Programs

Gender, Security and HIV/AIDS Program

Working to improve policy responses to state-sanctioned violence against women

Formerly called the HIV/AIDS and Social Transformation program, this group of activities was undertaken to respond to the need for knowledge on the behavioral and structural factors shaping the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Over the past eight years, the program has increasingly focused on the gender and security dimensions of HIV/AIDS, working in close collaboration with UNAIDS, UNESCO and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Canada and Sweden, and the Australian Agency for International Development. Virtually all current and new projects  support policy and research collaborations in the field of gender, crisis prevention and recovery, including the incubation of a new global centre to support research, strengthen research capacity in southern and transition countries, and increase research on policy linkages in the area of gender, crisis prevention and recovery. We engage researchers, policy shapers, and policy practictioners across disciplines and communities of practice by supporting international collaborations and south-south-north partnerships. The program also provides fellowships, commissions research, and carries out program evaluations and policy analyses. We work closely with multi- and bilateral partners, private foundations, research institutions, and nongovernmental organizations throughout the global north and south.

Senior Advisor
Jennifer Klot
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