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HIV/AIDS Gender Inequality

HIV/AIDS Gender Inequality. 2/25. Topic: Can you survive this?. What do you notice that is different about our room? What is HIV/AIDS? What does this Acronym stand for?. What is HIV/AIDS?. uman mmunodeficiency irus. quired mmuno eficiency yndrome. S. Where did it come from?.

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HIV/AIDS Gender Inequality

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  1. HIV/AIDSGender Inequality

  2. 2/25 Topic: Can you survive this? • What do you notice that is different about our room? • What is HIV/AIDS? What does this Acronym stand for?

  3. What is HIV/AIDS? uman mmunodeficiency irus quired mmuno eficiency yndrome S

  4. Where did it come from? • Scientists believe it came from eating a certain type of Chimpanzee. • It is believed the animal was contaminated which caused the strand of the virus to be born • It is also believed that it dates as far back as the 1800s • It was identified in 1983, though there were cases in 1981 and possibly earlier

  5. What are some Symptoms? • Enlarged lymph glands, • tiredness, • fever, • rash, • loss of appetite, • loss of weight, • diarrhea, • night sweats

  6. That’s because its like Zombieism! How do you contract it? In most stories to become a zombie you must be infected directly by the zombies blood….. Or Bitten…. • Blood transfusions with infected blood • Sexually • Direct contact with infected blood (so like an open cut to open cut) • Perinatal (infected pregnant woman to her fetus)

  7. Maternal and Child AIDS Mortality Rate

  8. What can be done to help stop it? • According to WHO at the end of 2012 “35.3 million people were living with HIV. That same year, some 2.3 million people became newly infected, and 1.6 million died of AIDS-related causes. What to do…. Brainstorm some ways that can we help or how countries (ESPECIALLY AFRICA) can help stop HIV/AIDS from spreading……

  9. GENDER INEQUALITY OF AFRICA

  10. Female to Male Ratio (per 1,000 people) Population as of 2010: www.geohive.com/earth/pop_gender.aspx

  11. In Africa • Africa accounts for over one half of the 57million primary school-age children. • The majority of Women are considered 2nd Class citizens • And/OR viewed as property • Girls are married off as children • Those affected by inequality have less of a chance to receive an education • Cultural Norms show that families will send boys to school if funds are low

  12. “This comes at a time, when girls’ education has proven to be one of the most cost-effective strategies to promote development and economic growth. Studies have shown that educated mothers tend to have healthier, better-nourished babies, and that their own children are more likely to attend school, thus helping break the vicious cycle of poverty.” - UNICEF http://www.unicef.org/education/

  13. Some facts about education in Africa • 6 out of 10 donors to education have reduced their spending over the course of the 2010-2011 year. • Aid to basic education has dropped 6% • Progress for universal enrollment is slowing – so by 2015 even more children will be out of school. • In the Central African Republic, Niger, Chad and Malawi, fewer than 1 in 200 girls go to university. • Many schools lack • Female teachers • Private/separate bathrooms • Many girls will drop out due to duties, exploitation, corporal punishment, negative classrooms, violence

  14. What can be done? As a class lets brainstorm some ideas…

  15. Written Response… • Answer the following in complete sentences/short paragraphs: • If you were a girl living in a developing country, how would you feel if you were made to drop out of school or had to drop out? • What did you think about how the room was set up, and how the lesson was taught today? • In regards to Africa how does it AFFECT their access to education if not everyone is given the same chance? • Talking about HIV/AIDS • What can be done to help diminish the HIV/AIDS epidemic? • How does it impact the governments of these countries that deal with HIV/AIDS

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