Stigma reduction case studies

Series of five case studies based on ICRW’s work to adapt and test a global HIV stigma reduction framework in India.

HIV-related stigma as a barrier to global PMTCT and maternal health: A review of the evidence

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HIV stigma can discourage pregnant women from seeking services to prevent mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV.

Reducing HIV stigma in India

In this video, high school students and local government (Panchayat) members discuss their understanding of HIV stigma. The video illustrates the impact of ICRW’s stigma reduction guidelines, as participants candidly share their thoughts on how they might change their perception and behaviour towards those who are living with HIV.

Social norms theory and practice: resources from STRIVE workshop

Presentations on how a social norms perspective might be applied to partner violence and other issues. 

In January 2013, STRIVE brought together a group of researchers and practitioners in a three-day meeting that aimed to:

Infographic: Tackling the structural drivers of HIV

Women and girls between the ages of 15 to 24 are the population most vulnerable to HIV.  

STRIVE and ICRW have collaborated on an infographic to explain structural factors that contribute to this vulnerability:

Infographic: Tackling the structural drivers of HIV

Women and girls between the ages of 15 to 24 are the population most vulnerable to HIV.  

STRIVE and ICRW have collaborated on an infographic to explain structural factors that contribute to this vulnerability:

‘Festival of Love’: Sexual pleasure, agency and its meaning in the lives of sex workers

The link between sexual pleasure and agency is poorly articulated in a disease-centric and disease prevention approaches to HIV. This 2008 report from ICRW-ARO is based on a project that dealt with issues of sexual pleasure, agency and its meaning in the lives of sex workers. It also explores masculinity and men’s role in sex work by examining sex workers accounts of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ clients and the varying masculinities they represent.

Global HIV stigma-reduction framework implemented in India

Key findings from ICRW's evaluation study in five settings.

India’s National AIDS Control Programme (NACO) recognises stigma as a key driver of HIV infection and a barrier to treatment. To inform the latest national plan, and with support from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) has:

Unpacking sex trafficking in Andhra Pradesh, India

This study provides evidence of patterns of coercion, exploitation and sex trafficking in three study sites. It also situates and critiques government and non-government anti-trafficking responses.

The purpose of the study, conducted by ICRW-ARO, was to understand:

World response to AIDS needs new vigour

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STRIVE researchers advocate the need for a new economic argument for a sustained, effective, national and global commitment to ending AIDS. 

The article, reproduced here in full, was written by Anna Vassall and Michelle Remme with Director of LSHTM, Peter Piot. 

World Response to AIDS needs new vigour

Despite remarkable achievements and a wave of recent optimism, the stark truth is that the end of AIDS is not in sight.

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