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Strengthening Resistance. Confronting Violence against Women and HIV/AIDS

Document number
2099
Date
2006
Title
Strengthening Resistance. Confronting Violence against Women and HIV/AIDS
Author/publisher
Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL)
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Sex tourism, Pornography, Domestic violence, Prostitution, Rape, Sexual harassment, Women's rights; Women; Control and regulation of prostitution, Protection, Punishable forms of prostitution,
Summary
Like so many issues facing women, addressing the intersection of violence against women and HIV/AIDS effectively requires moving from rhetoric to the development of strategies and policies that will concretely defend women's human rights and provide redress for violations. This publication therefore seeks to make these issues concrete by highlighting innovative advocacy aimed at both awareness- raising and policy changes. Some of the case studies presented were part of the 16 Days campaign, while others were initiated in other contexts, but all provide ideas that could be promoted by those participating in future 16 Days campaigns as well as in other settings. We hope that this report will contribute both to deepening the discussion of the critical points of intersection and sparking ideas about strategies that can be used more widely to advance work on these issues and to help bring an end to both violence against women and HIV/AIDS.
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