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United Nations Demographic Change Work Group

Gender-Based Solutions to the AIDS Epidemic in Africa. United Nations Demographic Change Work Group. Team Members: Mukesh Vidyasagar Patricia D’Costa Miho Komiya Masatake Yamamichi Aaron Law. Overview of Presentation. Overview of AIDS in Africa Gender-related AIDS issues in Africa

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United Nations Demographic Change Work Group

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  1. Gender-Based Solutions to the AIDS Epidemic in Africa United Nations Demographic Change Work Group Team Members: Mukesh Vidyasagar Patricia D’Costa Miho Komiya Masatake Yamamichi Aaron Law

  2. Overview of Presentation • Overview of AIDS in Africa • Gender-related AIDS issues in Africa • Uganda and Zambia issues of gender • Comparative governmental policies • Conclusions and recommendations

  3. AIDS: An African Problem • Sub-Saharan Africa represents 2/3 of the global HIV-infected population while comprising a mere 1/10 of the global population • Problematic Responses to AIDS: • Fear of Admitting Problem • External Blaming • Slow Medical Acceptance

  4. AIDS Crisis in Africa

  5. AIDS: A Gendered Problem • 10 out of 13 people who contract HIV in Africa are Sub-Saharan African women • 60% of HIV-positive individuals in Africa are women • More than 75% of young people who contract HIV in South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe are women

  6. Gender and Africa

  7. Gender Similaritiesin Uganda and Zambia • Patriarchal African Societies • Women are dependent on men for economic stability • Male-dominated leadership • Legacy of physical and sexual violence • Poverty creates female susceptibility to AIDS • Increases in “transactional sex”

  8. Differing Policy Approaches to AIDS 1. High-level Political Support

  9. Differing Policy Approaches to AIDS 2. Multi-sectoral approach

  10. Differing Policy Approaches to AIDS 3. Community-based approach

  11. Differing Policy Approaches to AIDS 4. Education

  12. Differing Policy Approaches to AIDS 5. Legal Aspects of Sexual Violence

  13. Differing Results

  14. Conclusions • Policies in Uganda helped decrease women’s HIV/AIDS rate more sharply than that of men, because it realized gender undergirded much of the HIV/AIDS crisis. • Uganda recognized that women were physiologically and socially more susceptible to HIV than men, government policies made significant steps in several areas.

  15. Recommendations • High-level political support • Provide funding to establish leadership • Multi-sectoral initiatives • Encourage member states to promote intergovernmental approach • Community based approach • Engage civil society members • Gender sensitive education • Fund NGO and Governmental education • Legal Aspects • Encourage member states to enact gender based laws

  16. Questions and Discussion ? For more information go to: http://classes.maxwell.syr.edu/PSC651/2004/UN_Demographic

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