According to the latest (2008) WHO and UNAIDS global estimates, women comprise 50% of people living with HIV. In sub-Saharan Africa, women constitute 60% of people living with HIV. In other regions, men having sex with men (MSM), injecting drug users (IDU), sex workers and their clients are among those most-at-risk for HIV, but the proportion of women living with HIV has been increasing in the last 10 years. This includes married or regular partners of clients of commercial sex, IDU and … [Read more...]
Gender inequalities and HIV
December 1, 2013 by Team Celebration
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UNICEF:Prioritizing education,promoting gender equality in South Sudan
January 23, 2012 by Team Celebration
Prioritizing education and promoting gender equality in South Sudan By Siddhartha Shrestha WESTERN EQUATORIA, South Sudan, January 2012 – Education is a key priority for the government of the world’s newest nation, South Sudan. Sixty-four per cent of children aged 6 to 11 are out of school, and the primary school completion rate is only 10 per cent, among the lowest in the world. Gender equality is also a huge challenge, with only 37 per cent of girls aged 6 to 13 attending … [Read more...]
