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Partners and Links
Related UNSW faculties
Steering Committee Member Organisations
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Organisations that the IHHR belongs to:
Internet Resources
- AlertNet - A humanitarian news network provided by Reuters Foundation.
- BMC International Health and Human Rights - an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in health care in developing and transitional countries, and all issues relating to health and human rights.
- Derechos Human Rights Links Page
- Health and Human Rights Info
- Human Rights and Health Resources - From the Program in Human Rights and Health at the University of Minnesota.
- Human Rights Impact Resource Center (HRIRC)
- Human Rights Tools
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The Program on International Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health has produced a review of peer-reviewed literature addressing the intersections between gender-based violence (GBV) and HIV. In general, the literature confirms that HIV infection as relevant to GBV is primarily acquired through sexual relations, which themselves are greatly influenced by socio-cultural factors, underlying which are gender power imbalances. Gender based violence, or the fear of it, on the other hand may interfere with the ability to negotiate safer sex or refuse unwanted sex. Furthermore, violence against a woman can interfere with her ability to access treatment and care, maintain adherence to ARV treatment, or carry out her infant feeding choices. Evidence also exists that living with HIV can constitute a risk factor for GBV, with many people reporting experiences of violence following disclosure of HIV status, or even following admission that HIV testing has been sought.
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