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WORLD AIDS DAY - DECEMBER 1, 2010
Started on 1st December 1988, World AIDS Day is about raising money, increasing awareness, fighting prejudice and improving education. The World AIDS Day theme for 2010 is 'Universal Access and Human Rights'. World AIDS Day is important for reminding people that HIV has not gone away, and that there are many things still to be done.
According to UNAIDS estimates, there are now 33.3 million people living with HIV, including 2.5 million children. During 2009 some 2.6 million people became newly infected with the virus and an estimated 1.8 million people died from AIDS.1
The vast majority of people with HIV and AIDS live in lower- and middle-income countries. But HIV today is a threat to men, women and children on all continents around the world. http://www.avert.org/world-aids-day.htm
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HIV/AIDS - UNAIDS - MEETING THE HIV
NEEDS OF WOMEN & GIRLS
& STOPPING SEXUAL &
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
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Reducing
sexual transmission of HIV
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Preventing
mothers from dying and babies from becoming infected with HIV
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Ensuring
that people living with HIV receive antiretroviral treatment (ART)
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Preventing
people living with HIV from dying of TB
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Protecting
drug users from becoming infected with HIV
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Ensuring
that men who have sex with men, sex workers and transgender people are
empowered to access and deliver HIV services
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Removing
punitive laws, polices, practices, stigma and discrimination
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Meeting
the HIV needs of women and girls and stopping sexual and gender-based violence
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Empowering
young people to protect themselves from HIV
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Enhancing
social protection for people affected by HIV
Meeting the HIV needs of women and girls and stopping
sexual and gender-based violence is one of UNAIDS’ priority areas.
By building on the synergies between the gender and AIDS
response for positive change to the lives of women and girls and by utilizing
opportunities to comprehensively respond to sexual and gender-based violence,
we can meet the HIV needs of women and girls and can stop sexual and
gender-based violence.
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Results by 2011 §
At least 25 countries have included at least three strategic
actions guided by the UNAIDS Agenda for Women and Girls in their national
strategic plan, with an appropriate budget for implementation. §
At least 15 countries have initiated implementation of a
comprehensive set of actions to address and prevent violence against women. §
At least 50% of the high HIV prevalence countries which have
operationalized the Secretary General’s UNiTE Campaign, have integrated HIV
into the campaign. |
Country action for women, girls, gender
equality and HIV
Agenda
for accelerated country action for women, girls, gender equality and HIV
(UNAIDS, 2009)
Community Brief
for the Agenda for accelerated country action for women, girls, gender equality
and HIV (UNAIDS,
2010)
Key publications
Facts
on violence against women (WHO)
Update on United
Nations Interagency Activities on Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV
(UNAIDS/UNDP, 2009)
Guidelines: Sexual
and Gender-Based Violence (UNHCR,
2005)
Operational guidelines
Operational
plan for UNAIDS Action Framework: addressing women, girls, gender equality and
HIV (UNAIDS,
2009)
Integrating gender
into HIV/AIDS programmes in the health sector: Tool to improve responsiveness
to women’s needs (WHO,
2009)
UNiTE to End Violence against Women
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s UNiTE to End Violence against Women
campaign aims to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls in all
parts of the world. UNiTE brings together a host of UN agencies and offices to
galvanize action across the UN system to prevent and punish violence against
women.
Cosponsor links
UNFPA
on Gender-based violence
WHO on Gender-based
violence
Partners
UNIFEM
Gender and HIV/AIDS
Commission on the
Status of Women
UNAIDS Outcome Framework 2009-2011
The UNAIDS Outcome Framework
for the period 2009–2011 identifies priority areas selected because their
realization will contribute directly to the achievement of universal access and
will simultaneously enable advancement towards the related Millennium
Development Goal outcomes.
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The
AIDS Accountability Scorecard on Women 2009
The AIDS Accountability Scorecard on Women is the first-ever independent assessment of how well governments respond to the specific needs and vulnerabilities of women in the context of the AIDS epidemic.
Data Collection -
Gender Mainstreaming -
Policy and
Legal Environment
National Programmes -
Knowledge and
Behaviour - Impact
Direct Link to Full 25-Page Report:
http://aidsaccountability.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/aai-scorecard-on-women-2009.pdf
