This handout discusses current issues around the world affecting the rights of HIV-positive women considering childbirth and abortion and calls for research and laws protecting HIV-positive women's access to neutral and comprehensive pregnancy counse ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 4/10/2018 6:24pm
This is a guide focused on healthcare program managers, addressing gender issues in HIV testing and counseling, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), and HIV treatment and home-based care. It also includes a module on elements of gend ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 6/1/2016 12:42pm
This brief handout provides a succinct guide to using the human rights framework in U.S. advocacy for HIV-positive women's reproductive rights. It describes different sources of international human rights law, their place in U.S. law, and how litigat ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 12/14/2019 12:56pm
This handout discusses reproductive health issues facing women living with HIV around the world. It argues that human rights and public health require women have control over their reproductive decisions and access to voluntary counseling and testing (VCT ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 9/18/2020 3:40pm
Because many women do not access health services outside of pregnancy, maternal health services provide an excellent resource for HIV interventions tailored to the needs of pregnant and postpartum women. Such services also provide the opportunity to provi ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 10/12/2020 3:13pm
The draft resolution, presented during the 43rd session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) in May 2013, underscores the importance of human rights for people affected by HIV and stresses the importance of a gender perspec ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 5/29/2021 5:54pm
The Political Declaration, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in June 2006, renews the General Assembly’s commitment to the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS issued in 2001. It commits to several actions as part of a human rights-based app ...
Anonymous (not verified) - 6/28/2021 10:46am