Walking the Talk - VSO

ContentsContents 1Glossary 2Definitions 3Executive summary 51. Introduction 91.1. Structure of the report 101.2. Methodology 101.3. Overview: the feminisation of HIV and AIDS 111.4. Universal access: what is it and why arewe using it as a framework? 111.5. Why take a rights-based approachto universal access? 121.6. Achieving a rights-based approachto universal access 131.7. Gender, poverty and HIV and AIDS 132. Gender inequality, women’s rights andHIV and AIDS 142.1. Sexual and reproductive rights andviolence against women 142.2. Right to the highest attainable standardof health 162.3. Poverty and economic rights 172.4. Recommendations 184. Women’s rights and universal access toeffective treatment 304.1. Access to treatment: is there agender bias? 314.2. Adherence to treatment: it’s not justabout access 324.3. ART in resource limited settings 344.4. Recommendations 345. Women’s rights and universal access toHIV and AIDS care and support 365.1. What do we mean by ‘care and support’? 375.2. Women and girls’ access to care andsupport services 375.3. Women and girls providing care andsupport services 405.4. The impact of providing care andsupport on women and girls 425.5. Recommendations 476. Conclusion 507. Endnotes 523. Women’s rights and universal access toHIV prevention 203.1. Women’s right to education andinformation 213.2. Technologies and medical interventions:putting prevention directly in women'shands 243.3. Services: prevention of mother-to-childtransmission-Plus 273.4. Services: voluntary counsellingand testing 283.5. Recommendations 29Walking the talk putting women's rights at the heart of the HIV and AIDS response 1