Featured A Stocktake Review of DFID’s Work on HIV and AIDS

STOPAIDS has carried out a civil society review of The Department for International Development’s (DFID’s) work on HIV and AIDS. The report assesses DFID’s financial, programmatic and political commitment to the global HIV response. It also makes recommendations for how DFID can increase commitment to the global response to HIV as we work towards the … Continued

Featured Women, HIV and Reproductive Choices

This factsheet highlights the links between HIV and women’s reproductive choices  and proposes integrated services as an effective way to meet women’s comprehensive and holistic sexual and reproductive health needs and rights throughout the life course. It includes case studies from The International HIV/AIDS Alliance, IPPF, Chasing Zero and Salamander Trust and was co- written … Continued

Women’s Economic Empowerment and HIV

The factsheet draws out connections between the disproportionate impact of HIV on women, gender inequality and economic empowerment. Using case studies from STOPAIDS members, the factsheet highlights the importance of meaningfully involving women, addressing structural barriers, transforming gender norms, closely involving the wider community, funding existing community groups to ensure sustainability.

HIV Co-infections

This factsheet highlights the barriers that prevent equitable access to innovative and quality-assured medicines for some selected HIV co-infections.

HIV and failing states

This factsheet explores the linkages between HIV and failing states, and how poor infrastructure present increased problems for the global HIV response.

Stocktake of DFID’s work on key populations, July 2014

Entitled “Increasing DFID’s contribution to Addressing HIV among key populations” and building on our earlier critique of DFID’s position paper on HIV and AIDS, the report makes a series of recommendations about how STOPAIDS members believe DFID can work more effectively to advance the rights of communities who are disproportionately affected by AIDS, notably men who … Continued

Report: Children Affected by AIDS Working Group Seminar – highlights, challenges, recommendations

A one-day seminar was held on 3rd April 2014 to mark 10 years of work by the STOPAIDS Children Affected by HIV and AIDS (CABA) working group. Despite encouraging global progress in promoting and protecting the rights of children and young people living with or affected by HIV, worrying gaps remain. Participants and presenters from across the international development, HIV … Continued

Evaluating advocacy: STOPAIDS’ role in the UK’s £1billion commitment to the Global Fund

STOPAIDS has spent a large part of its time over the last three years campaigning for an increase in the UK’s contribution to the replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. In September 2013, the Secretary of State for International Development, Justine Greening, announced a better-than-doubling contribution of up to £1billion. … Continued