All publications: HIV/AIDS

Women, Girls and HIV and AIDS: Education, Women's Economic Empowerment and Workplace Violence (ILO/UNAIDS/UNESCO)

Today, evidence points indisputably to the important intersection of HIV and gender inequality. In 2010, women and girls accounted for more than half of all people living with HIV (about 52%). They are disproportionately affected by gender-based...

Report of the Director-General - First Supplementary Report: Global Action Plan to promote implementation of the HIV and AIDS...

Guide to mainstreaming gender in workplace responses to HIV and AIDS, ILO, 2011

The guidance tool contained in this publication is intended to provide step-by step support for all, particularly ILO constituents and their partners, who are involved in workplace responses to HIV in order to facilitate mainstreaming of gender...

HIV and AIDS related employment discrimination in China

This report reviews the current state of HIV and AIDS workplace discrimination in China and summarizes a broad body of existing research as well as reviews new research conducted by the ILO and Maries Stopes International. The findings point to a...

HIV/AIDS and the World of Work: a prevention & social protection perspective

A two-week capacity-building course on HIV/AIDS and the world of work offered by the ILO Training Centre in Turin (Italy), with a prevention and social protection perspective.

Simple ways to manage HIV @ your workplace

A booklet by the Government of Uganda and ILO/AIDS to help workplace actors better understand and implement Uganda's National Policy on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work.

The Joint WHO-ILO-UNAIDS policy guidelines on improving health workers’ access to HIV and TB prevention, treatment, care and support...

Health workers often lack adequate access to preventive measures such as personal protective supplies or equipments as well as treatment access. The Joint WHO-ILO-UNAIDS 14-point policy guidelines have been developed to respond to this need and...

Policy Brief 16 - Income generation and sustainable livelihoods for people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS

The global financial and economic crisis threatens to reverse the gains made in HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support programmes in many middle and low income countries. The Global Jobs Pact (GJP) addresses the social and employment...

Matters arising out of the work of the 99th Session (2010) of the International Labour Conference: Follow-up to the adoption of the HIV and...

The paper outlines action taken by the Office to promote the HIV and AIDS Recommendation, 2010 (No. 200) since its adoption on 17 June 2010.

The sectoral dimension of the ILO’s work - Review of sectoral initiatives on HIV and AIDS

Recommendation concerning HIV and AIDS and the World of Work, 2010 (No. 200)

The Recommendation concerning HIV and AIDS and the World of Work, 2010 (No. 200) is the new labour standard is the first human rights instrument to focus on HIV and AIDS in the world of work, and was adopted - by an overwhelming majority - by...

Fact sheet: Economic empowerment and HIV vulnerability reduction project

Due to their inadequate wages workers are unable to hedge against impact of unemployment brought by recession.

Joint WHO/ILO policy guidelines on improving health worker access to prevention, treatment and care services for HIV and TB

The primary purpose of these guidelines is to draw together previously developed clinical and policy guidelines, along with recent evidence, into a coherent set of recommendations that aim to provide improved access of health workers to HIV and TB...

Implementing HIV/AIDS Workplace Policies and Programmes (Final Evaluation Summary)

Project INT/07/09/GTZ - Evaluation consultants: Nelson Kamoga (Lead evaluator)and Yaya Konate (Mali evaluation)

Report V(2B) - HIV/AIDS and the world of work

The bilingual draft text of the new instrument is presented in Report V(2B). This report as well as report V(2A) will form the basis for the second discussion to take place at the 99th ILC in June 2010.

Report V(2A) - HIV/AIDS and the world of work

The comments to Report V(1) received from the constituents are summarized in Report V(2A). This report as well as report V(2B) will form the basis for the second discussion to take place at the 99th ILC in June 2010.

Update: March 2010 - International labour standard on HIV/AIDS and the world of work

MDG No. 6

The Millennium Declaration,the MDGs and the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

On the right track – Learning materials

This booklet contains learning activities, games and role plays for use in education and awareness-raising programmes.

On the right track – Facilitators’ guide

This booklet provides a guide to the education methods that should be used with the toolkit. It will help you to run training programmes aimed at changing behaviour in the railway industry so that risky practices can be reduced. It explains the...