THE GLOBAL COALITION
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Almost half of the adults living with HIV today are women. Over the past two years, the number of women and girls infected with HIV has increased in every region of the world, with rates rising particularly rapidly in Eastern Europe, Asia, and Latin America. In sub-Saharan Africa, women and girls already make up almost 60% of adults living with HIV.
In 2004, UNAIDS launched the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS. The Coalition works at global and national levels to highlight the effects of AIDS on women and girls and to stimulate concrete and effective action to prevent the spread of HIV.
A loose alliance of civil society groups, networks of women living with HIV, and United Nations agencies, the Coalition works at global and national levels to advocate for improved AIDS programming for women and girls.
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VICTORIES OF WOMEN IN HIV AND AIDS INTERVIEW SERIES
 Xiomara Castro de Zelaya,
The First Lady of Honduras
Since the beginning of her charge as First Lady, Mrs. Zelaya has focused on strengthening the national response to AIDS, and was a key player in founding the Coalition of First Ladies and Latin American Woman Leaders on women and AIDS.  Read full Interview |
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 Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda,
World YWCA General Secretary
"We are an organization for women led by women. If we are to address issues of women and AIDS, we must continue to give voice to leadership of women living with HIV, their perspectives and initiatives. We must invest in women and girls to ensure that they live in safety and security, and to eliminate stigma and discrimination." Read full Interview
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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
Download full report (PDF)
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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
Ms Kristan Schoultz appointed as the Director of the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS. In joining the Coalition, Ms Schoultz takes the partnership forward to help ensure that AIDS strategies better address the needs of women and girls. Read more
New 2008 Report on the global AIDS epidemic examines women's risk and vulnerability to HIV. The Report finds that significant investment in girls’ education would substantially reduce HIV risk and vulnerability for women and girls. It also stresses that national governments and international donors should prioritize strategies to increase women’s economic independence and legal reforms to recognize women’s property and inheritance rights.
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QUICK FACTS
Women account for half of all people living with HIV worldwide, and nearly 60% of
HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa. Over the last 10 years, the proportion of women
among people living with HIV has remained stable globally, but has increased in many
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PARTNER HIGHLIGHTS
ICRW launches Gender and HIV Research Network at Mexico City AIDS Conference.
The Network will provide researchers, programmers, civil society organizations and others seeking to address the gender-sexuality-HIV link with a common forum to share information, ideas and resources. Read more
UNIFEM and the ATHENA Network launch results of a Review of Women’s Leadership and Participation in the AIDS Response Read more
World YWCA Statement to the UN High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS: Accountability to Women and Girls in the AIDS Response
Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) on Education: Guidelines for Development Cooperation Agencies Mainstreaming HIV AIDS in Education |
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