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Gendered empowerment and HIV prevention: policy and programmatic pathways to success in the MENA region
Shari L Dworkin1, Sarah Degnan Kambou, Carla Sutherland
1Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0612 , USA. shari.dworkin@ucsf.edu
Abstract:
Although HIV in the Middle East and North Africa is currently characterized as a low seroprevalence epidemic, there are numerous factors that are present in the region that could prevent-or exacerbate-the epidemic. The time to invest substantially in prevention-and gender-specific prevention in particular-is now. Given that most policy makers do not make gender-specific plans as epidemics progress, our research team-which draws upon expertise from both within and outside the region-worked together to make programmatic and policy suggestions in the Middle East and North Africa region in 5 key areas: (1) gender-specific and gender transformative HIV prevention interventions; (2) access to quality education and improvements in life skills and sex education; (3) economic empowerment; (4) property rights; and (5) antiviolence. In short, this work builds upon many ongoing efforts in the region and elucidates some of the links between gendered empowerment and health outcomes around the world, particularly HIV and AIDS.
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