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Moving Beyond Gender As Usual
How well are the world’s three largest HIV donors addressing women’s vulnerabilities to the epidemic? A new report, co-authored by ICRW and the Center for Global Development, provides recommendations on how funders can be more effective in tackling the gender dimensions of HIV.
Got Gender? Many African HIV Programs Do
ICRW provided technical oversight for a new compendium that explores how HIV programs in Africa successfully weave multiple gender strategies into program design.
The full compendium is available at www.aidstar-one.com.
ICRW President Geeta Rao Gupta Discusses the Economic Potential of Women
A new Ernst and Young video, Groundbreakers, explores the vast economic potential of women as an economic force.
ICRW Receives 4-star Charity Navigator Rating
ICRW has received a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America's largest independent evaluator of charities.
Join ICRW’s Video Campaign Against Child Marriage
Learn more about Child Marriage.
One Woman = One Business
Women may well be the most important agents of economic development. In least developed countries, however, their need for higher education remains underserved. Investments of global business partners in business management education for women can be a key resource for filling this gap.
Value Added: Women and U.S. Foreign Aid Reform
ICRW and Women Thrive Worldwide join the growing call to overhaul U.S. foreign assistance and say aid will go much farther by prioritizing investments in women.
Learn more about Foreign Assistance Reform.
Revised Stigma Toolkit Now Available
ICRW, the Academy for Educational Development and the International HIV/AIDS Alliance released a revised stigma reduction toolkit to help fight HIV- and AIDS-related stigma.
The toolkit is used to facilitate discussion about the rights of positive persons and issues around gender, sexuality and morality.
Making AIDS Responses Work for Women and Girls
Empowering women socially and economically is key to a sustainable response to HIV and AIDS. ICRW works with partners on every level – programs, governments, international agencies and donors – to implement and strengthen gender strategies that give women and girls the power to fight AIDS.
MORE ICRW NEWS:
ICRW Praises Introduction of Global Food Security Act
Confirmation of Dr. Eric Goosby as U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator
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Events
Got Gender? Many African HIV Programs Do
Two Model Programs that Integrate Gender Approaches
When: Thurs. July 30, 2009, 12:30 - 2 pm
Where: ICRW 1120 20th St. N.W. Suite 500 North, Washington, D.C. 20036
If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Stephanie Miedema (smiedema@icrw.org) or call (202) 742-1212.
Past Events
June 8, 2009
Engaging Men in Preventing and Mitigating Gender-Based Violence in Post-Conflict Settings in Sub-Saharan Africa
March 4, 2009
ICRW AWARDS GALA
An Evening of Celebration for International Women's Day
International Center for Research on Women's 2009 Gala
6:30 p.m.
Union Station
Washington, D.C.
Dec. 9, 2008
A Significant Shift: Releasing Women’s Potential to Achieve Agricultural Growth and Food Security
ICRW convened a panel of high profile
economists to discuss why the world food crisis and rising hunger demand a focus on women farmers. Panelists included Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen; and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, managing director at the World Bank.
ICRW Asia
Beyond Positive Support for Key Populations at Higher Risk
ICRW examines support mechanisms for female sex workers living with HIV.
Promoting Men’s Participation in Women’s Health
ICRW is currently working on an innovative program to develop and evaluate culturally appropriate, health facility-based interventions to promote primary prevention of HIV and other STIs among married women in Mumbai.
Child Marriage in India Remains Rampant
Child marriage in the state of Rajasthan, India, remains rampant two years after the 2006 Prohibition of Child Marriage Act.
Gap Inc. Plays Unique Role in Empowering Women Workers
ICRW is Gap Inc.'s strategic partner for P.A.C.E. (Personal Advancement for Career Enhancement), one of a growing number of corporate social investment programs that aim to empower women in their personal and work lives through life skills and technical training in the workplace.