HIV Prevention Report Cards

Under the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA), IPPF, together with UNFPA and Young Positives, are developing country Report Cards to strengthen HIV prevention strategies for girls and young women. By the end of 2008, there will be 23 country cards.

Each Report Card provides a country profile, information on HIV prevention from the legal, policy, service availability and accessibility, rights and participation perspectives and includes quotes and issues raised by young women and girls of the country.

They also discuss key social and cultural issues, including the role of men and boys in HIV prevention. These form the basis for a series of recommendations aimed at increasing and improving the programmatic, policy and funding actions taken on HIV prevention for young women and girls, targeting national, regional and international decision makers.

	Cambodia - HIV Prevention Report Card Khmer version “Before the doctor used to be very friendly…but later they didn’t welcome me…after they found out I have HIV.”
	Cameroon - HIV Prevention Report Card French version "If a rich man parks a Mercedes car, whether he's infected or not, we don't care. All we want is money."
	China - HIV Prevention Report Card 报告卡少女和青年妇女的艾滋病预防 Chinese language version “In our village, we do not know anything about HIV and AIDS.”
	Dominican Republic - HIV Prevention Report Card Spanish version “I feel that there is a weakness in the [National AIDS] response, a response that was once very participatory. The fact that there are no groups of children or youth, but instead these are represented by adults.” (Interview with Director of HIV/AIDS NGO)
	Ethiopia - HIV Prevention Report Card “We have not had lessons on HIV in our school. In our biology class, we have been taught about the menstrual cycle and our anatomy, but very little on HIV.“
	Indonesia - HIV Prevention Report Card “It’s not just a matter of laws - the real problem is how people understand them - so they can understand about their rights.” (Interview with UN Agency).
	India - HIV Prevention Report Card Hindi version "My husband refuses to use condoms as he thinks that condoms are for unmarried people."
	Jamaica - HIV Prevention Report Card “Younger women are turning to (unprotected) anal intercourse as a prevention from pregnancy and to protect their virginity.”
	Kenya - HIV Prevention Report Card Swahili version “Access to services for HIV positive young girls and young women might be harder, mainly as a result of stigma, but this is fast changing.”
	Malawi - HIV Prevention Report Card Chichewa version “When a girl is found with a condom, she is thought as a prostitute. A boy found with condom is regarded to be a clever boy.”
	Mexico - HIV Prevention Report Card Spanish version “One governor said, giving condoms to young people is like providing them with a six-pack of beer and a free night at the motel.”
	Mozambique - HIV Prevention Report Card Portuguese version “If my father tells me that it is good to use these services, I will want to go there.”
	Nepal - HIV Prevention Report Card Nepali version “If I go and talk about SRH issues in my community not a single bone of mine will be left unbroken. Boys need to become conscious for their own safety as well as for supporting girls.”
	Nigeria - Prevention Report Card “It is the males that have the power to dictate what happens in relationships.”
	Papua New Guinea - HIV Prevention Report Card “Many girls and young women are more concerned about what they think people would say about them than taking measures to avoid HIV.”
	Peru - HIV Prevention Report Card Spanish version “How can we expect that adolescents go with their parents to SRH services if they don´t even talk with them about sexual relationships?” (Interview with APROPO)
	Philippines - HIV Prevention Report Card Tagalog version “Police arrest us whenever they feel like making a few bucks” (sex worker).
	Russia - HIV Prevention Report Card Russian version “To offer using condoms within a family is practically confession of infidelity.”
	Rwanda - HIV Prevention Report Card French version “The National Guidelines on condom distribution and use is in place but like in many other countries, female condom use has been completely disparaged by all walks of women in Rwanda; elite and semi elite in both rural and urban.” (Interview – Director, Family Planning Association)
	Serbia - HIV Prevention Report Card Serbian version “Young people do not know how to put a condom on let alone get proper education about HIV/AIDS and sexual health. This needs to change.”
	Sudan - HIV Prevention Report Card Arabic version “Girls are the weak part of the sexual relationship but in the AIDS era they have learnt how to protect themselves and boys accept the protection if it is offered in a nice way.”
	Swaziland - HIV Prevention Report Card Siswati version “Young people need to be more organized in order to be encouraged to get involved and participate in HIV prevention in their communities so that they can help each other.”
	Thailand - HIV Prevention Report Card “The health professionals are not willing to provide services to ethnic people.”
	Uganda - HIV Prevention Report Card Luganda version “I was in a forum for young people and one presenter said don’t use condoms and another presenter said use condoms.”