What Works for Women & Girls

Launched at the July 2010 XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria, and updated periodically, this website provides strategies and evidence on a range of gender-sensitive programming for women and girls from countries around the world - with a focus on the global South.

A selection of topics that can be explored on this website:

• Prevention for women, including condom use, partner reduction, and treating sexually transmitted infections (STIs);
• Prevention for sex workers, drug users, prisoners, migrants, and transgendered women and men;
• Prevention and services for adolescents and young people;
• Prevention for young people, including encouraging behaviour change and access to services;
• HIV testing and counselling;
• Treatment provision, access, adherence and support;
• Meeting the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs of women living with HIV;
• Safe motherhood and prevention of vertical transmission of HIV;
• Preventing, detecting, and treating co-infections such as tuberculosis (TB), malaria, and hepatitis;
• Strengthening the "enabling environment", including transforming gender norms, legal norms, advancing education, reducing violence against women, promoting women's employment, reducing stigma and discrimination, and promoting women's leadership;
• Care and support for women and girls, orphans, and vulnerable children; and
• Structuring health services to meet women's needs.

The website is organised along the lines of 11 broad strategies. Each strategy is divided into 3 sections: an overview, a summary of available evidence of successful interventions, and a list of gaps in research, programming, or evaluation. The website also includes a selection of clinical manuals and resources for programme design and a comprehensive reference list.

This resource is designed to guide donors, policymakers, and programme managers in planning effective HIV/AIDS interventions for women and girls.