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Gender and aids almanac

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The Gender & AIDS Almanac was created to be an easy-to-use resource on the various factors that contribute to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, focusing special attention to the role that gender plays in contributing to the vulnerabilities of women, men, adolescents, and children. The term “gender” is used to describe the various characteristics assigned to women and men by a given society. The term “sex” refers to the biological characteristics of women and men. Gender roles reflect the behaviours and relationships that societies believe are appropriate for an individual based on his or her sex. Gender roles are learned, rather than inherent, and vary from culture to culture and from generation to generation. They can change over time due to a variety of factors such as economics, education, technology, religion, and political structures. Gender roles are a powerful feature of social organisation, not only describing how men and women are expected to behave, but also influencing power relations, decision-making authority, and individual responsibility. The Gender & AIDS Almanac adopts a gender-based approach to the study of HIV/ AIDS in order to examine how socially defined gender roles influence HIV/AIDS prevention, transmission, and care. Such an approach can provide insight into the factors that contribute to the spread of HIV/AIDS either directly or indirectly. Although this almanac was designed specifically for use by development practitioners and policy makers, it can also be useful to a variety of audiences. This almanac begins by describing HIV and AIDS, explaining how HIV is transmitted, and discussing the populations that are most severly affected. The issues of prevention and care are presented, with a particular focus on how efforts are targeted to specific genders. The final section of the almanac looks at the various factors that contribute to the spread of HIV/AIDS, such as social status, poverty, politics, culture, violence, and sex exploitation. In addition, the impact that HIV/AIDS has on society is also discussed, including how the lives of young people have been affected. HIV/AIDS is no longer a disease of someone else. The pandemic leaves no lives untouched. This almanac provides the reader with an understanding of the broader, global implications of HIV/AIDS and the relationship between gender and HIV/ AIDS

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Publisher

[s.l.] : United Nations Programme in HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)., 2001

Collation

235 lbr. : ilus. ; 30 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

92-9173-003-3

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KP.II

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Subject(s)

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
AIDS
Gender--Aids

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