Addressing HIV in Crisis Situations

Collaboration between Faith-based Communities and Humanitarian Actors when Responding to HIV in Emergencies

...based on the observation that faith-based communities (FBCs) may be the first port of call for local people during a crisis, explores the "unexploited capacity" that FBCs have in delivering HIV prevention, treatment, and care...

Building on Traditional Assets in Protecting Children Against HIV/STDs in War and Post Conflict Situations: The Wayo Strategy of the Acholi in Northern Uganda

...examines the potential of the wayo (paternal aunt) to protect young girls and women against sex abuse, HIV/AIDS, and sexually transmitted infections in northern Uganda...

Climate Change Adaptation and Rights

Child Rights and Climate Change Adaptation: Voices from Kenya and Cambodia

...proposes that fulfilling child rights in a changing climate requires a two-track approach: (1) integrating child rights into national climate change responses and (2) integrating climate change into national child rights agendas...

The Hottest REDD Issues: Rights, Equity, Development, Deforestation and Governance by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

...focuses on the potential of governance of forests by indigenous peoples and local communities, and discusses local rights implications related to regimes that reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD)...