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HIV/AIDS

Women bear the HIV/AIDS burden

19/10/2006: Young women and girls often bear the economic and social burden of alleviating the effects of HIV/AIDS.

© Michael Jensen

DanChurchAid considers young women and girls to be specially vulnerable and susceptible to HIV/AIDS. This is due to discriminatory social and cultural practices and deep rooted gender inequalities.

  • DanChurchAid supports organisations working with poor women and men who are most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS.

Young women and girls often bear the economic and social responsibility for alleviating the effects of HIV/AIDS. This economic and social burden increases the possibility of risk-behaviour, such as sex work.

Orphans and vulnerable children

DanChurchAid’s programmes will also target other groups, such as orphans and vulnerable children who lack safety and access to public services, and not least, people living with HIV/AIDS who suffer stigmatisation and discrimination.

International and national communities are moral duty-bearers

At the strategic level, DanChurchAid supports actions aimed at the state and its relevant institutions. This includes moral duty-bearers at local and national levels, such as religious and traditional leaders, school teachers, parents and so on.

  • DanChurchAid supports men and boy's engagement in gender equality.

Men are also moral duty-bearers. Therefore, it is important that men and boys must be part of the process towards more gender equality. DanChurchAid supports the involvement of men and boys in securing and supporting the attainment and protection of women’s rights.

  • Only the International community can overcome the challenge of HIV/AIDS

A pandemic like HIV/AIDS can only be addressed through an international commitment. The international community is therefore an important moral duty- bearer in this respect, and DanChurchAid advocates at the global level for an increased commitment to the HIV/AIDS response.