Title:
Human rights, HIV/AIDS prevention and gender equality : an impossible cocktail for faith based organisations? : position paper
Corporate author(s):
Interchurch organization for development (ICCO) [etc.]
Place:
[Zeist]
Publisher:
Interchurch organization for development (ICCO) [etc.]
Year:
2008
PAGE:
4
Language:
eng
Subject:
Health and Nutrition
Keywords:
health
,
HIV and AIDS
,
disease prevention and control
,
gender
,
women
,
religion
Abstract:
Faith based organizations (FBO’s) have a unique possibility and responsibility to address one of the most important drivers of the AIDS pandemic, namely gender inequality. FBO’s provide, therefore, extensive existing community-based structures for responding to HIV. At the same time dealing with human sexuality and gender equality is a real challenge to most FBO’s. Gender inequalities drive the AIDS pandemic. Therefore, FBO’s should: take leadership in fighting the AIDS pandemic; take the issue of gender equality seriously and challenge norms of gender inequalities; promote evidence based prevention including condom use; promote basic sexual and reproductive health and rights; recognize that empowering women is essential to a holistic HIV and AIDS strategy; and recognize that involving men both as right holders and as important duty-bearers to change unequal relationships is crucial.
Organization:
Interchurch Organization for Development Cooperation (ICCO)
Category:
Policy
Right:
© 2008 ICCO
Document type:
Policy document
File:
115768.pdf