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==================================================================== SEA-AIDSFLASH Number Nine - 2 June 1996 The bi-weekly electronic news digest on HIV and AIDS for the South East Asia Region (Subscriber total today: 380) ______________________________________________________________________ CONTENTS - Women and HIV/AIDS - New information and resources available in SEA-AIDSFiles - Forthcoming events, meetings and training in the SE Asia region - How to retrieve materials from SEA-AIDSFiles Women and HIV/AIDS Every day 3,000 women around the world are infected with HIV. By the year 2000, women will comprise half of the 30-40 million people infected with HIV and approximately one-third of their children will also carry the virus. Women are biologically more vulnerable to HIV infection and their lower social and economic status increases their risk of infection. An increasing number of adolescent girls and women are becoming infected with HIV and they are becoming infected at younger ages than men. WHO estimates that half of all infections to date have been in 15-24-year-olds, with a female-to-male ratio of 2 to 1 in this age range. Despite this, little has been done to identify, analyze and document interventions and programmes that specifically target women, or that target men and young people with the aim of promoting reproductive health, including prevention of HIV/AIDS/STD. This issue of SEA-AIDSFlash brings together a number of information sources about women and HIV/AIDS, related health issues, and the general development process. NEW INFORMATION AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN SEA-AIDSFILES The following information/materials have recently been added to the SEA-AIDSFiles archives (see below for retrieval instructions): At the first meeting of the International Community of Women Living with HIV and AIDS (ICW) in 1992, a statement representing the united view of women from all over the world on how to improve the situation of women living with HIV and AIDS throughout the world was prepared (plngo5.txt; 2.0Kb). Statement of the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO) at the UN Commission for Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, Geneva April 1996 ( Delivered by Dorothy Odhiambo) - (plngo6.txt; 5.3Kb). The gender revolution is here to stay - a statement given on International Women's Day by Mr. James Gustave Speth, .UNDP Administrator, 8 March 1996 (plun26.txt; 4.7Kb). Effective Approaches for the Prevention of HIV/AIDS in Women Executive summary (WHO document WHO/GPA/RID/95.7) (plun27.txt; 7.7Kb). [To obtain a complete printed copy of this report, send an e-mail to unaids@who.ch] The following activity descriptions of effective approaches to preventing HIV/AIDS have also been extracted from this report: Educational interventions for AIDS prevention among single migratory female factory workers in Thailand; Presented by Ms Bupa Anasuchatkul, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand (pvsex2.txt; 6.8Kb) A comprehensive STD/HIV intervention programme in India Presented by Dr Smarajit Jana, All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Calcutta, India (pvsex3.txt; 7.1Kb) Income generation and reduction of women entering sex work in Thailand Presented by Dr Chrunrurtai Kanchanachitra, Health Programmes and Project Sector, National Economic and Social Development Board, Thailand (plpub10.txt; 7.1Kb). Women's education, reproductive health and financial credit; $20 billion a year needed for package - Will governments set targets and timetable to close the gender gap? An extract from the 1995 World Development Report (stdis11.txt; 6.8Kb) Can equality between the sexes be measured? A brief description of the Gender-related Development Index and the Gender Empowerment Measures used by UNDP (plun27.txt; 7.7Kb) Women's Health and Development - An annotated bibliography. In preparation for the 4th World Conference on Women in Beijing, the WHO Division of Publishing, Language and Library Services, Office of Library and Health Literature Services compiled this bibliography containing details and extracts of over 200 books and other documents. It aims to arouse curiosity about women's health and development, by giving an overview of some of the main aspects of this complex subject. The various sections have been made available as separate files: Introduction and index of over 300 cross-referenced keywords (bib1.txt; 12.4Kb) 1. Women's rights and gender issues (bib2.txt; 12.7Kb) 2. Development and poverty (bib3.txt; 20.2Kb) 3. Women's health, general (bib4.txt; 20.1Kb) 4. Women and reproduction (bib5.txt; 39.0Kb) 5. Tropical diseases (bib6.txt; 2.4Kb) 6. Work and environment related health problems (bib7.txt; 5.5Kb) 7. Mental health and substance abuse (bib8.txt; 7.5Kb) 8. Old age and disability (bib9.txt; 4.0Kb) 9. Women's information centres, resources and statistics (bib10.txt; 18.5Kb) 10. Country studies by WHO region (bib11.txt; 20.1Kb) 11. Forthcoming documents from WHO programmes (bib12.txt; 1.9Kb) 12. Relevant Journals (bib13.txt; 2.9Kb) The Empowerment of Women -chapter taken from the State of the World Population 1995 published by United Nations Population Fund - includes sections on the empowerment concept, education, decision-making, involving men, working for change and discussion panels. For more information or printed copies, e-mail: ryanw@unfpa.org (stdis13.txt; 58.5Kb - a big file!) Women and AIDS: Agenda for action - This report was prepared as one of the background documents for the Fourth World Conference on Women by the WHO Global Programme on AIDS, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women (32kb; stdis2.txt) FORTHCOMING EVENTS, MEETINGS AND TRAINING IN THE SE ASIA REGION The International Community of Women Living with HIV and AIDS (ICW) - Supports HIV+ women in setting up self-help and support groups - Facilitates international information exchange - Organizes international conferences for HIV+ women - Provides expert HIV+ speakers for conferences and the media - Challenges discrimination, stigma and abuses of HIV+ women's rights - Ensures that HIV+ women are visible, and have a voice in decision and policy making, service development and research likely to have an impact on their lives ICW aims to:- - Unite HIV+ women around the issues which affect us all - Act as an information resource for HIV+ women wishing to set up education and prevention programmes in their own communities - Reach out to HIV+ women around the world, especially those who are particularly isolated - Encourage self-empowerment and self-sufficiency - The International Community of Women Living with HIV and AIDS (ICW) is the only international network run for and by HIV+ women. To contact the Asia-Pacific contact of ICW, send an e-mail to: icw- feedback@webkit.co.uk "Reappraising Population Policies and Family Planning Programmes: An Annotated Bibliography" is the first bibliography series produced by the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Center (ARROW)'s Women's Health Documentation Centre following the Cairo conference. The 100-page report seeks to serve as a practical resource providing pertinent information for those looking for at reappraising population policies and family planning programs, particularly in the Asia & Pacific region. The report is divided into three sections: population and development, family planning programs, and reproductive health and reproductive rights. The report can be obtained from ARROW at US$5 plus $2 postal charges for surface mail. (Price may vary depending on country). For more information, please contact: Kristina Ramlan, Program Officer Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW): women@arrow.po.my A new e-mail-based support group for women affected by HIV will begin soon. If you are interested in joining, please e-mail: Robyl@mindnet.com. IF YOU HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY, WHY NOT send sea-aids details of forthcoming events and activities in the region. This might include meetings, seminars, forthcoming study tours, training opportunities or electronic events. Details should be sent to: tfran@mozart.inet.co.th INSTRUCTIONS FOR RETRIEVING FILES [YOU COULD PRINT THIS SECTION FOR FUTURE REFERENCE] The materials mentioned above are stored in a computer. The computer is like an electronic filing cabinet - it has drawers and files. You have to tell it which drawer to open and which file to select. Following each of the document descriptions above there is a number and a file name given in brackets . So for example, if you want to retrieve the ICASO statement above the brackets say (plngo6.txt; 2.0Kb). The number shows the size of the file (2.0 kilobytes in this case), and the filename first shows the name of the drawer (in this instance 'plngo') and then gives the file number (for this file it is 6). To obtain a copy of this document you send an e-mail to: ftpmail@inet.co.th with the following in the text of the message: open get /pub/sea-aids/plngo/plngo6.txt Other files can be retrieved using the same general format for your message. For example: open get /pub/sea-aids/drawername/filename Because these requests are answered automatically by computer, you must be very careful to copy the format of the message carefully (including spaces and slashes). If you would like further instructions for retrieving files in this way, send an e-mail to: majordomo@lists.inet.co.th with the following in the text of the message: get sea-aids retrev.idx For a list of all the materials available in the archives send an e-mail to the same address with the following in the text of your message: get sea-aids listing.idx If you would like a list of the subject areas used for classification of materials send the following message: get sea-aids categ.idx FEEDBACK PLEASE! Please tell us what you want from sea-aids, or get in touch if you need any help using these services. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> AIDSFlash is produced as part of the sea-aids information support services by: South East Asia HIV/AIDS Project/UNAIDS, UNESCAP Building (B359) Rajadamnoen Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200 Tel: (66 2) 288 2498 Fax: (66 2) 288 1092 Direct E-mail: tfran@mozart.inet.co.th >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>