Women

ABSTRACT This article highlights the socio-political factors that disproportionately expose women and girls to HIV in West and Central Africa. It outlines some of the available solutions to overcome this particularly deadly pandemic and its unequal impact on women and girls compared to men and boys.

ABSTRACT The Communities delegation is recruiting new members for the period August 2017 to August 2019.

ABSTRACT In sub-Saharan Africa, there are about 8,600 new HIV infections among adolescent girls and young women every week. The Global Fund’s new Strategy for 2017-2022 places increased emphasis on reaching this group, including measuring HIV incidence among women aged 15-24 as a key performance indicator. To achieve its objectives, an additional $55 million on top of country allocations is earmarked for the scale-up of HIV prevention among AGYW in the 2017-2019 funding cycle.

ABSTRACT Ten years of armed conflict and perpetual insecurity have driven HIV prevalence in Côte d'Ivoire higher -- especially among women in the western zone on the Liberian border. Many of these women were infected as a result of sexual violence perpetuated by one or another of the marauding armed groups that terrorized the region for over a decade; others were infected after turning to prostitution to escape extreme poverty. Since 2012, the Global Fund has supported activities in the west to reach these women.

ABSTRACT An Aidspan report entitled, "Do Global Fund Grants Work for Women? An Assessment of the Gender Responsiveness of Global Fund-Financed Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa" has just been published.

ABSTRACT "The title of this report asks 'Are Global Fund Grants Working for Women?' Based on the research conducted in this study, it is not possible to answer this question in the affirmative. At best, we would have to say, 'only partially,' or 'not yet.' "