Progress for Women Is
Progress for All
Reversing the Spread of HIV/AIDS Among Women and Girls
HIV/AIDS increasingly has a young woman's face. Today, over 60 per cent of 15–24 year olds living with HIV/AIDS are women.
UNIFEM focuses on enhancing HIV/AIDS policies and translating them into effective strategies on the ground. The fund works with National AIDS Councils and Ministries to devise national programmes and policies that ensure women's equal access to prevention, care and treatment. In Brazil, support was rendered to an organization of Afro-Brazilian women to monitor access to HIV/AIDS-related public services.
UNIFEM also assists HIV-positive women who are advocating for a future in which they can live without stigma and violence, have easy access to drugs and continue to live healthy and meaningful lives. Support to the Positive Women's Network in India, for example, has resulted in their issues being taken up by the National Commission of Women. In addition, UNIFEM has formed a partnership with the Indian Railways — the third largest employer in the world — to reach employees with critical information on gender and HIV/AIDS through peer educators.
Read more about UNIFEM's work in this area
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