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MAINSTREAMING GENDER EQUALITY: HIV/AIDS in TRANSPORT PROJECTS IN LATIN AMERICA

December 3, 2009 Stephen Brushett Lead Transport Specialist Latin America and the Caribbean Region The World Bank. MAINSTREAMING GENDER EQUALITY: HIV/AIDS in TRANSPORT PROJECTS IN LATIN AMERICA. Transport as a sector most committed (with education) to mainstreaming HIV/AIDS

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MAINSTREAMING GENDER EQUALITY: HIV/AIDS in TRANSPORT PROJECTS IN LATIN AMERICA

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  1. December 3, 2009 Stephen Brushett Lead Transport Specialist LatinAmerica and theCaribbeanRegion The World Bank MAINSTREAMING GENDER EQUALITY: HIV/AIDS in TRANSPORT PROJECTS IN LATIN AMERICA

  2. Transport as a sector most committed (with education) to mainstreaming HIV/AIDS Transport as a vector, high vulnerabilities, with unequal gender impacts Led by Africa region, now spreading to other continents, appropriately Funding from Global HIV/AIDS helped us carry out studies in LAC region Consider three cases where work has been done: Honduras, Haiti and Argentina Introduction

  3. Ongoing roads project, started from interest in introducing the contract clauses But also … intervention covered: general strategic plan, developing programs and materials for agencies … and work with micro-enterprises : overlap with proposal to increase female participation Key elements in mainstreaming - reduce stigma, increase access to services, counseling Women vulnerable as have less power in relationships Honduras

  4. KAP study – focused on 2 road corridors being improved with Bank funding. Study group were truckers, sex workers and women (15-49 years) Women had lower knowledge on average Women impacted by irregular condom use, truckers as high risk group Low levels of testing women again (though not for sex workers) Women focus on different strategies than men do High levels of stigma in general Haiti

  5. Another KAP study involving truck workers in one corridor (Santa Fe province) Gaps in knowledge persist – HIV transmission and availability of counseling and treatment Married women may suffer more than single – truckers less likely to use condoms Industry involved in developing services – use associations Build social networks, cooperating with other mobile populations Argentina

  6. Interest, openness in public and private sector – recognize risks First steps being taken for an organized, sector/agency response Gender an important dimension of differentiation – though not only one … may not always be fully considered in design of interventions Conclusions

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