THE GLOBAL COALITION
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One half of all people living with HIV worldwide are women, and that proportion has remained stable since the late 1990s. More than three in four (77%) of adult women (15 years and older) with HIV globally live in Sub-Saharan Africa – that’s an estimated 12 million out of the 15.5 million women infected with HIV worldwide.
Created in 2004, the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA) is a worldwide alliance of civil society groups, networks or women living with HIV, women’s organizations, AIDS service organizations, and the United Nations system, committed to strengthening AIDS programming for women and girls.
Our mission is to mobilize leadership and political will to influence laws, policies, programmes, and funding that will give girls and women the power to prevent HIV infection, and to live fulfilling and productive lives when living with HIV.
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Strategies for Hope Trust : STEPPING STONES PLUS
 'Stepping Stones PLUS' is a supplement to the 'Stepping Stones' workshop manual originally published in 1995 by the Strategies for Hope Trust.
The manual consists of numerous new exercises for existing sessions, and new sessions to follow the completion of the original workshop. These are designed to promote a whole-community response to the HIV epidemic through appropriate care and support, and the involvement of HIV-positive people in all aspects of programmes.
As with the original manual, 'Stepping Stones PLUS' addresses the issues of gender and generation, but also focuses on safe motherhood with discordant couples, male circumcision, the female condom, voluntary and confidential counselling and testing, and other related issues. It presents a comprehensive approach both to the containment of HIV and to love, care, treatment and support of everyone with HIV in a community.
 Stepping Stones PLUS manual
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THE UN TRUST FUND IN SUPPORT OF ACTIONS TO ELIMINATE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN HAS LAUNCHED ITS ANNUAL CALL FOR PROPOSALS (2009)
The focus of this year’s Call is on closing the gap on the implementation of national and local laws, policies and action plans that address violence against women
and girls. Civil society organizations, governments and UN Country Teams, in partnership with governments and civil society, are invited to submit applications of a maximum US$1 million for duration of up to three years. The deadline for application is April 17, 2009.
Read complete Call for Proposals detailing criteria, eligibility requirements and complete guidelines on how to apply (also available via the UNIFEM homepage).
Contact: UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women: Adriana Quinones, UN Trust Fund Manager adriana.quinones@unifem.org and cc tanya.ghani@unifem.org.
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PUBLICATIONS
 Keeping the promise:
Agenda for Action on Women and AIDS
The Agenda for Action on Women and AIDS urges leaders to tackle the social, cultural and economic factors that intensify the impact of AIDS on women and girls. In particular it calls for laws and policies that protect women's rights -- and their enforcement; more funds for AIDS programmes that work for women; and more seats at the table for women's organizations.
Agenda for Action: En / Fr / Sp  Agenda for Action Flyer |
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 An Analysis of the Gender Policies
of the Three Major AIDS Financing Institutions:
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and
Malaria, the World Bank and the President’s
Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
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 2008 Report on the global AIDS epidemic
The 2008 Report on the global AIDS epidemic reports on the latest developments in the global AIDS epidemic.
Access the Report page (HTML)
Chapter 3: Addressing societal causes of HIV risk and vulnerability (PDF 470 kb)
Download full report (zip 9.2 mb)
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NEWS
The new GCWA Steering Committee has beenendorsed in December 2008 to establish major organizational policies, mobilize resources, coordinate GCWA advocacy agenda, broaden participation in the GCWA, and provide guidance on emerging issues still absent from the policy agenda. Read more
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QUICK FACTS
A total of 80% of countries specifically address women as a component of their national HIV strategy, and 83% of countries report having a policy to ensure equal access for women and men to HIV services. Only about half (53%) of countries report budget allocations specifically devoted to HIV-related programmes for women and girls. Source:
UNGASS Country Progress Reports 2008 |
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EVENTS
Commission on the Status of Women, 53nd Session, United Nations headquarters in New York, 2 to 13 March 2009. The theme of the Session is “The equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including care giving in the context of HIV/AIDS”. Read more
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Weekly press clipping on women and AIDS
Issue 3, 9-13 March 2009
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