UN Women\'s Gender Equality and HIV/AIDS Web Portal http://genderandaids.org Thu, 23 May 2013 20:34:23 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://genderandaids.org/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://genderandaids.org UN Women\'s Gender Equality and HIV/AIDS Web Portal http://genderandaids.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1146&Itemid=83 The link between gender-based violence and HIV infections needs to be explicit in the outcome document of the UN Commission... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:05:41 +0100 http://genderandaids.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1145&Itemid=83 Child marriage is too big a problem to ignore. How long has it taken you to read these words? A... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:04:16 +0100 http://genderandaids.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1144&Itemid=83 International Women’s Day: Addressing HIV in women and girls – the UK's role. Read full article here (http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/03/08/international-women%E2%80%99s-day-addressing-hiv-in-women-and-girls-the-uks-role/) Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:00:21 +0100 http://genderandaids.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1140&Itemid=83 UNITED NATIONS, Dec 11 2012 (IPS) - Global efforts to reach the “three zeros” for women and girls – zero... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:00:00 +0100 http://genderandaids.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1142&Itemid=83 Researchers have developed a female condom which they claim can protect against pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:00:00 +0100 http://genderandaids.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1141&Itemid=83 The Yemeni Women’s Union, in cooperation with the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, held a workshop Tuesday about gender... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:00:00 +0100 http://genderandaids.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1138&Itemid=83 “I believe that, generally speaking, we tend to associate violence with manifestations of physical and sexual violence, and that we... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:58:17 +0100 http://genderandaids.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1135&Itemid=83 In August 2012, the African Gender and Media Initiative, a Kenyan NGO, released a report documenting cases of forced and... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:00:00 +0100 http://genderandaids.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1139&Itemid=83 Tomorrow is World AIDS Day and this year all the talk is of tipping points and “ending AIDS.” Read full... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:00:00 +0100 http://genderandaids.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1134&Itemid=83 To mark Worlds AIDS Day, Women for Positive Action has released a commentary highlighting the shortage of women in HIV... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 05:00:00 +0100 http://genderandaids.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1133&Itemid=83 For years, my battle cry has been to bring HIV treatment to children and families in Africa. And as I... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 05:00:00 +0100 http://genderandaids.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1129&Itemid=83 A new World AIDS Day report: Results, by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), shows that unprecedented acceleration... Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:30:55 +0100 http://genderandaids.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1131&Itemid=83 The Centre for Youth of Hope (CEYOHO) will recognise 15 outstanding Batswana women living with HIV/AIDS at an award ceremony... Tue, 20 Nov 2012 05:00:00 +0100 http://genderandaids.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1128&Itemid=83 The Liberian Women Empowerment Network (LIWEN), the only network of women and adolescent girls living with and affected by HIV... Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:00:00 +0100 http://genderandaids.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1126&Itemid=83 The UN High Level Taskforce on Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV for Eastern and Southern Africa concluded their one-week... Sun, 28 Oct 2012 05:00:00 +0100 http://genderandaids.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1127&Itemid=83 Cape Town — Kenya's Minister of Gender, Children and Social Development Naomi Shaban has praised South Africa's success in tackling... Tue, 23 Oct 2012 05:00:00 +0100 http://genderandaids.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1125&Itemid=83 The HIV prevalence rate among women attending antenatal clinics around the country appears to be "stabilising" at about 30 percent,... Wed, 17 Oct 2012 05:00:00 +0100 http://genderandaids.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1122&Itemid=83 HIV and Aids and other sexually transmitted infections continue to burden young African women because of various reasons, chief among... Thu, 13 Sep 2012 05:00:00 +0100 http://genderandaids.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1121&Itemid=83 Scientists have developed a vaginal ring embedded with an antiviral drug that could potentially protect women against the virus that... Wed, 05 Sep 2012 05:00:00 +0100 http://genderandaids.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1123&Itemid=83 Over 40 HIV-postive women who were allegedly sterilized against their will go to court to demand justice and possible compensation.... Thu, 23 Aug 2012 05:00:00 +0100