Women Turning the Tide IAC, July 2012 Dr Jantine Jacobi, Chief Gender Equality and Diversity [email protected].

Women Turning the Tide

IAC, July 2012

Dr Jantine Jacobi, Chief Gender Equality and Diversity

[email protected]

Women, girls and HIV

Women and girls account for half of all

people living

with HIV

HIV is the leading cause of death in women

of reproductive age

South Africa: 1 in 7 new

HIV infections

due tophysical or sexual

abuse

26% of all new

infections occur

among girls and

young women (15-24)

Reported forced

first sex for girls below 15 between 11% and

48%

New infections in young women are twice as high as males

New HIV infections in people age 15-24 in Sub-Saharan Africa

0100,000200,000300,000400,000500,000600,000700,000800,000

1990 1995 2000 2005 2010Male Female

Gender inequalities have many facets:

Social and Economic Inequality

Gender based violence

Harmful gender norms

Social Exclusion

• Increasing their vulnerability to HIV

• Without resources to counteract: dedicated funds in only 41% of national AIDS

responses

UNAIDS Vision:

2011-2015 UNAIDS Strategy:

Getting to zeroThe three core strategic pillars:

Revolutionize HIV

Prevention

Catalyze the next phase of

treatment, care and support

Advance human rights and gender equality for

the HIVresponse

The UNAIDS Agenda

for Women and Girls

• Menu of strategic actions

• Support countries to move towards gender-transformative HIV responses, engaging partners, in particular women and girls living with HIV

• Operationalization in about 95 countries by the end of 2011

• Mid Term Review

Investing in gender

transformative HIV responses

Opportunity to overcome

challenges that hinder progress on 4 Millennium

Development Goals

Multiplier effect for

Health and Development

MDG 3Gender Equality

MDG 4Child

Mortality

MDG 6HIV and

other diseases

MDG 5Maternal

Health

• UNAIDS calls for social transformation for women and girls, in particular those living with HIV.

• CSW, CPD, Rio+20 show that sexual and reproductive rights are key.

• Investment in leadership of (young) women living with HIV is critical.

• We need to better leverage synergies (HIV, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and vioelnce against women and girls).

UNAIDS Actions

Together we can create a better world for women and girls

Thank you

Launch of the Pan-African

Women with HIV Coalition Cairo+20

Security Council Resolution 1983

MENA ROSAStanding Up,

Speaking Out: Women

and HIV in the Middle

East and North AfricaSomebody Cares

Malawi