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Explore our site to find valuable resources, cutting-edge research, and breaking news on the gender equality dimensions of HIV/AIDS. You can contribute by uploading your own materials, networking with fellow colleagues, and locating an event near you.

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In the News

  • First Ladies body wants more men involved

    THE Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) has called for the immediate male involvement in its programmes to effectively fight HIV/AIDS, poverty and violence against women and children. Read full article here.

  • Many Young HIV-Positive Women May Benefit From Cervical Cancer Vaccine

    Young women living with HIV may benefit from vaccinations that protect against cervical cancer, according to a new study showing that many HIV-positive women averaging 21 years of age are negative for the human papillomavirus (HPV) types typically associated with tumors, according to a new analysis.  Read full article here.

  • Girl Power Takes It Positively

    Girl Power took a journey to Delhi in style as they made a tribute to those living positively. Pastor Jessica Kayanja, dressed like a goddess, looked like she was born in Delhi. Read full article here.

  • Gender And HIV In The Caribbean

    The Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and the gender dimension of the HIV pandemic in the Caribbean, took centre stage at a two-day workshop hosted by the Bureau of Women's Affairs and UNDP at the Knutsford Court hotel last week. Read full article here.


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What's New

International Conference on AIDS & STIs in Africa (ICASA)  

 

The 16th annual ICASA is being held this week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The theme of this year's conference is Own, Scale-Up, and Sustain. Several events and panels will address key issues facing women living with, and affected by, HIV. Visit the official ICASA website here.

 

African Women’s Voices: Share, Sing, Dance and Talk about HIV

A series of events will take place in a large Community Village space to facilitate sharing of experiences and good practices by women from different parts of the African continent, followed by plenary sessions throughout the week. This is a four day continuous programme with changing presentations, performances, sharing and caring sponsored by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, UN Women, and the Government of France. 

 

Learn more about these events here.

Learn about the panelists here. 

Access a guide to Gender Equality, Women, and HIV at ICASA here.


Women's Stories

"I am..." Women Living with HIV

picture captionI am Mariana Iácono, from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I’m a social worker and student of history. I love swimming in the sea if there are no jellyfish. I love reading and practicing sports. I work in education in two high-schools and I’m also a HIV/AIDS activist in RAMVHIS (Network of Women Living With AIDS in Argentina). I’m a member of Fundación Buenos Aires SIDA and I represent them in a INADI forum. I have a mother and a father who are lovely, really lovely, a female dog who is my daughter, and a love who fills my heart. Living with HIV, at this stage of my diagnosis —9 years, I’m 28— is not a problem anymore. Every day I fight against the stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV. 

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