Violence against Women and HIV/AIDS

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Dear friends,

The high rates of HIV infection in women have brought into sharp focus the

problem of violence against women. Violence against women continues to be

widespread and often socially sanctioned or tolerated.

 

Gender-based violence is one of the leading factors for spread of HIV infection

and needs to be addressed with a new level of urgency—including much greater

resources for effective and evidence-based programmes.   

 

RESOURCES

 

1. Violence against Women and AIDS: This background document highlights how

gender-based violence increases female vulnerability to HIV, provides statistics

on sexual violence and outlines actions that must be included in a comprehensive

response to tackle violence against women and HIV/AIDS.

http://data.unaids.org/GCWA/GCWA_BG_Violence_en.pdf 

 

2.  Women and HIV/AIDS: Confronting the Crisis. Chapter 6 argues that violence

against women is both a cause and a consequence of HIV/AIDS and makes the

recommendation to promote zero tolerance of all forms against violence against

women and girls.

http://www.unfpa.org/upload/lib_pub_file/308_filename_women_aids1.pdf 

 

3. Dying of Sadness: Gender, Sexual Violence and the HIV Epidemic: This overview

of available literature suggests that the gendered nature of sexual violence

must be considered in long term prevention strategies.

http://www.undp.org/hiv/publications/gender/violencee.htm

 

4. Addressing Gender-based Violence from the Reproductive Health sector/HIV

Sector: This document provides a literature review and analysis on programmes in

developing countries that have addressed or challenged gender-based violence

with a link to the reproductive health and HIV sectors.

http://www.prb.org/pdf04/AddressGendrBasedViolence.pdf

 

5.Intimate Partner Violence and HIV/AIDS: This information presents evidence on

how partner violence against women and girls increases their risk of HIV

infection and undermines AIDS control efforts.

http://www.who.int/gender/violence/en/vawinformationbrief.pdf

6. Sexual Violence and HIV: A technical assistance guide for service providers

for victims of sexual violence.

http://www.nsvrc.org/_cms/fileUpload/Projects/HIV%20Guide-web.pdf

7. Zero Tolerance: Stop the Violence against Women and Children, Stop HIV/AIDS:

This document describes a framework for a comprehensive response to violence

against women and children, including the resources that would be needed,

political and financial, for full implementation.

http://www.globalaidsalliance.org/page//documents/Zero_Tolerance_Advocacy_Brief.\

doc

8. Gender, Sexuality and Violence in the Context of HIV and AIDS: A Call to

Action This is the report of a consultation convened to explore the extent and

scope of violence and vulnerability to HIV and AIDS, and identify concrete

directions to address violence, based on community-driven approaches that work.

http://www.icrw.org/docs/Gender_Sexuality_and_Violence_HIV_and_AIDS_India2.pdf

9. Positive Women Monitoring Change: A monitoring tool on access to care,

treatment and support sexual and reproductive health and rights and violence

against women created by and for HIV positive women.

http://www.icw.org/files/monitoringchangetool-designed%2009%2008%20final_1.pdf

 

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