Women's Health

Elizabeth Musonza

Amplifying Voices: A Series of Digital Stories
Today, almost 60 percent of people living with HIV and AIDS in southern Africa are female. These women and girls must endure double discrimination because of their gender and HIV status. This video, part of the Amplifying Voices project, was created by Elizabeth Musonza, a women's rights and AIDS activist in Zimbabwe. Musonza tells the story of children who have lost their mothers to AIDS, and how girls are left particularly vulnerable to corrupt relatives and neighbors. more

OSI & Women's Health
OSI's Public Health Program works to address the health vulnerabilities of women and girls�particularly marginalized groups such as young girls, sex workers, women who use drugs, and Roma women. more

Work on Women, Law, and HIV/AIDS
Tamar Ezer
December 6, 2007
A description of work on women, law, and HIV/AIDS that the OSI Law and Health Initiative is undertaking in coordination with the Soros foundations in East Africa, Southern Africa, and South Africa. more

Women�s Health and Harm Reduction: Communities Working Together to Save Lives
October 2007
Many women who inject drugs face discrimination on the basis of both drug use and gender, increasing their vulnerability to HIV, violence, and other harms, according to this International Harm Reduction Development Program fact sheet. more

Malignant Neglect
Seyward Darby
October 10, 2007
Romani women in Hungary are three times more likely than other women to die of breast cancer—and the reasons are avoidable, according to this article in the OSI-supported journal Transitions Online. more

LAHI Presents Lessons from Africa on Domestic Violence in the Context of HIV/AIDS
March 26, 2007
The Law and Health Initiative participated in a panel on domestic violence in the context of HIV/AIDS in Africa, at American University Washington College of Law. more

LAHI Investigates Funding to Support Work on Women and HIV/AIDS
March 17, 2007
The Law and Health Initiative is currently exploring opportunities to support work on women and HIV/AIDS. more

Soros Foundations