HIV/AIDS Language Compendium
of internationally agreed terms, concepts, definitions and evidence for rights-based responses
Introduction
Why language matters
- Why language matters
- When is language key?
- What substantiates key language?
- Where is substantiation found?
- What is opposition language?
- Who is this compendium for?
Terms
- Access to health products
- Bodily autonomy and integrity
- Combination prevention
- Comprehensive sexuality education
- Gender equality
- Gender identity and expression
- Gender norms and stereotypes
- Harm reduction
- Human rights
- Intersectionality
- Key and vulnerable populations
- Key population and community leadership
- Negative legal determinants
- Positive legal determinants
- Reproductive rights
- Sex characteristics
- Sexual orientation
- Sexual rights
- Societal enablers
- Stigma and discrimination
- Universal health coverage