Women and HIV. A spotlight on adolescent girls and young women
Gender discrimination and gender-based violence fuel the HIV epidemic.
Gender discrimination and gender-based violence fuel the HIV epidemic.
On World AIDS Day 2018, HIV testing is being brought into the spotlight. And for good reason. Around the world, 37 million people are living with HIV, the highest number ever, yet a quarter do not know that they have the virus.
Without addressing HIV-related stigma and discrimination, the world will not achieve the goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. The global partnership’s goal is to reach zero HIV-related stigma and discrimination.
Este boletín presenta quejas de organizaciones civiles en la CNDH por violación del derecho a la educación de niños y niñas VIH positivos, exigiendo que la SEP - Secretaría de Educación Pública -asuma su responsabilidad ante expulsiones basadas en la discriminación.
Universal primary education (UPE) could save at least 7 million young people from contracting HIV over a decade. However, without dramatic increases in aid to education, Africa will not be able to get every child into school for another 150 years.
This publication is the result of the project funded by the UNAIDS Young People Commitment and CO-Responsibility in Preventing the Spread of HIV and AIDS.