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

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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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  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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  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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  Unsafe schools: a literature review of school-related gender-based violence in developing countries

  US Agency for International Development, 2003

  In an attempt to counter the lack of systemic information on the prevalence and consequences of violence in formal educational settings, this report reviews a number of country-specific studies on school-related gender-based violence.
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  Guy to Guy Project: engaging young men in violence prevention and in sexual and reproductive health

  Promundo, 2001

  This case study presents the Institutes’ experience in engaging young men as ‘change agents’ in gender-based violence prevention and the promotion of sexual and reproductive health.
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  Just die quietly: domestic violence and women’s vulnerability to HIV in Uganda

  Human Rights Watch, 2003

  This paper argues that women are becoming infected with HIV because the state is failing to protect them from domestic violence. It bases the report on 120 interviews with Ugandan women.The paper argues that many women are victims of marital rape.
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  Forced migration and transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections: policy and programmatic responses

  HIV Insite, 2001

  Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV/AIDS have become urgent concerns for populations affected by armed conflict and migration (both forced and voluntary). Poverty, powerlessness, and social instability affect the spread of STIs and HIV.
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  Health and human rights

  The Lancet, 2003

  This feature consists of three seperate articles that address issues around the rights of sex workers The first piece, 'Public health and the human rights of sex workers ' argues that sex workers are often seen as immoral people or as victims of unscrupulous traffickers who exploit the lack of opportunities of deprivileged inhabitants of mostly poor countries and that public he
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  Turning the tide: CEDAW and the gender dimensions of the HIV/AIDS pandemic

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2002

  This document considers the relevance of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) to women as they are affected by HIV/AIDS.It covers the reasons for women's particular vulnerability to HIV infection and as main care givers.
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  Suffering in silence: the links between human rights abuses and HIV transmission to girls in Zambia

  Human Rights Watch, 2002

  This document reports on high rates of sexual violence and coercion against girls in Zambia as a significant causal factor in the extremely high rates of HIV infection among that group.The report documents girls' testimonies of several categories of abuse that heighten girls’ risk of HIV infection, includingsexual assault of girls by family members, particularly the shocking and all too

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