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    Fighting HIV/AIDS: strategies for success 2002 - 2005

    United Nations Children's Fund, 2003
    This UNICEF document establishes the organisation’s strategic plan to fight HIV/AIDS from 2002 – 2005. Fighting HIV/AIDS is one of UNICEF’s medium-term strategic priorities, along with girls’ education, early childhood, immunisation and strengthening the health systems and improved protection of children from violence, abuse, exploitation and discrimination.
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    My father didn't think this way: Nigerian boys contemplate gender equality

    Population Council, USA, 2003
    This report describes a programme for adolescent boys in Nigeria which seeks to increase boys' awareness of gender-based oppression, and to foster their critical thinking skills as a means to help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in their communities.It outlines the development of the programme, describes various approaches used in the programme, provides quotes from course participants on how th
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    Lives worth saving: abortion care in sub-Saharan Africa since ICPD: a progress report

    IPAS, 2004
    This report, produced by Ipas, reviews progress made in relation to abortion care in Africa since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). Developments that have occurred at national level are highlighted.
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    Women, HIV/AIDS and the world of work

    International Labour Organization, 2004
    About half those living with HIV are women, but women are now becoming infected at a faster rate than men. Many women experience sexual and economic subordination in their personal relationships and at work, and so cannot negotiate safe sex or refuse unsafe sex.
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    “Hulle kan nie hulle hormone intoom hou nie”: a study on gender, adolescents and sexual behaviour in relation to HIV in South Africa

    Centre for International Development Issues, University of Nijmegen, 2002
    This paper from the Centre for International Development Issues presents the results of research conducted among young people in South Africa, aiming to gain a better understanding of the sexual context of adolescents in the country. It looks at the question of how gender constructions influence risk-related sexual behaviour among adolescents.
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    Rwanda: “Marked for Death”, rape survivors living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda

    Amnesty International, 2004
    This Amnesty International report explores the situation of rape survivors living with HIV/AIDS in Rwanda.
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    Paupers and princelings: youth attitudes toward gangs, violence, rape, drugs, and theft

    Gender and Development for Cambodia, 2003
    The report is the result of a study on youth gang culture and youth attitudes that was designed, implemented and undertaken by young people.The report reviews three phases of research:an analysis of the Phnom Penh local newspapers' reporting of youth gang related activity a quantitative study into the attitudes of 580 young people in Phnom Penh towards drugs, violence, rape, theft a
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    Integrating gender into HIV/AIDS programmes: a review paper

    World Health Organization, 2003
    This review paper aims to provide background information and a suggested framework for considering the issues and challenges of integrating gender into programmatic and policy action. It also offers some programmatic examples of successful HIV/AIDS interventions that have addressed gender issues in a meaningful and significant way.
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    Disentangling HIV and AIDS stigma in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia

    International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2003
    This paper examines stigma and discrimination of HIV and AIDS in three countries, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia. The project studied the complexities around stigma by investigating the causes, context (focusing on socio-economic status, youth and gender), experiences, coping strategies and consequences of stigma and discrimination.
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    Care, women and AIDS

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2004
    This fact sheet explores the impact that HIV and AIDS have had on the role that all over the world women are expected to take in domestic work and in providing care to family members. The document argues that HIV and AIDS have significantly increased the care burden for many women.

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