Closing the Gender Gap
Janet Fleischman, Senior Associate of the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, asks if the time is right for the U.S to make gender equity an explicit priority of U.S. global health programs.
Janet Fleischman
Janet Fleischman is a senior associate with the CSIS Global Health Policy Center, where she focuses on women’s global health issues, including HIV/AIDS and reproductive health. From 2002 to 2008, she chaired the gender committee of the CSIS HIV/AIDS Task Force, a bipartisan effort aimed at strengthening U.S. policy on HIV/AIDS. Fleischman also works as a consultant to several other organizations focusing on gender and HIV/AIDS issues, including CARE and UNAIDS. From 1983 to 2003, she worked for Human Rights Watch as a researcher on Eastern Europe and Africa and, ultimately, as the organization’s Washington director for Africa. Fleischman has conducted numerous fact-finding missions to Africa, India, and Eastern Europe and has written and edited many reports relating to gender and HIV/AIDS, U.S. policy, and human rights. Her articles have appeared in publications such as the Washington Post, Boston Globe, International Herald Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Times, and AllAfrica.com. Fleischman is a frequent speaker on issues related to human rights and HIV/AIDS, and she has testified before both the Senate and House Africa Subcommittees. Her most recent publications from CSIS include Voices from the Field: The Role of Integrated Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS Programs in Strengthening U.S. Policy (February 2008) and Priorities for Action: Gender and PEPFAR Reauthorization (September 2007); from UNAIDS, An Analysis of the Gender Policies of the Three Major AIDS Financing Institutions: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the World Bank, and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (July 2008); and from CARE, Maximizing HIV Prevention: Building the Case for Social and Economic Vaccines (August 2008), and The Future of PEPFAR: Comprehensive Approaches, Sustainable Results (March 2008).
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Gender, AIDS and Development in Southern Africa
CSIS gender specialist Janet Fleischman heads to South Africa and Zambia to look at innovative programs that link gender, AIDS, and development.
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School-Based Outreach in KwaZulu Natal
CSIS gender specialist Janet Fleischman visits Siyakha Nentsha, a school-based program that provides vulnerable high school students with skills to build economic assets while protecting themselves against HIV and early pregnancy.
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The Linkages Between Education and HIV/AIDS in Girls’ Education
Girls’ education has long been recognized as a critical tool in the fight against HIV/AIDS, in the empowerment of women and girls, and in enhancing the health and welfare of families and communities.
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The Vulnerability of Pregnant Women to H1N1 (Swine Flu)
Janet Fleischman, Senior Associate, CSIS Global Health Policy Center, discusses the dangers of H1N1 (swine influenza) to pregnant women, delays in vaccine manufacturing and distribution to developing countries, and the importance of targeting priority groups most vulnerable to the virus.
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Women’s Health and HIV/AIDS in Kenya
With all the troubling political news coming out of Kenya these days, it’s important to highlight some promising initiatives that are under way in the arena of women’s health.
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