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HEARD is an UNAIDS
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In 2009, UNAIDS released its first policy on HIV/AIDS and disability and, until recently, people with disabilities have been left out of HIV/AIDS prevention, intervention and treatment/care programmes. However, there is now a growing interest in both how people with disabilities are affected by HIV/AIDS and how HIV/AIDS contributes to disabilities.
As an HIV/AIDS research organisation, HEARD is committed to contributing to this field by playing a leading role in advocacy and collaborating in empirical research on the topic in southern Africa. The HEARD Disability Initiative objectives are to advance research and practical interventions in the field of HIV/AIDS and disability in Eastern and Southern Africa, and to build a vibrant network of collaboration. It aims to inform scholars, people with disabilities and disabled people organisations (DPO) and to provide a platform for the exchange of information. This site has been built as a resource centre on disability and HIV. It features updated information about projects, international events and literature. Resources around human rights and a best practices collection can also be found.
HEARD Disability and HIV resource Centre features the following:
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 Live Feeds Dissolvable female condoms to protect against pregnancy and HIVScientists have developed a female condom which they claim can protect against pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV by dissolving inside the body and releasing specific chemicals.
View the Article... Prevention Now (preventionnow.net)
Retrieved: Wed, Feb 6, 2013 Revellers Receive Female CondomsRevellers in various night clubs in Bulawayo were at the weekend issued with free condoms by the city’s commercial sex workers. Each lucky patron received an orange envelope full of male and female condoms.
View the Article... Prevention Now (preventionnow.net)
Retrieved: Wed, Feb 6, 2013 Case in Point: Marketing the female condomHow do you create a market for a life-saving consumer product when the population with the highest demand for it cannot afford it?
View the Article... Prevention Now (preventionnow.net)
Retrieved: Wed, Feb 6, 2013 Press statement by Michelle Bachelet at the 2013 African Union SummitPress Statement by Michelle Bachelet United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 26 January 2013. United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Retrieved: Wed, Feb 6, 2013 Malian women make their voices heard: emergency aid, participation in the peace process, and justice for all“Our women have been beaten, raped, whipped, forced into polygamous marriages, and who knows what else. They have lost their dignity, but what is man’s dignity without that of women?” These are the words of Sophie*, a displaced woman living in Bamako, the country’s capital, but originally from Timbuktu in... United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Retrieved: Wed, Feb 6, 2013 UN Women adopts Paper-Smart initiative for its Executive Board sessionsIn response to the Secretary-General's call to move towards a paperless UN system and reduce the organisation's costs and carbon footprint, UN Women went Paper-Smart at its Executive Board session from 28-30 November, 2012 – and the initiative is now being replicated during the First Regular Session of the UN... United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Retrieved: Wed, Feb 6, 2013 “Ride on! Speak Out!”: Nine countries, 15 bikers, one issue – ending violence against womenA group of motorcycle buffs joined forces with Harley-Davidson Johannesburg and UN Women in a novel initiative to raise awareness about violence against women and girls. Over 16 days, they rode 8,200 km, across Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho. United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Retrieved: Wed, Feb 6, 2013 Economies rebound faster from crisis when responses focus on women’s needsThe need for gender-sensitive economic policies is the focus of two UN Women research papers being launched at a two-day workshop being held in New York from 21-22 January. Renowned feminist academics and policy experts will share critical perspectives on financial and economic crisis recovery. United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
Retrieved: Wed, Feb 6, 2013 Enshrining Human Rights, Justice and Security in the Post-2015 Development GoalsSpeech given by John Hendra Assistant Secretary General, And Deputy Executive Director, Policy and Programme of UN Women at Wilton Park Symposium on Integrating Transitional Justice, Security and Development. 17 January 2013. United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women
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