Interagency Gender Working Group

The primary purpose of this revised Manual is to offer organizations an updated resource on how to integrate a gender equity approach into the design and implementation of RH programs.

Of the estimated 42 million people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) at the end of 2002, 19.2 million-or about 45 percent-were women (UNAIDS and World Health Organization [WHO], 2002).