Reports

2025 is a critical year for advancing gender equality and universal access to health as a human right. It marks the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Platform of Action, the 25th anniversary of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, and the review of progress of SDG 3 […]

AGYW in Sub-Saharan Africa bear a disproportionate burden of the HIV epidemic and face significant barriers to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). For decades, international aid, particularly from the United States through programmes like PEPFAR and USAID, has been a cornerstone of the response, funding critical services for HIV prevention and treatment, gender

The purpose of this baseline report is to outline the sexual and reproductive health rights landscape across five African countries; Kenya, Namibia, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The examination of the various country contexts has a specific focus on adolescent girls and young women’s (AGYW) access to sexual reproductive health due to the marginalisation they experience

The Women’s Networking Zone (WNZ) at the 22nd International AIDS Conference, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 23-27 July 2018 created space for women’s parallel organizing, with a full programme of presentations, discussions, and events platforming women’s voices and entering women’s experiences.  Find the report here.  In this report, we share voices from the WNZ, an overview of the

Onwards and Upwards Dear Friends, From advocacy, intensive programming and a robust strategic planning process, this quarter has been extremely busy and exciting for the ATHENA team. The last 3 months have been jam-packed with activities. Driven by renewed commitment for gender equality and guided by the pursuit of a new strategic direction for the

Our Collective Vision for #FeministFuturesHIV.

Dear sisters, allies, friends, and partners, We recognize that 2020 has taken a rough turn in the past months. For this, we want to recognize the power of community. We hope that you are staying safe, taking care of yourselves, spreading love, finding safe spaces, solidarity in community and healing in these tough and uncertain

Dear sisters, allies, friends and partners, In 2019, together we (ATHENA Network core team members, collaborators, members, allies and partners)  worked towards important feminist wins in the HIV response; collectively advocated for systemic change for a gendered and gender trans-formative HIV response; and committed ourselves to bring forward as well as create space for the

Dear friends – We are excited to share thoughts and reflections from the first half of 2019, and to look ahead to name where we hope to see you as we look through the year. First, thank you to everyone who has been and continues to be a part of building community with us. These

The ATHENA Initiative is pleased to launch its most recent report, A Review of the Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Research and Evidence Landscape in Kenya and Uganda for adolescent girls and young women. The primary aim of this review is to assess the landscape of HIV PrEP research including the global evidence base on PrEP and adolescent girls and

We are delighted to share with you a review of year 1 of our Young Women LEARN Project in addition to an updated version of our PrEP Desk Review, a report reviewing pre-exposure prophylaxis research and evidence landscape in Kenya and Uganda for adolescent girls and young women. It’s been a busy and exciting first year of LEARN and we

This past International Women’s Day took place on March 8, and in honor of the day UNAIDS published a report celebrating women’s leadership and contribution to the global HIV response. A snapshot of the current state of affairs, “When Women Lead, Change Happens: Women Advancing the End of AIDS” gives needed attention to the women-led

ATHENA is delighted to share a report of the Women’s Networking Zone at the International AIDS Conference in Durban, July 2016. The report demonstrates the breadth of activity in the WNZ, with session reports, articles and feedback to bring the WNZ to you, even if you weren’t able to participate in Durban. Born out of women’s parallel

ATHENA Network, AVAC and Salamander Trust have worked with women living with HIV from around the world with support from UN Women to conduct a global treatment access review for women living with HIV. The review was shaped from the outset by a Global Reference Group of women living with HIV. A four page summary document outlining the