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SHOW US THE MONEY: IS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ON THE HIV & AIDS DONOR AGENDA?

International funding bodies downplay the links between HIV and violence against women

Authors: S. Fried
Publisher: Women Won't Wait, 2007

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This research report from the Women Won’t Wait Campaign highlights the lack of priority given to tackling gender-based violence against women by the major international HIV funding organisations. The research found that the funding bodies continue to treat violence against women as a supplementary issue rather than as something integral to all aspects of their work on HIV. Funding for programmes which combat gender-based violence is a separate stream and these initiatives have not benefited from the increase in funding for HIV programmes in the last number of years. It is very difficult to track the exact amount of money the major funding bodies are devoting to these initiatives and difficult to hold them accountable on this issue.

The report recommends that these institutions develop a clear policy framework that gives priority to violence against women and girls, and the link with HIV. These bodies should begin to encourage collaboration between groups working on violence against women and those working on HIV, and develop links between the HIV and the sexual health and reproductive rights sectors. The report also recommends that the funding bodies should create a specific mechanism for measuring work that addresses violence against women in all HIV action plans, and should support research to increase the level of knowledge on the links between gender-based violence and HIV.





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