Jobs at UN Women

• Jobs at UN WomenWith the bilateral support of the Canadian International Development Agency [CIDA], UN Women is implementing a two-year programme, Action to Promote the Legal Empowerment of Women in the Context of HIVIAIDS, to reduce the vulnerability and mitigate the impact on HIV and AIDS on women in Sub-Saharan Africa through improved access to property and inheritance rights.
  Ample research and evidence suggest that women who own property or otherwise control economic assets tend to have higher incomes, a secure place to live, and greater bargaining and decision-making power within their households. These factors enable women to better protect themselves from risks of HIV transmission and infection, to negotiate safer sex and to avoid the need to engage In transactional sex, At the same time, increasing economic assets and ensuring women's rights through access and recourse to legal mechanisms empowers women livlI1g With or affected by HIV/AIDS 10 cope with the impact of AIDS on their families and communities, particularly after the loss of the main breadwinner.