Promoting gender equality in HIV and AIDS responses

This publication presents the key findings of an expert consultation - Tracking and Monitoring Gender Equality and HIV/AIDS in Aid Effectiveness - which was co-organized by UNIFEM and the European Commission in May 2008. Participants developed recommendations for integrating the gender equality dimensions of HIV/AIDS into national development planning, implementation and budgeting; for strengthening current indicators for monitoring and tracking progress to eliminate violence against women and improve women's access to sexual and reproductive health and rights in the context of HIV/AIDS; and for inspiring new areas of advocacy and new entry points for improving knowledge and awareness on gender equality and HIV and AIDS in the context of aid effectiveness.