Best Practice / Case Studies
Alessandra's presentation at AWID 2012
In the framework of the 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) of the United Nations, the international campaign “Women Won’t Wait. End HIV & Violence against Women NOW” and the Foundation for Studies and Research on Women –FEIM- as campaign co-coordinator, organized the side event: “Addressing Violence against Women in HIV Responses in Eight Countries Worldwide”. The event aimed to share lessons learned and proposals for incorporating the issue of violence against women (VAW) in HIV responses in different countries around the world. Participants included the two Co-coordinators of the campaign as well as three keynote speakers, among others, all of whom brought diverse experiences and perspectives to the discussion.
En el marco de la 56ª sesión de la Comisión sobre el Estatus de las Mujeres (CSW)
de las Naciones Unidas, la campaña internacional “Las Mujeres No Esperamos. Acabemos con la Violencia contra las Mujer y el VIH/SIDA. YA” y la Fundación para Estudio e Investigación de la Mujer –FEIM- como co-coordinadora de la campaña, organizaron este evento paralelo: “El abordaje de la violencia contra las mujeres en las respuestas al VIH en ocho países”. El evento tuvo como objetivo compartir las lecciones aprendidas y las propuestas para incorporar el tema de la violencia contra las mujeres (VCM) en las respuestas al VIH en diferentes países de todo el mundo. Entre los presentes, se encontraban las dos co-coorinadoras de la campaña, así como también tres oradoras destacadas, entre otras, y todas aportaron diversas experiencias y perspectivas a la discusión.
PRESENTATION ON EXPLORING INCORPORATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN INTO ZAMBIA’S COUNTRY LEVEL RESPONSE TO HIV AND AIDS – CSW 56 2012
 
BY: ENGWASE B. MWALE (Executive Director – NGO Coordinating Council, Zambia)

"Addressing Violence against Women in HIV Responses in Eight Countries
Worldwide"

Dr Jantine Jacobi, UNAIDS/GCWA

jacobij@unaids.org

New York, 29 February 2012

Monitoring and inclusion of
VAW at the national level of the AIDS response and the implementation of the UNAIDS
agenda for women and girls


All-Ukrainian Network of PLWH
Ella Lamakh 
Olga Gvozdetska
WWW video on violence and HIV prepared by GESTOS, FEIM, WHNLAC and AAI.

Produced by Franziska Kunze and Natalie Rodic, "Twin Pandemics" is a 13-minute advocacy video focused on revealing some of the often unspoken realities surrounding the convergence of HIV/AIDS and violence against women in a global context.

This exploration is focused not only on how one pandemic perpetuates the other, but also on the systemic issues surrounding them both. Created during the 2007 Commission on the Status of Women, featuring interviews with activists and professionals from across Africa as well as India , Bolivia , and the United States , the complexities of the topic are paralleled by practical solutions and recommendations for the future.

This video was made possible by the New School Graduate Program of International Affairs. Directed and edited by: Franziska Kunze and Natalie Rodic;
Interviews conducted by: Marzena Szewczyk, Malgorzata Juszczak and Jennifer Zanowiak.

C. García-Moreno, H. Jansen, M. Ellsberg, L. Heise, C. Watts. (2005). World Health Organisation.

This report of the WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women analyses data collected from over 24,000 women in 10 countries representing diverse cultural, geographical and urban/rural settings: Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, Japan, Peru, Namibia, Samoa, Serbia and Montenegro, Thailand, and the United Republic of Tanzania. The Study was designed to: estimate the prevalence of physical, sexual and emotional violence against women, with particular emphasis on violence by intimate partners; assess the association of partner violence with a range of health outcomes; identify factors that may either protect or put women at risk of partner violence; document the strategies and services that women use to cope with violence by an intimate partner.

Bringing Together Research, Policy, Programming and Advocacy. August 2006. Toronto.
L Vetten and K. Bana. (2001). Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation.

These reports illustrate how two of South Africa's epidemics - violence against women, and HIV/AIDS - may be converging in new and lethal ways.

Amnesty International, 2002

This report sets out to answer some of the questions put to Amnesty women victims of violence. It looks at violence against women, particularly focuses on rape committed by both security officials and private individuals. Women subjected to violence are not adequately protected by the law and commit violence against women continue to operate with impunity. Gender-based violence not only exposes women to sexually transmitted diseases, but also to the risk of acquiring HIV/AIDS.

L. Karanja (2003), Human Rights Watch

This report documents the linkages between domestic violence and the spread of HIV/AIDS in Uganda. Based on interviews conducted in the country, the publication provides testimonies and interviews with women who have experienced rapes, attacks and violence by their husbands.

S. Maman et al. 2001 Publisher: Horizons Project.

An important component of HIV voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) programs is encouraging clients to inform partners of their serostatus. Building on previous research, this study explored the links between HIV infection, serostatus disclosure, and partner violence among women attending the Muhimbili Health Information Center, a VCT clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

R. Schleifer (2004), Human Rights Watch

This report provides an assessment of the role of gender based violence in HIV transmission and the current prevalence of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in South Africa. It explains how the use of PEP can help prevent HIV infection and describes the policy the government has adopted to provide access to PEP and ARVs for all survivors of sexual violence.

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