Human rights & gender equality
HIV Interventions for Young People in the Workplace
Number of pages: 8
Publication date: 01 January 2008
Author: UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team on HIV and Young People
Publisher: UNFPA
17 Fact Sheets with concise information on gender-related aspects of HIV/AIDS
A Rights-Based Approach
Number of pages: 68
Publication date: 01 January 2006
Author: UNFPA
Publisher: UNAIDS
Review paper, 'Integrating Gender into HIV/AIDS Programmes'
A Rights-Based Approach
Number of pages: 54
Publication date: 01 January 2006
Author: UNFPA
Publisher: UNAIDS
In the HIV/AIDS epidemic,gender – defined as the array of societal beliefs,norms, customs and practices that define ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ attributes andbehaviours – plays an integral role in determining an individual’s vulnerability to infection, his or her ability to access care, support or treatment, and the ability to cope when infected or affected.
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Being first doesn't matter... Unless you were always second.
May 24, 2013In 1994, 179 governments committed to improving women's status. The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, works to improve women's lives. Video developed on the 10th anniversary of the The Programme of Action agreed to at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). Read more here: /public/icpd
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Empower women, empower the future
June 25, 2009PSA about gender equality. Produced by the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of ICPD
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African football series: Football Grannies, Limpopo Province, South Africa
June 1, 2010Ahead of the 2010 World Cup in Africa, people from across the continent tell the stories of how football impacts on their lives in a new series of African Football Shorts.
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Life on the edge: Scent of the street: Girls in the 'hood - Nigeria, the MDGs and women's empowermen
September 2, 2014Nigeria has had some success in getting more women into government and business. But what about at street level - Scent of the Streets tells the story of Onyinye, Busayo and Gift - three 'Area Girls' hoping for a brighter future in Ajegunle.
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African football series: Miriam Balang, Food Vendor Johannesburg
June 1, 2010Ahead of the World Cup in Africa, people from across the continent tell the stories of how football impacts on their lives in a new series of African Football Shorts.
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Life on the Edge: Trawler Girl
September 2, 2014Looking at Namibia's progress on meeting its MDGs promises to women - through the eyes of the country's first female trawler captain.
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Vietnam Brides For Export
September 2, 2014Brokers find Vietnamese wives for South Korean men