Responses from the International Center for Research on Women, Washington DC and New Delhi to the questions posed about the Draft Gender Equality Strategy, Global Fund to Fight AIDS Country Coordinating Mechanisms [ Read background ], 1. How can CCMs be encouraged to ensure meaningful representation...

Etant donné que la majorité de personnes sous traitement antirétroviral sont des femmes (56 % à la fin de 2007 *), la stratégie sur l'égalité des sexes du Fonds mondial devrait-elle se concentrer davantage sur les hommes plutôt que sur les femmes et les filles...

I am so pleased to read that the GF is working on a "gender equity strategy". This is so important as women are incresingly becoming infected and affected by HIV and AIDS and there is so little is being done in addressing women vulnerabilities to HIV at the community level. For this initiative...