International news
Nov 30, 2016Sex for Fish: Toward Gender Equality and Fewer HIV InfectionsThe Global Fund - "With help from community health volunteers, a group of women have organized themselves to become economically less dependent on men, in order to avoid the degrading practice called "Sex for Fish"." |
Nov 30, 2016Re-energizing HIV PreventionThe Global Fund - "An indispensable element of our efforts to end HIV as an epidemic – prevention – is lagging too far behind, and allowing too many people to be infected with the virus. |
Nov 22, 2016UN calls for urgent action to protect young women from HIV/Aids in AfricaThe Guardian - Urgent action is needed to help and protect girls and young women from Aids in sub-Saharan Africa, thousands of whom are still being infected with HIV every week, the UN says. In 2015, 7,500 girls and young women aged 15 to 24 were infected with HIV every week. |
Nov 23, 2016HIV Fact SheetUNAIDS - The global HIV statistics have been published. |
Nov 25, 2016Broken systems breaking peoplewww.aidsalliance.org - "Violence against women and HIV are inextricably linked, and for women of the populations most vulnerable to and affected by HIV this link is particularly strong. Research on violence experienced by women who use drugs in Malaysia provides insights into the nature of this relationship. |
Nov 16, 2016African nations attempt to suspend UN's LGBT rights monitorThe Guardian - African nations are seeking to suspend the work of the first UN independent expert charged with investigating violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. |