The challenge of HIV/AIDS and poverty on the struggle for gender equality and the empowerment of women : summary on (draft)

Since its adoption nearly 20 years, the BPfA - one of the most bold and progressive normative frameworks ever adopted to hasten the advancement of women and achieve gender equality

For example, UNDP’s support for the preparation of national action plans and country reports on the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action has helped to build

The Sixth World Conference for Women provided an opportunity for Governments, NGOs and international organizations to make further recommendations for the implementation of the

According to the 2016 gender scorecard of the African Union Commission, of the 23 countries for which data are available from the Country Reports of the Demographic and

Caring for others: Women are doubly aff ected by the epidemic 7 Women’s vulnerability to HIV/AIDS fuel the epidemic 7 Socio-cultural factors underpinning the epidemic 9

In particular, the vulnerability and exploitation of young girls within their extended and foster families, the sexual abuse of young women by much older men, and the exclusion of

The present assessment on the impact of HIV/AIDS on economic performance in Africa draws heavily on primary data collected for the ILO in Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, and

The latter study found that only those households that experi- enced a death due to HIV/AIDS (as opposed to a death due to other causes) had a depletion in resources. Health care