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UNAIDS, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNHCR and ILO Evaluation Offices jointly managed an evaluation of the work of the Joint Programme on preventing and responding to violence against women and girls (VAWG) in all their diversity.

The evaluation assessed the Joint Programme’s role work on VAWG and the bi-directional nature of VAWG and HIV, where VAWG can be an indirect and direct factor for increased HIV risk, and violence can be an outcome of HIV status and disclosure. The evaluation combined global consultation and document review with nine country case studies, and fully engaged women living with HIV and national organisations addressing violence against women.

The evaluation found that the Joint Programme has to some extent been successful in supporting countries work collaboratively with women’s and other civil society networks in addressing gender equality, HIV and VAWG, however inadequate attention is paid to transformative approaches to address the structural and root causes of gender inequality, HIV and VAWG. The evaluation provides strategic and operational recommendations for the Joint Programme on how to best contribute to ending of the AIDS epidemic and VAWG.

Related resources: Executive summary | Annexes | Country case studies | Presentation | Management response