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:

Because I am a girl: Learning for life

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Critical report on the state of girls’ education and the barriers preventing access.

Research has shown that keeping girls in education can help to reduce their vulnerability to HIV.

This report, which is part of Plan’s annual State of the World’s Girls series, argues that despite improvements in primary education enrolment, there is a crisis in the quality of learning available to girls.

Gender inequality and violence as critical enablers in the HIV response

How can interventions more effectively tackle women’s and girls’ vulnerability to HIV?  In this presentation, given to mark World AIDS Day at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, STRIVE Research Director Professor Charlotte Watts introduces key structural drivers affecting women and girls, such as:

Interview with Prof Charlotte Watts for World AIDS Day 2012

Young people face particular vulnerabilities with respect to HIV, many not yet addressed in HIV responses. In this video interview for World AIDS Day 2012 at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, STRIVE Research Director Professor Charlotte Watts cites one example: the exchange of sex for material goods based not only on economic need but also on aspiration and ideas about social mobility.

Interview with Prof Charlotte Watts for World AIDS Day 2012

Young people face particular vulnerabilities with respect to HIV, many not yet addressed in HIV responses. In this video interview for World AIDS Day 2012 at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, STRIVE Research Director Professor Charlotte Watts cites one example: the exchange of sex for material goods based not only on economic need but also on aspiration and ideas about social mobility.

Population Council programme evidence on adolescent girls

A range of new and established resources recommended by the Population Council’s team on Poverty, Gender, and Youth.

The costs of reaching the most disadvantaged girls 

Technical report based on programmatic evidence from Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa among others. Analysis concentrates on the mechanics of multidimensional interventions among adolescent girls to look at the respective costs in different settings.

The diverse HIV prevention needs of sex workers - Parinita Bhattacharjee

This webinar describes the evolution of KHPT’s programming with female sex workers (FSW). It focuses on KHPT’s strategic shift from a largely biomedical approach to an integrated structural approach dealing with stigma, violence, collectivisation and building enabling environments for FSW.

The presentation illustrates:

Impact of two vulnerability reduction strategies on HIV risk reduction among female sex workers

Training female sex workers (FSW) in alternative income generation has emerged as an innovative HIV/AIDS prevention strategy. This new report published by KHPT focuses on a range of interlinking community mobilisation strategies.

The study demonstrates the impact of two vulnerability reduction strategies on HIV risk among female sex workers:

Key resources on female sex workers

The links between sex work 
and HIV vulnerability have long been 
recognized. Research shows that sex workers and their clients are at a heightened risk of HIV and face a range of particular barriers to accessing prevention, care and treatment. However, the UNAIDS Guidance Note on HIV and Sex Work states that until recently, less than 1% of global funding for HIV prevention was allocated to HIV and sex work.

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