Search

Searching with a thematic focus on , , ,

Showing 1-10 of 29 results

Pages

• Document

  Gender, HIV/AIDS and Stigma: Understanding Prejudice Against Women Living with HIV/AIDS

  BRIDGE, 2006

  62 men and women between the ages of 18 and 55 from the Khayelitsha Township in the Western Cape participated in six focus groups in this study about the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS. They reported that HIV/AIDS is seen as a woman's disease. This is not simply because most women die from it but also because positive women experience stigma more than men. Norms of ?township masculinity?
• Document

  Pregnant women living with HIV/AIDS: protecting human rights in programmes to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV

  Center for Reproductive Rights, formerly known as the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, New York, 2005

  Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) programmes are designed to reduce the rate of transmission from a woman to her fetus (unborn baby) or newborn during pregnancy, delivery, or the post-birth period.
• Document

  Mapping of experiences of access to care, treatment and support

  International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, 2006

  As a positive woman, how do you try to stay healthy? What barriers do you face in trying to access medication? In 2006, ICW mapped positive women's experiences of access to care, treatment and support in three countries - Tanzania, Kenya and Namibia.
• Document

  BRIDGE Bibliography 18: Women and girls living with HIV/AIDS: overview and annotated bibliography

  BRIDGE, 2007

  HIV/AIDS is both driven by and entrenches gender inequality, leaving women more vulnerable than men to its impact. This report - consisting of an overview, annotated bibliography, and contacts section - considers the specific challenges faced by women and girls who are living with HIV and AIDS.
• Document

  Women's Treatment Literacy Toolkit

  Southern Africa HIV/AIDS Information and Dissemination Service, 2005

  In Southern Africa, there are 13 women living with HIV for every 10 infected men, and this gap continues to widen.
• Document

  Fact Sheet - Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights

  2006

  This short fact-sheet frames key issues and advocacy messages based on the findings of project work by ICW on the sexual and reproductive rights of HIV positive women.
• Document

  Sexual and Reproductive Health of HIV Positive Women and Adolescent Girls: A Dialogue on Rights, Policies and Services, Global Electronic Forum, Report on Results

  United Nations Population Fund, 2006

  How have international human rights documents or advocacy efforts facilitated HIV positive women's access to prevention, treatment and care services, if at all? How can we advocate for stronger enforcement of positive women's human rights?
• Document

  Advocacy Tool: the Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health of HIV Positive Women in South Africa

  2006

  South Africa is said to be the country with the highest total number of people living with HIV and AIDS. In 2004, it was estimated that 50.75% of those infected between the ages of 15-49 years were women, yet advocacy work had revealed that HIV positive women in South Africa were experiencing considerable barriers in accessing services at the family, community and national levels.
• Document

  Reducing the Burden of HIV and AIDS Care on Women and Girls

  Voluntary Services Overseas, 2006

  Community and home-based care, delivered with little support from the public health system, is currently the key response to the HIV and AIDS pandemic globally. Due to traditional gender norms and unequal gender relations, it is women and girls who generally assume primary responsibility for providing this care, whilst possibly being HIV-positive, and often needing care themselves.
• Document

  Fact Sheet - Violence Against HIV Positive Women

  2006

  How do HIV/AIDS and other public services, policies and programmes address issues of violence against women (VAW)? How do services that deal with violence address the issues of women who are HIV positive? This fact sheet considers the connections between violence and gender inequalities for women living with HIV and AIDS.

Pages