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| Date Added to Site: 24th January 2007 | ||
| Short Summary | ||
| Title | Fact Sheet - Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights | |
| Author | The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA) and The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) | |
| Publication Date | January 2006 | |
| Publisher | The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) | |
| Short Summary |
This short fact-sheet frames key issues and advocacy messages based on the findings of project work by ICW on the sexual and reproductive rights of HIV positive women. It defines sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); outlines the instruments that enshrine SRHR and wider rights to equality, health, life and dignity, and lists some of the main sexual and reproductive health concerns cited by HIV positive women, such as: • Lack of commitment to accelerated research on microbicides and other women-controlled barrier contraceptive methods; • Violation of women's legal and economic rights, leaving them unable to protect their SRHR - such as widow inheritance, lack of access to property inheritance and unequal employment opportunities; • Community disapproval for continuing to have sexual relationships; • Lack of access to regular sexual health screening, including pap smears to detect cervical cancer; and • Pressure to abort, be sterilised or take contraceptives in order to access treatment or other services, or the withholding of such services entirely. Recommendations made include: advocate for the meaningful participation of women living with HIV at all levels of policy and programme formulation; incorporate enforceable human rights and gender indicators into national responses to HIV and AIDS; and advocate for access to equal employment opportunities and productive assets. |
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