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Women and girls physiological susceptibility
to HIV is compounded by social, cultural, economic and legal forms
of discrimination. Lack of respect for women’s human rights, gender-based
violence and lack of access to gender- sensitive sexual health education
and services leave women and girls disproportionately vulnerable to
HIV. That is why gender inequality has to be addressed in HIV prevention
programming. A comprehensive multi-sectoral approach is needed that
promotes the empowerment, and participation of all intended beneficiaries.
UNFPA will continue building gender-responsive HIV prevention programmes
including the provision of training for peer educators, health providers
and other outreach workers that emphasises gender-sensitive interpersonal
skills and counselling for young people on open communication, relationship
issues, sexual health and sexuality. This short programme brief reviews
some of the major implications specific to HIV/AIDS as well as those
actions with the greatest relation to UNFPA’s support to country responses
to the epidemic. Therefore the focus is placed on the three core areas
of UNFPA’s work in HIV prevention: prevention among young people,
prevention in pregnant women and comprehensive condom programming.
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