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The Nairobi 2007 Call to Action on HIV and AIDS

The Nairobi 2007 Call to Action on HIV and AIDS builds on the commitments made by others before us and key strategies identified by members of the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS. Central to these are promoting the leadership of women and girls, securing their human rights, ensuring women’s equitable representation in decision making and expanding resources for women. By taking leadership into our hands and uniting in strength as a movement, we can lead the change we wish to see in the world. We unite in solidarity regardless of HIV status, age, creed, race, gender, sexual orientation, disability or ethnicity. We do this because we care about ourselves, our families and our communities.

Women’s Leadership on HIV and AIDS: The Nairobi 2007 Call to Action

If I kept it to Myself

In this book you will meet young women from all over the world, who have shaken their communities as peer counselors and educators, as care givers and as people living openly with HIV or AIDS; giving hope to many and promoting a humanistic response to the pandemic.

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• English (4.17 MB)
• Español (2.15 MB)
• Français (4.10 MB)

'Women are ... Finding Solutions' (2006)

The sequel to ‘Women are…’ this new World YWCA and mondofragilis network co-production, brings together leaders from various backgrounds and walks of life to share these solutions to the HIV and AIDS pandemic. By discussing and debating, this 52-minute documentary seeks to arrive at clear strategies for how we can reduce infections rates among women and girls over the next five years.

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'Women are... Leading Change' (2005)

A 52-minute documentary produced by the World YWCA in partnership with UNAIDS and Mondofragilis. Highlighting women’s challenges and efforts worldwide in the struggle against HIV and AIDS, the film features personal testimonies of women living with the virus and working to reduce women’s vulnerability to infection. Women featured in the film, describe the hardships but also show the value of correct information, the benefits of community support, and people and organisations that are making a difference.

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Empowering Young Women to Lead Change Manual

Empowering Young Women to Lead Change’ is a training tool for young women to catalyse positive change in their lives and communities. It is designed by and for young women, as part of the World YWCA's commitment to developing effective young women leaders and is available in English, French and Spanish.

Empowering Young Women to Lead Change: Training Manual

Standards of Good Management and Accountability

A practical guide for ensuring a level of management and practice which exhibits quality, responsibility and accountability.

Standards of Good Management and Accountability

NGO Code of Good Conduct

The NGO Code of Good Practice was developed by NGOs, for NGOs, to help guide our work by providing a framework to which we can commit and be held accountable. Drawing on 20 years of knowledge and experience, the Code sets out key principles, practice and evidence base required for successful responses to HIV.

• Self-Assessment Checklists: Download these tools to help you assess where your NGO's programmes stand along the lines of good practice.
• HIV-Prevention Self-Assessment: Prevention programmes that ensure that the whole spectrum of prevention options is available to vulnerable populations have been shown to substantially reduce new HIV infection throughout the world. The Code identifies several key principles on HIV
  prevention.
• View, search or endorse the Code: http://www.hivcode.org/

Our Call to Lead: AIDS in the Developing World

This World YWCA report outlines the severe impact of the AIDS epidemic on women and girls in Africa and other developing nations, and the need to empower women economically and socially to avoid further infection. The report features successful World YWCA programmes that provide AIDS prevention education and vocational and leadership training to women and girls around the world. Highlighted programmes include peer counselling in Namibia and Botswana; "Cheetu" micro credit programmes in Sri Lanka; leadership training in India; literacy, marketing, and computer skills training in Liberia; and secretarial courses in Togo. Order your free copy.

HIV and AIDS Awareness and Family Life Education Training Manual for Street Educators

This bold and honest publication by the YWCA of India shares creative, down to earth ways to share the truth about HIV and AIDS. The manual is written mainly in English and includes some games and resources in Hindi. Oder this publication from the YWCA of India.