framework.
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  Sexual and gender-based violence against refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons: guidelines for prevention and response

  United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2003

  These UNHCR guidelines offer practical advice on how to design strategies and carry out activities aimed at preventing and responding to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) among refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons. They also contain information on basic health, legal, security and human rights issues relevant to those strategies and activities.
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  Perceptions of employers about HIV/AIDS in micro and small enterprises employing women workers: a case study of Harare

  Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, Ethiopia, 2002

  This study seeks to assess the impact of HIV/AIDS on the micro and small enterprise (MSE) sector in Harare, Zimbabwe, by assessing the perceptions of employers and employees.The MSE sector provides employment for a large proportion of the Zimbabwean economically active population.
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  HIV/AIDS, conflict and reconstruction in sub Saharan Africa

  International Centre for Migration and Health, 2001

  This document was written for a symposium on Preventing and Coping with HIV/AIDS in Post Conflict Societies: Gender-Based Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa. It outlines the problems chronicity of conflict poses many African countries, which need to find time and opportunity to go from instability to stability and then re-development.
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  United Nations faces challenges in responding to the impact of HIV/AIDS on peacekeeping operations

  Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2001

  This report looks at the effectiveness of activities aimed at reducing risky behaviours among United Nations (UN) peacekeepers.
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  Addressing gender-based violence from the reproductive health/HIV sector: a literature review and analysis

  US Agency for International Development, 2004

  This USAID Interagency Gender Working Group document provides a literature review and analysis of developing country programmes that have addressed or challenged gender-based violence with a link to the reproductive health (RH)/HIV sectors.
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  Understanding cultures of sexuality: lessons learned from HIV/AIDS education and behaviour change among gay men in Australia

  Health Transition Centre, The Australian National University, 1999

  This chapter from the book 'Resistances to Behavioural Change to Reduce the HIV/AIDS Infection', published by the Health Transition Centre at the Australian National University, reviews what is known on HIV/AIDS-related behaviour change among gay men in Australia in order to draw general lessons that might be useful for other communities and populations.
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  Power in sexual relationships: an opening dialogue among reproductive health professionals

  Population Council, USA, 2001

  This report, produced by the Population Council, summarises the proceedings of a meeting to discuss the role of power in sexual relationships.

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