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HIV&AIDS And VAWG Clearinghouse

(Just a Sampling—Much More Coming Soon)

Resource List

Web Portals/Clearinghouse

Stop Violence Against Women The STOPVAW website is a forum for information, advocacy and change. It is a tool for the promotion of women’s human rights in countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

www.stopvaw.org

Web Portal on Gender and HIV/AIDS Comprehensive source for current information on the gender and human rights dimensions of HIV/AIDS

http://www.genderandaids.org/

Literature Reviews

Addressing gender-based violence from the reproductive health/HIV sector: A literature review and analysis This document provides a literature review and analysis on programs that have addressed or challenged gender-based violence with a link to the reproductive health (RH)/HIV sectors.

http://www.prb.org/pdf04/AddressGendrBasedViolence.pdf

HIV/AIDS and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Literature Review Organised into eight sub-sections: 1. Exploring the Linkages: General and Theoretical Examinations of the Intersection of GBV and HIV; 2. Interrogating and interpreting the associated risks of HIV/AIDS and GBV; 3. The role of men; 4. GBV and HIV testing and disclosure; 5. GBV as a risk factor for HIV; 6. HIV as a risk factor for GBV; 7. The increased susceptibility of sub-populations to the linked risks of HIV/AIDS and GBV; 8. Effective approaches for addressing the joint risk factors of GBV and HIV/AIDS.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/pihhr/files/Final_Literature_Review.pdf

Reports

2007 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS): 2007.

http://www.unaids.org/en/HIV_data/2007GlobalReport/default.asp

Action on Gender Based Violence and HIV& AIDS–Meeting Report Dialogue on Research, Policy, Programming and Advocacy. http://www.aidsportal.org/repos/Meeting%20ReportGBV%20and%20HIV_Toronto%20(CWGLHarvard).pdf
Deadly Delay: South Africa’s Efforts to Prevent HIV in Survivors of Sexual Violence This report provides an assessment of the role of gender based violence in HIV transmission and explains how the use of PEP can help prevent HIV infection as well as describes the policy the government has adopted to provide access to PEP and ARVs for all survivors of sexual violence. http://hrw.org/reports/2004/southafrica0304/southafrica0304.pdf

Intersections of Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences. Analysis of intersections between violence against women and HIV/AIDS

http://www.ohchr.org/english/issues/women/rapporteur/annual.htm

It’s in Our Hands, Stop Violence Against Women Draws links between violence against women and sexuality, culture, poverty, stigma and discrimination, and conflict through a human rights lens.

http://web.amnesty.org/library/pdf/ACT770012004ENGLISH/$File/ACT7700104.pdf

Just Die Quietly: Domestic Violence and Women’s Vulnerability to HIV in Uganda 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. http://www.hrw.org/reports/2003/uganda0803/uganda0803.pdf
KENYA: Rape – The Invisible Crime This report looks at violence against women, particularly focused on rape committed by both security officials and private individuals, and the exposure of women to STDs, including HIV. Women subjected to violence are not adequately protected by the law and commit violence against women continue to operate with impunity. http://www.exclusion.net/images/pdf/439_etuda_Kenya_Amnesty_Report_en.pdf

Multi-Country Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence

http://www.who.int/gender/violence/who_multicountry_study/en/index.html

The Right to Survive: Sexual Violence, Women and HIV/AIDS This report focuses on the plight of the women in Rwanda, Burundi, Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of the Congo who have contracted HIV/AIDS as a result of rape during conflict in those countries. It argues that under international human rights and humanitarian law, these women have the right to reparations for their suffering. http://www.dd-rd.ca/english/commdoc/publications/women/hivAIDS.pdf

Rwanda: Broken Bodies, Torn Spirits. Living with Genocide, Rape and HIV/AIDS Researched in the course of a year across 11 of Rwanda’s 12 provinces, this study is intended as a contribution to the many ongoing efforts to improve responses to rape, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections. It addresses an issue confronting all post-conflict and conflict-ridden societies. http://www.survivors-fund.org.uk/assets/docs/ex_reports/broken-bodies.pdf

Show Us the Money Illustrates the lack of concerted funding efforts aimed at fighting the twin pandemics. The report analyses the policies, programming and funding patterns of the largest public donors to HIV&AIDS: the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR/US), and the UK Department for International Development (DFID), along with the World Bank, and UNAIDS (the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS). www.womenwontwait.org

Stop Violence Against Women, Fight AIDS Describes how violence against women increases women’s vulnerability to HIV infection and impedes women’s access to a range of HIV/AIDS-related services such as those related to voluntary counseling and testing http://womenandaids.unaids.org/themes/docs/UNAIDS%20VAW%20Brief.pdf

Strengthening Resistance: Confronting the Intersection of Violence Against Women and HIV&AIDS Profiles stories of creative responses and innovative advocacy to address the intersection of violence against women and HIV&AIDS. This publications highlights projects that in various ways seek to create or change policy, to educate communities or to alter sexist or AIDS-phobic stereotypes.

www.cwgl.org

Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS: Critical Intersections – Sexual Violence in Conflict Settings

and the Risk of HIV This publication highlights the urgent need to identify, test and implement effective strategies that address violence against women and girls in conflict settings. Included in these strategies is the need to integrate programmes that address violence against women, HIV prevention and AIDS treatment and care in conflict settings.

http://data.unaids.org/GCWA/GCWA_FS_VAW3_WHO_01May05_en.pdf

Violence, Vengeance, and Gender: A Preliminary Investigation into the Links Between Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS in South Africa This report illustrates the convergence of two of South Africa’s epidemics – violence against women, and HIV/AIDS. http://www.csvr.org.za/docs/gender/violence.pdf

What Gets Measured Matters This report examines the means of measuring, tracking and quantifying support to violence against women and girls within HIV portfolios and finds that evaluation mechanisms continue to lag far behind policy and programming efforts. The report reviews the Global Fund to Fight TB, AIDS, and Malaria, the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, UNAIDS and the World Bank, and gives recommendations specific to each agency. Finally this document provides proposed actions that can be taken by women’s rights, sexual and reproductive rights, HIV, human rights and other gender-equality seeking endeavors.

www.womenwontwait.org

Women and HIV/AIDS: Confronting the Crisis This is an advocacy and policy tool that highlights worldwide responses to the intersecting issues of gender inequality, poverty and HIV/AIDS.

http://www.unfpa.org/upload/lib_pub_file/308_filename_women_aids1.pdf

Women, HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Human rights based analysis describing the impact that gender-based discrimination, including VAW, with regard to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support.

http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGACT770842004

Manuals/Toolkits

· 16 Days of Activism on Violence Against Women Take Action Kit 2008

http://www.cwgl. rutgers.edu/16days/kit08/kit.html

Act NOW! To End Violence Against Women and HIV&AIDS Key information and tools for advocacy to end HIV and violence against women, including recommended targets, indicators, and actions women’s and health rights groups can take.

www.womenwontwait.org

Gender and VAW Participatory Toolkit for Rural Communities This toolkit is meant to be used to start a process of dialogue at the community level to help the community begin to understand the concepts of gender and violence. It is designed for use with men and women and utilizes a non-confrontational approach that emphasizes mean and women as partners working together to bring change. The toolkit uses pictures and simple activities and is based on a participatory methodology which requires active involvement of the group.

http://thoughtshopfoundation.org/GVAWKit.html

Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument Presents a six-step analytical tool based on a human rights approach that can be used to assess and improve national level policy related to women’s health rights.

http://www.hom.nl/publicaties/HeRWAI%20def05%20totaal.pdf

HIV & AIDS-Stigma and Violence Reduction Intervention Manual This manual is based on findings from the Stigma and Violence Reduction Intervention (SVRI) project conducted in India from 2003 to 2005. It equips community-based organizations to facilitate a community-led process that addresses stigma and gender- based violence in HIV/AIDS prevention efforts. The manual describes key tools such as participatory learning and action, community-led action research and transformative workshops.

http://www.icrw.org/docs/2006_SVRI-Manual.pdf

Operational Guide on Gender and HIV/AIDS: A Rights Based Approach Intended to deepen development programmers’ and practitioners’ understanding of the linkages between HIV/AIDS, gender and human rights and to enable them to respond effectively in their programming and day-to-day work http://www.genderandaids.org/downloads/events/Operational%20Guide.pdf

Positive Women Monitoring Change Developed by and for women living with HIV and AIDS, report is a tool for monitoring and evaluating health care services and policy agreements related to three critical areas: access to care, treatment and support; sexual and reproductive rights; and violence against women.

www.icw.org/tiki-download_file.php?fileId=177

Reproductive Health in Crises: Reproductive Health Assessment (RHA) Toolkit for Conflict-Affected Women Developed to meet the increased need for accurate reproductive health data among conflict-affected populations, the RHA Toolkit informs program planning, monitoring and evaluation, and advocacy efforts. It enables field-based staff with limited survey expertise to collect information about safe motherhood, family planning, sexual history, sexually transmitted infections, HIV/AIDS, gender-based violence, and female genital cutting.

http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/refugee/ToolkitDownload.htm

Sexual and Gender-Based Violence against Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons – Guidelines for Prevention and Response. This publication offers practical advice on how to address the problem of sexual violence against refugee women and girls. This book also offers tips on how to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of these programmes. The guidelines detail the various responses needed to help victims, including meeting the need for legal redress and providing access to medical and counseling support.

http://www.unhcr.org/protect/PROTECTION/3f696bcc4.pdf

Sex Work, Violence and HIV: A Guide for Programmes with Sex Workers This guide discusses the challenges involved in ensuring that violence is addressed in HIV programmes and gives a detailed understanding of violence in relation to sex work and challenges some common assumptions. The guide also provides examples from real programmes that illustrate ways in which HIV and AIDS projects can help reduce the incidence of violence against sex workers and provide support to those who experience violence. http://www.aidsalliance.org/graphics/secretariat/publications/Sex_%20work_violence_and_HIV.pdf

Sonke Gender Justice

The One Man Can Action Kit provides information and strategies on how men can: support a survivor; use the law to demand justice; educate children early and often; challenge other men to take action; make schools safer for girls and boys; raise awareness in places of worship; and build a human rights culture.

http://www.genderjustice.org.za/onemancan/complete-one-man-can-toolkit/download-the-complete-to.html

Stepping Stones: A Training Package in HIV/AIDS, Gender Issues, Communication and Relationship Skills

This training package on gender, HIV, communication and relationship skills promotes gender equity, inter-generational respect and solidarity with HIV positive people in a human rights framework.

http://www.steppingstonesfeedback.org/

Videos

A New Look. Beauty in the Black Market–In the Life Television series episode This documentary provides a window into the lives of several transgendered persons in the US who are striving for access to gender altering procedures and who face risk of violence and have elevated risk of HIV. http://www.inthelifetv.org/html/episodes/52.html
SASA! A Film about Women, Violence and HIV/AIDS Sasa is a Kiswahili word, meaning now. This 30-minute documentary film tells two women’s personal stories of violence and HIV/AIDS. SASA! also comes with a Screening Guide which is designed to help use the film as an education and advocacy tool in efforts to prevent violence against women and HIV/AIDS. The guide includes tips for how to use the film through public screenings, trainings, presentations or advocacy sessions as well as in-depth discussion guides full of questions to help facilitate active discussion around the film. The SASA! toolkit provides a conceptual framework and useful hands-on resources for VAW and HIV/AIDS organizations looking to address the link. http://www.raisingvoices.org/women/Sasa_film.php
Twin Pandemics “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. 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. http://www.athenanetwork.org/New_School_video.html
Women Won’t Wait Latin America video on violence and HIV&AIDS Features interviews with women affected by the intersection of VAW and HIV&AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean. http://www.feim.org.ar/informe_lanzamiento_www.htm

Listservs

Athena Network The ATHENA Network works to advance human rights and gender equity in the global response to HIV/AIDS. This listserv enables group members to share information and resources with one another.

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/athenanetwork

GBV-HIV/AIDS This list is for people interested in working to end the twin epidemics of gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS.

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GBV-HIV-AIDS/

Gender and AIDS GENDER-AIDS provides a virtual meeting place for organizations and people to network, share experiences and ask for advice on issues related to gender and HIV/AIDS. It facilitates linkages and information sharing between groups of people living with HIV/AIDS, women’s organizations and other organizations working on gender and HIV/AIDS. It also provides a searchable archive of postings covering a whole host of issues such as the female condom, microbicides, gender, sexuality, sexual-based violence, gender-related research and advocacy, mother-to-child transmission, reproductive rights, women and men’s vulnerability etc.

http://www.healthdev.org/eforums/cms/join.asp?eid=Gender-AIDS

Women of Color United Planning and organizing list for women of color in the US who are united to advance progressive policies and practices to address Violence Against Women and HIV&AIDS globally.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WOCUnited

Women of Color United PLUS Allies Discussion group to share news, views, information regarding violence against women and HIV&AIDS with a particular focus on issues of relevance to women of color

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WOCVAWHIVAIDS

International Human Rights Instruments

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) (1948):

http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/

Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) (1979): http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/
Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (1993):

http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/vienna.htm

Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (DEVAW) (1993):

http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/48/a48r104.htm

Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence Against Women (Convention of Belém do Pará) (1994):

http://www.oas.org/cim/English/Convention%20Violence%20Against%20Women.htm

International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action (1994):

http://www.un.org/popin/icpd/conference/offeng/poa.html

Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995):

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/platform/
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1999)

http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/cedaw-one.htm

Beijing +5 – Women 2000: Gender, Development and Peace for the 21st Century (2000):

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/followup/beijing+5.htm

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security (2000):

http://www.un.org/events/res_1325e.pdf

United Nations Millennium Declaration and Millennium Development Goals (2001)

http://www.un.org/millennium/declaration/ares552e.htm

http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/

Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (2001):

http://www.un.org/ga/aids/coverage/FinalDeclarationHIVAIDS.html

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (2002):

http://www.un.org/law/icc/index.html

Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (2003):

http://www.achpr.org/english/_info/women_en.html

The World Reaffirms Cairo: Official Outcomes of the ICPD at Ten Review (2005): http://www.unfpa.org/publications/detail.cfm?ID=226
Beijing +10 – Review and Appraisal of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the Outcome Document of the Twenty-Third Special Session of the General Assembly:

http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/Review/english/news.htm