Section navigation:
- Suggest a resource to include in this section.
- Wrong information?
Please let us know if we have published inaccurate info on this page. - Keep updated - subscribe to the ADG newsletter and forum mailing lists.
Main content:
Vulnerable groups
Last updated on
24 January 2008
Exploring issues of health & well being of older people: symposium report
This webpage provides an overview and the presentations of the 2005 Symposium to discuss the impact of demographic change on the health and well-being of older people and their families in resource poor settings. (Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research: 2005) More info >>
Barriers to services for children with HIV-positive parents in five high prevalence states of India
This study investigates the issue of HIV affected children being excluded from services and benefits available to non-HIV affected children in their communities in India. (Child Rights Information Network: 2007) More info >>
Women and girls living with HIV/AIDS: overview & annotated bibliography
This report considers the specific challenges faced by women and girls who are living with HIV and AIDS, including issues around care, treatment and support; sexual and reproductive health and rights; and legal and economic rights. (Institute of Development Studies: 2007) More info >>
Discussion paper for the round table on human rights, gender & HIV/AIDS 2005
The paper is aimed at stimulating discussions following the Declaration of Commitment round table addressing human rights and gender targets on HIV Aids. (UNDP: 2005) More info >>
Migration patterns survey & HIV (VAM) in Timor-Leste
A migration survey and community-based Vulnerability Assessment Mapping (VAM), designed to provide the Timor-Leste government and partners with data describing migration patterns in relation to HIV vulnerability in Timor Leste. (Centre for International Health: March 2006) More info >>
HIV and migration: two major uncertainties for people from CALD backgrounds
This social research paper describes the interrelationship between living with HIV, migrating to and resettling in a new country, and the Australian migration system. (National Centre in HIV Social Research: 2005) More info >>
HIV policy brief
This policy brief outlines the UNAIDS approach to HIV among men who have sex with men and proposes actions for governments, international partners and civil society so that the major barriers to universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support can be removed. (UNAIDS: 2002) More info >>
The Global Coalition on Women and Aids Â? 2005 progress report
UNAIDS and partners launched the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA) in February 2004 with the aims of raising global awareness of the impact of AIDS on women, and stimulating concrete action at national level to reduce women's vulnerability to HIV. This paper reports on the progress of programmes designed for women. (UNAIDS: 2005) More info >>
Culture, HIV and AIDS: an annotated bibliography
This annotated bibliography from UNESCO provides an overview of the theoretical perspectives on the complex relationship between culture and HIV. (UNESCO) More info >>
Acting on rights: women and HIV/AIDS
This paper reports on the outcomes of the Satellite Session at the XV International AIDS Conference, held in Bangkok in 2004. It explores approaches and issues surrounding women's empowerment in the fight against HIV/AIDS. (Health Canada: 2004) More info >>
Change, choice and power: young women, livelihoods and HIV prevention
This paper explores the relationship between economic independence, vulnerability to HIV infection, the level of sexual and reproductive health among women and adolescent girls, and gender-based violence. (UNFPA: 2007) More info >>