A Dialogue on ART Delivery: A dialogue on the delivery of antiretroviral treatment in resource-limited settings, held at Maropeng, Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng, South Africa, September 2006 See

The Nelson Mandela Foundation convened a dialogue on September 26 and 27 2006, at Maropeng, Cradle of Humankind, in Gauteng. This brought key stakeholders together to share lessons on models of delivery of antiretroviral treatment (ART) in resource-limited settings in Sout...

HIV/AIDS Counselling: A Training Guide for Trainers See

This counselling Training Guide compliments other training programmes. The guide presents the essential and appropriate information for training of HIV/AIDS Counselling trainers at Central, Provincial and District Health Centres in Zimbabwe. Apart from giving essential information for training, the&#x...

At Risk: Rights Violations of HIV-Positive Women in Kenyan Health Facilities See

Although the Kenyan government has taken positive steps to address the HIV epidemic in Kenya, and to advance women’s reproductive health and rights, much work remains to be done, particularly in protecting the rights of women living with and affected by HIV. Following a...

Conversations: HIV/AIDS and the Family See

Most South Africans have experienced HIV and AIDS in one way or another – through knowing people living with the disease, through knowing people who have died, or through living with the disease oneself. Throughout these experiences there is seldom time to...

HIV AND AIDS PREVENTION AND CONTROL ACT See

An Act of Parliament to provide measures for the prevention, management and control of HIV and AIDS, to provide for the protection and promotion of public health and for the appropriate treatment, counseling, support and care of persons infected or at risk of HIV&...

ICASA 2005 Report: HIV/AIDS and the family See

The 14th International conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa came up in Abuja between the 4th and 9th of December, 2005. The theme of the conference was HIV/AIDS and the family. The conference explored traditional family values with the aim of empowering African families&...

National Workplace HIV and AIDS Policy See

The HIV and AIDS epidemic continues to constitute one of the most formidable challenges to development and social progress. The epidemic has the potential to seriously undermine our economy with its attendant adverse social and political implications. HIV and AIDS is...

The Second Fundher Report: Financial Sustainability for Women’s Movements Worldwide See

Let’s tackle the “f word”... that taboo unspoken subject that keeps many a non-profit organization leader awake at night. Yes, fundraising. The challenges of seeking funds and mobilizing resources for women’s rights work is the subject of this report. For us, though, t...

Gender and HIV/AIDS in Sub- Saharan Africa: the cases of Uganda and Malawi See

This report discusses the gender dimensions of the impact of HIV/AIDS in Sub- Saharan Africa, with a particular focus on Uganda and some reference to Malawi. The Ugandan Government has, from early on in its recognition of HIV/AIDS as a serious health, social&...

Journey to Equality: 10 Years of the Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa See

The Maputo protocol aids in combating discrimination and violence against women and is significant in the efforts to promote and ensure respect for the rights of African Women

A Landmark Victory for Justice: Biowatch’s Battle with the South African State and Monsanto See

What has become known as “the Biowatch case” originated in a genuine attempt to access information from government about the planting of genetically modified crops in South Africa. Biowatch only used the law as a last resort, after numerous earlier requests for the info...

A Guide to Developing a Community Response to Violence Against Women in Ghana See

In 1998, the Gender Studies and Human Rights Documentation Centre, in collaboration with eight implementing partners, Action Aid Ghana, Centre for Development of People (CEDEP), General Agricultural Worker' Union (GAWU), Maata "N" Tudu, Amasachina, Associates in Development (ASSID) and&...

Gender and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Putting Gender on the MAP See

HIV/AIDS is a significant—and worsening—health, economic, and social issue in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Africa’s share of the global pandemic is very high (Figure 1). Of Africa’s 23.0 million adults living with HIV/AIDS, 13.2 million are women, constituting 77% of &#x...

Arts, Culture and Sports Convening Report See

Women’s engagement in arts, cultural production and sports has led to the transmission of radical ideas, beliefs and attitudes. Women’s participation in cultural economies, also speaks to the immense value and contributions of women and invigorated connections and possibilities for co...

AWDF 4th Strategic Direction 2017-2021: Shaping Africa's Future See

Established in 2001, the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is a grantmaking foundation that supports local, national and Africa regional women’s organisations working towards the promotion and realisation of women’s rights and recognition of African women’s leadership in ...

Unfinished Business: Transitional Justice and Women’s Rights in Africa See

The papers that comprise this first publication were presented at the Pan African Conference on Sexual and Gender Based Violence held in Nairobi, Kenya from July 21 – 23, 2008. The title for this first series is drawn from the session within which these paper...

Beyond the Shadows: Unmasking HIV/AIDS-Related Stigma and Discrimination in Nigeria See

HIV-related stigma and discrimination has been identified as a universal phenomenon which occurs in every country and region of the world. It was identified as the 'third epidemic' early in the history of HIV by late Jonathan Mann; the first being the hidden&#x...

The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Landrights: Case Studies from Kenya See

The purpose of this study is to examine rigorously the relationship between HIV/AIDS and landrights in Kenya. This is means, first developing our understanding of the various mechanisms that may link the AIDS-affectedness of a household to a change in that household's land ...

International Legal Accountability Mechanisms Palestinian Women Living under Occupation See

This paper builds on extensive research on the profound challenges faced by the Palestinian people in the context of the prolonged Israeli occupation. What this paper aims to surface, are the ways in which the Israeli occupation results in a wide array of human rights vio...