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AIDS and men who have sex with men: technical update
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2000Sex between men occurs in most societies. For cultural reasons, it is often stigmatized by society. The public visibility of male-to-male sex, therefore, varies considerably from one country to another.DocumentBetween men: men who have sex with men, HIV and sexual health. Basic issues
International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2002This document is designed to help organisations working in HIV/AIDS prevention and care to extend their activities to men who have sex with men.DocumentTraining manual: an introduction to promoting sexual health for men who have sex with men and gay men
International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2001This manual, produced by the Naz Foundation India Trust, provides training modules on issues related to the sexuality and sexual health of men who have sex with men (MSM) and gay men.DocumentReducing girls' vulnerability to HIV/AIDS: the Thai approach
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 1999This publication look specifically at the issue of the common practice in Thailand of young girls entering the sex industry. The author states that it is common, even usual in some areas, for parents to sell their daughters into sex work.DocumentUnderstanding HIV-related stigma and resulting discrimination in Sub-Saharan Africa: emerging themes from early data collection in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia
International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2002Describes research that is underway in three African countries and Vietnam to investigate the causes, manifestations, and consequences of HIV/AIDS-related stigma and subsequent discriminatory acts. The basis for analysis is the community and its institutions (health facilities, the workplace, schools, and religious group)s.DocumentCross-generational and transactional sexual relations in Sub-Saharan Africa: prevalence of behavior and implications for negotiating safer sexual practices
International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2002This literature review assesses the extent of sexual relations between adolescent girls and older male partners (cross-generational sex) in sub-Saharan Africa; the extent of transactional sex; and the behavioral dynamics of girls and men involved in these sexual relations.DocumentTurning the tide: CEDAW and the gender dimensions of the HIV/AIDS pandemic
United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2002This 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.DocumentAdolescent sexuality, gender and the HIV epidemic
HIV and Development Programme, UNDP, 1999Young people have been found to be especially vulnerable to HIV infection through lack of knowledge, access to treatment and prevention methods like condoms.Stereotypical gender roles place young women, and to a lesser extent young men, at heightened risk of HIV infection. Young women in many parts of the developing world have little control over how, when and where sex takes place.DocumentWomen's empowerment or the feminisation of debt?: towards a new agenda in African micro-finance
One World Action, 2002This paper is based on discussions at the international conference “Women's empowerment or the feminisation of debt? Towards a new agenda in African micro-finance ” organised by One World Action.DocumentThe impact of Thailand's AIDS epidemic on older persons: quantitative evidence from a survey of key informants
Impact of the AIDS Epidemic on Older Persons, 2000This report assesses the involvement of parents in Thailand in the caregiving and living arrangements of adult AIDS cases and the economic impact on the families and parents through expenditures on treatments and other routes.Pages