HIV/AIDS and Gender: Fact Sheets

These 16 HIV/AIDS and Gender Fact Sheets, which are part of the Resource Pack on Gender and HIV/AIDS, aim to provide policymakers with concise information about gender-related aspects of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Each theme presents a self-contained set of issues and recommendations, many of which are interlinked. All of them are connected by a concern to promote a gender-enlightened and comprehensive response to HIV/AIDS and its impacts.

• Global and International Commitments provides an overview of the commitments relevant to gender and HIV/AIDS made by UN member states. more
• Human Rights discusses how international human rights principles and instruments can help to address the gender dimensions of HIV/AIDS. more
• Education discusses both how education systems suffer under the impact of HIV/AIDS and how education can play a major role in mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS. more
• Young People draws attention to how the lower social status of young people interacts with gender inequalities to enhance vulnerability to HIV among young girls. more
• Male Participation addresses men’s roles in the spread of HIV, including stereotypes of masculinity that encourage sexual aggression and endanger both men and their sexual partners. more
• Violence Against Women examines how various forms of gender-based violence contribute to the vulnerability of women to HIV transmission. more
• Conflict Situations clarifies the factors behind increased risk to women and girls in humanitarian emergencies and how they can be mitigated. more
• Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission calls for a four-pronged approach to protecting women and their newborns. more
• Sex Work elaborates on how gender relations affect sex workers and often limit their ability to protect themselves against HIV. more
• Microbicides calls attention to promising transmission prevention substances which have significant potential to increase women’s ability to protect themselves. more
• Male and Female Condoms explains how condom use is mediated by gender relations, which must be addressed in condom promotion initiatives. more
• The World of Work identifies types of work situations and groups of people within them that may have higher risks of HIV infection, as well as the gender dynamics that exacerbate risk in the workplace. more
• The Care Economy discusses deepening poverty in households affected by HIV/AIDS, and calls for urgent social protection benefits to compensate for carers’ loss of income, as well as campaigns to encourage change in gender relations in the household. more
• Food Security discusses gender dimensions of food-production, especially in
  HIV-affected households. more
• Rural Development chronicles the impact of the epidemic on rural economies and agricultural production. more
• Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluation gives examples of gender-sensitive indicators for assessing the inputs, outputs and processes of HIV/AIDS programmes. more

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