Overview

By December 2001, 24.8 million people had died of HIV/AIDS and 40 million people were living with the disease. Women, especially young women, have increasing infection rates and the death rate among women is now almost as high as that among men. This has fed growing recognition tht HIV/AIDSs is not solely a health problem and that, to successully address the pandemic, a gender perspective has to be mainstreamed into a broad-based and multi-sectoral approach. The Commonwealth apporach to gender mainstreaming is the Gender Managment System (GMS), a holistic, system-wide approach to bringing a gender perspective to bear in the mainstream of all government policies, plans and programmes. Efforts to contain the spread of HIV/AIDS challenge governments and communities to develop policies and programmes that are dynamic and react to the pandemic as it evolves. This calls for strong and creative leadership, including political will at the highest level and partnerships with all sectors of society. This manual offers a number of case studies from developing and developed countries, which illustrate how programmes that promote HIV prevention by addressing gender and the social and economic factors that increase people's risk of infection are more likely to succeed in changing behaviour. It also contains an extensive list of on-line resources. It has been written for development policy-makers, field staff and others addressing the HIV-AIDS pandemic from a gender-aware, multisectoral perspective.

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Author:   Commonwealth Secretariat
Publisher:   Commonwealth Secretariat
Imprint:   Commonwealth Secretariat
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 25.00cm
Weight:   0.526kg
ISBN:  

9780850926552

ISBN 10:   0850926556
Pages:   186
Publication Date:   01 January 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Foreword Preface Executive Summary 1. Introduction Scope and Objectives of This Manual HIV/AIDS: An Overview A Gender Framework The Gender Management System Objectives 2. A Gender Analysis of HIV/AIDS Overview HIV/AIDS and Men HIV/AIDS and Women HIV/AIDS and Young People The Role of Gender-based Violence in the Spread of HIV/AIDS 3. A Multisectoral Response to HIV/AIDS The Need for a Multisectoral and Expanded Response Examples of HIV/AIDS Issues and Responses by Sector 4. Case Studies of Gender-based Responses to Combating HIV/AIDS Introduction Participatory Research with Marginalised Communities (Canada) HIV Prevention Programmes and Female Prostitutes (Canada) Marketing the Female Condom (Zimbabwe) HIV Counselling and Testing among Pregnant Women: Best Practices (Canada) Involving Men in Preventing Gender Violence and HIV Transmission (International) The School Without Walls: Sharing Knowledge and Skills with Community Groups (Southern Africa) Integrating Sexual and Reproductive Health Programmes (Bangladesh) Case Study: Gender Differences in Sexual Health Promotion among Adolescents (Canada) 5. Tools and Resources Gender Sensitivity Checklist Online Resources List of Acronyms Bibliography Appendices 1. UN Guidelines on HIV-related Human Rights 2. Global and Commonwealth Mandates on Gender and HIV/AIDS

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This is an excellent overview that provides a wealth of information useful to academic researchers. It is highly recommended for all academic and health science libraries.

'This is an excellent overview that provides a wealth of information useful to academic researchers. It is highly recommended for all academic and health science libraries.' -- AIDS Book Review Journal

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