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Document Type:
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Court and Agency Decisions and Orders |
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Date:
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2006-May-08 |
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Summary:
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In a case brought by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, two organizations (AOSI and Pathfinder International) that received funding under the United ...
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Document Type:
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International Commitments and United Nations Documents |
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Date:
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2003-January |
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Summary:
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General Comment No. 3 was issued by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child to promote the realization of the human rights of children in the context of ...
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Document Type:
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International Commitments and United Nations Documents |
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Date:
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2008-May |
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Summary:
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This recent convention reaffirms and seeks to enforce established rights for those with disabilities. Articles of the convention that are particularly relevant to ...
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Document Type:
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International Commitments and United Nations Documents |
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Date:
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1989-November-20 |
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Summary:
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child (“CRC”) is an international treaty that discusses many of the rights children, some of which are in addition to those ...
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Document Type:
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International Commitments and United Nations Documents |
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Date:
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2008-April-1 |
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Summary:
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This report analyzes the global progress toward achieving the goals stated in the Declaration of Commitment, the Political Declaration, and the Millennium Goals. It ...
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Document Type:
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International Commitments and United Nations Documents |
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Date:
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2001-August-2 |
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Summary:
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The United Nations General Assembly Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS represents “a global commitment to enhancing coordination and intensification of national, ...
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Document Type:
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International Commitments and United Nations Documents |
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Date:
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2007-May-17 |
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Summary:
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This draft set of interim guidelines is the result of a three-day workshop held in Geneva, Switzerland in May 2006 on the confidentiality and security of HIV-related ...
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Document Type:
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International Commitments and United Nations Documents |
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Date:
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2007 |
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Summary:
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This Handbook is intended to guide a human-rights based response to HIV for national human rights institutions, civil society organizations, networks of people living with ...
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Document Type:
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International Commitments and United Nations Documents |
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Date:
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1969-January-4 |
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Summary:
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The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ("CERD") is an international treaty designed to protect individuals from discrimination ...
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Document Type:
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International Commitments and United Nations Documents |
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Date:
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1976-March-23 |
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Summary:
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The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (the “ICCPR”) represents one-third of what is informally referred to as the “International Bill ...
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Document Type:
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International Commitments and United Nations Documents |
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Date:
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1976-January-3 |
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Summary:
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The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the “ICESCR”) represents one-third of what is informally referred to as the ...
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Document Type:
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International Commitments and United Nations Documents |
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Date:
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2006 |
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Summary:
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A revised and consolidated version of the original guidelines published in 1996, the purpose of the Guidelines is “to assist States in creating a positive, ...
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Document Type:
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International Commitments and United Nations Documents |
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Date:
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2004-April |
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Summary:
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This document, published by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, provides each country’s ratification or signatory status as of April ...
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Document Type:
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International Commitments and United Nations Documents |
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Date:
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1976-March-23 |
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Summary:
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Commonly referred to as “Protocol One,” this is an optional protocol to the International Covenant for Civil and Political Rights (“ICCPR”) that ...
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Document Type:
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International Commitments and United Nations Documents |
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Date:
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2006-June-16 |
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Summary:
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The Political Declaration, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in June 2006, renews the General Assembly’s commitment to the Declaration of Commitment on ...
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Document Type:
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International Commitments and United Nations Documents |
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Date:
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1981-September-3 |
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Summary:
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The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), addresses women’s rights within the political, social, economic, cultural, ...
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Document Type:
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Legal Guides |
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Date:
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2004 |
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Summary:
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This document summarizes the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and describes the status of CEDAW in the United States, and ...
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Document Type:
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Legal Guides |
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Date:
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2010-March |
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Summary:
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One in a series of primers on various legal issues as they pertain to people living with HIV/AIDS, this primer on housing law provides guidance on the laws protecting ...
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Document Type:
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Legal Guides |
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Date:
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2010-March |
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Summary:
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This brief handout provides a succinct guide to using the human rights framework in U.S. advocacy for HIV-positive women's reproductive rights. It describes different ...
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Document Type:
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Letters and Other Advocacy Documents |
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Date:
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2007-November-08 |
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Summary:
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Over 50 diverse non-profit organizations joined in submitting this letter to the members of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Conference ...
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Document Type:
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Letters and Other Advocacy Documents |
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Date:
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2007-August-23 |
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Summary:
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In this letter, Human Rights Watch addresses the damaging effects of criminalizing homosexuality as well as discriminatory abstinence-only programming in Uganda. The ...
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Document Type:
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Letters and Other Advocacy Documents |
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Date:
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2009-July |
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Summary:
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The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee recently issued a concept paper on foreign aid reform. The paper asserts that existing U.S. foreign assistance ...
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Document Type:
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Letters and Other Advocacy Documents |
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Date:
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2007-September-10 |
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Summary:
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This statement reinforces the principle that HIV testing and counseling must be implemented in ways that maximize benefits to individuals and public health while ...
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Document Type:
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Letters and Other Advocacy Documents |
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Date:
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2004-February-13 |
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Summary:
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This statement was adopted at a meeting of African lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender organizations, with fifty-five participants from twenty-two groups representing ...
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Document Type:
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Letters and Other Advocacy Documents |
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Date:
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2008-June |
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Summary:
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This report arms advocates with a wide variety of statistics illustrating the increasing vulnerability of women to HIV infection and the unique risks that women face in ...
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Document Type:
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Pleadings and Briefs |
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Date:
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2005-September-23 |
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Summary:
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In a case brought by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, two organizations (AOSI and Pathfinder International) that received funding under the United ...
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Document Type:
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Research and Journal Articles |
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Date:
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2008-April-24 |
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Summary:
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This article discusses two cases where a foreign national's HIV-positive status helped the individual to obtain lawful immigration status in the United States. Since ...
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Document Type:
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Research and Journal Articles |
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Date:
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2008-July |
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Summary:
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This issue, published in English and Spanish, focuses on the rights of sex workers. It addresses: (1) police raids and "rescue" services that are often ...
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Document Type:
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Research and Journal Articles |
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Date:
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2007-July |
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Summary:
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This article discusses the implications of the U.S. Global AIDS Act of 2003, which requires that all organizations that receive federal AIDS funding have a policy that ...
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Document Type:
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Statutes, Regulations, and Agency Guidelines |
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Date:
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2008-July |
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Summary:
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Public Law No. 110-293 is the reauthorizing legislation of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), originally authorized in 2003.
The 2008 Act ...
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Document Type:
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Training Materials, Slides, Pamphlets |
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Date:
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2006 |
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Summary:
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Capacitación de Mujeres Jóvenes para Liderar el Cambio es una guía que ha sido diseñado para dar apoyo al desarrollo de las habilidades y ...
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Document Type:
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Training Materials, Slides, Pamphlets |
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Date:
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2004-December |
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Summary:
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This document provides a brief background on human rights and HIV. It approaches the topic of human rights through three categories: accountability, advocacy, and ...
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Document Type:
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Training Materials, Slides, Pamphlets |
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Date:
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2008 |
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Summary:
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This handout discusses current issues around the world affecting the rights of HIV-positive women considering childbirth and abortion and calls for research and laws ...
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Document Type:
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Training Materials, Slides, Pamphlets |
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Date:
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2008 |
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Summary:
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This handout discusses reproductive health issues facing women living with HIV around the world. It argues that human rights and public health require women have control ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2007-September-04 |
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Summary:
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This commentary, published by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and endorsed by more than 40 organizations around the world, including the Center for HIV Law and Policy, ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2007-December |
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Summary:
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This report describes the failure of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to provide basic health care ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2007 |
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Summary:
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This paper, jointly authored by the WHO, UNAIDS, and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, discusses the reality of life in correctional settings and asserts that distribution ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2008-March-01 |
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Summary:
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This fact sheet, created by the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR), describes the rising rates of HIV/AIDS among women in the United States and worldwide, and ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2007 |
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Summary:
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This is an analysis of how gender and sexuality influence HIV risks, transmission, and treatment, with an eye toward the obstacles that community service organizations ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2006-November-30 |
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Summary:
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In August 2006, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network hosted a ground-breaking meeting of experts on HIV/AIDS, law and human rights, including civil society leaders from ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2007-December |
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Summary:
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This 2007 Human Rights Watch report finds that while Zambia is one of many countries setting ambitious targets for rapidly scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART) for ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2008-June |
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Summary:
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This UNAIDS policy brief is a response to the increasing importance of international labour migration to the global economy and the unique HIV-related risks facing ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2004 |
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Summary:
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Because many women do not access health services outside of pregnancy, maternal health services provide an excellent resource for HIV interventions tailored to the needs ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2006 |
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Summary:
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Guttmacher Institute outlines the changing sexual and reproductive health needs of people living with HIV as the disease has become a manageable chronic disease. Included ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2009 |
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Summary:
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This is a guide focused on healthcare program managers, addressing gender issues in HIV testing and counseling, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2004-February-17 |
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Summary:
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This guide aims to provide sexual and reproductive health program planners, managers, and providers with the information necessary to integrate voluntary counseling and ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2005-August-01 |
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Summary:
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This UNAIDS policy paper is aimed at those with a leadership role in HIV prevention, treatment and care. It highlights the need for strengthening HIV prevention, key ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2004 |
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Summary:
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The International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) describes and advocates for a human rights approach to dealing with the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The Paper ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2004 |
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Summary:
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This policy vision paper outlines the key priorities for women with HIV as identified by a group of young HIV positive women from across Eastern and Southern Africa who ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2004 |
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Summary:
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HIV-positive women need access not only to appropriate health care and antiretroviral medications, but also to HIV treatment support. This paper discusses the unique ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2009-May |
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Summary:
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This report, published by the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC), investigates why the world is missing its target, set back in 2001, to reduce ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2009 |
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Summary:
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Strengthening strategic information systems and implementing interventions for the prevention and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections ("STIs") among ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2008-April-23 |
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Summary:
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This report prepared by the Center for Health and Gender Equity focuses on the role that female condoms can play in HIV prevention, and how the U.S. needs to be the leader ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2009-July |
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Summary:
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This report represents conclusions reached at a 2009 conference sponsored by the International Center for Research on Women, aids2031, the United Nations Development ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2006-March-01 |
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Summary:
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This report summarizes discussion from two international electronic fora in which advocates, service providers, and HIV-positive women discussed services and policies ...
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Document Type:
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White Papers and Reports |
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Date:
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2008-January |
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Summary:
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This report provides an in-depth analysis of the overwhelming racial disparities in health care access and treatment in the United States, and approaches the problem as a ...
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