The HIV Language Compendium
Sep 19, 2022
HIV Policy Lab, Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+), Aidsfonds, and overseen by the Love Alliance.
The HIV Language Compendium is a compilation of internationally agreed upon language that provides precedents for the use, proper interpretation, and significance of concepts and terms crucial for an evidence-based and rights-affirming response to HIV. By documenting key language in United Nations agreements and related texts, the Compendium is intended to be a resource for governments, global health actors, and civil society that:
- Provides a bulwark against efforts to reverse the tide of progress by weakening language in future multilateral negotiations and agreements;
- Supports efforts to codify international commitments and norms into national law and policy.
Key terms include:
- Access to health products
- Comprehensive sexuality education
- Gender equality
- Harm reduction
- Human rights
- Key and vulnerable populations
- Key population and community leadership
- Reproductive rights
- Sexual orientation
- Sexual rights
- Societal enablers
- Stigma and discrimination
This work was launched at the 2022 International AIDS Conference by the HIV Policy Lab, Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+), and Aidsfonds; and overseen by the Love Alliance.
If you have feedback or questions about this tool, please email policylab@georgetown.edu.