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Session: Gender and HIV Vulnerability Resource Persons: Ms. Vandana Mahajan, Senior Programme, Gender & HIV, United Nations Development fund for Women Sessional Objectives Prof. Suneela Garg, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi Describe gender inequalities in relation to the HIV and AIDS epidemic Identify and outline changes needed in gender based norms and inequalities that make men and women vulnerable to HIV Identify gender and HIV and AIDS responses that reduce vulnerability and exposure Topic: Understanding the Gender Dimensions of HIV epidemic Ms. Vandana Mahajan Ms. Vandana Mahajan focused on the following aspects in her presentation: •Concepts and Types of Gender Inequalities •Differential Risks of contracting HIV •Consequences of being HIV positive •Our Response She highlighted seven types of inequalities relevant to women in particular as mentioned by Prof. Amartya Sen as below: •Mortality inequality •Natality inequality •Basic facility inequality •Special opportunity inequality •Professional inepquality •Ownership inequality •Household inequality 22
She explained some of the factors which make women more vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. Thereafter she discussed national response to HIV/AIDs in India focusing on following aspects: •Rights based, participatory and Gender sensitive processes followed for the formulation of the NACP III and PIP at the National level. •Women's concerns and gender issues incorporated in a significant manner in the NACP III •Setting up of the National AIDS Council for mainstreaming HIV/AIDS into 31 Ministries •Draft HIV/AIDS bill ready to be put in the Parliament •The Domestic Violence Bill (DVB) was passed by Parliament in August 2005 •Govt. programme on provision of free ART more than 120,000 (2008) Topic: Women and AIDS: Role of Gender and Human Rights and issues Prof. Suneela Garg Prof. Suneela Garg, highlighted on the agenda of Cairo International conference on Population and Development as one of the most important and progressive international agenda to secure reproductive health rights and to promote gender equity. She shared facts and statistics related to issues of violence and women in our country. As per National Commission for Women, she quoted that: •1 out of 5 married woman accepted that they faced domestic violence. •I out of 9 surveyed married women accepted that they have been beaten in past 12 months. •21% of women told that they have been facing violence since the early age of 15. 23
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