What Works for Women and Girls: Evidence for HIV/AIDS Interventions

This comprehensive, centralized review of effective HIV programming for women and girls, based on data from more than 2,000 scientific articles and reports in close to 100 countries, provides a searchable database of 455 studies for policymakers, donors, and program planners. Compiled by a wide range of experts, this review includes several ideas: women are diverse and need diverse programming; treatment works and prevention is key; meeting women's sexual and reproductive health needs will impact the epidemic; integrated programming can be ideal; women need more support, especially from their peers; strengthening the enabling environment is an urgent priority; and it is time to scale up. In addition to this review, the www.whatworksforwomen.org website offers information and strategies for gender-specific programming on a range of topics, including a summary of available evidence of successful interventions and a list of gaps in research, programming, and evaluation.