Many national HIV/AIDS

Many national HIV/AIDS programmes fail to address underlying gender inequalities. In 2008, only 52% of countries who reported to the UN General Assembly included specific, budgeted support for women-focused HIV/AIDS programmes.

HIV/AIDS programmes should collect and use sex and age disaggregated data to monitor and evaluate impact of programmes on different populations, build capacity of key stakeholders to address gender inequalities, facilitate meaningful participation of women's groups, women living with HIV and young people, and allocate resources for programme elements that address gender inequalities.

Now published: Integrating gender into HIV/AIDS programmes in the health sector: Tool to improve responsiveness to women's needs, a practical handbook for programme planners and service providers to help them integrate gender in their work on HIV testing and counselling, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, HIV treatment and care and home-based care programmes.