In the summer of 2013, a group of women activists from Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Georgia and Tajikistan was formed, which initiated the creation of a regional association of women affected by HIV.

Six months later, they were supported by representatives of Moldova, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Estonia and Belarus.

On December 7, 2013, the founding meeting of the EJSS was held in Tbilisi, in which women leaders from 11 countries of the EECA region took part.

In November 2014, a meeting was held on the strategic planning of the EJSS for 2015-2020.

The EJSS received legal registration on May 5, 2015 in Tbilisi (Georgia).

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Over the past decade, the need for synergies between the themes of gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health and women's rights and vulnerability to HIV has been recognized by both community activists and global political leaders.

The goals reflected in the Sustainable Development Goals until 2030 , separate paragraphs reflect the need to end the AIDS epidemic, eliminate all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere, and eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres including trafficking in persons and sexual and other forms of exploitation.

On June 8, 2016, the UN General Assembly adopted a new Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS . It notes that the HIV epidemic remains one of the most serious problems affecting the areas of health, development and human rights and the social sphere, and continues to cause enormous suffering to countries, communities and families around the world, with about 76 recorded million cases of HIV infection and that 34 million people died from AIDS, that AIDS is the leading cause of death among women and girls of childbearing age (15–49 years) in the world as a whole, and that about 14 million children are orphaned due to AIDS.

The Declaration also emphasizes that:

1. Globally, women and girls remain the most affected group; that they have a disproportionate share of care responsibilities;

2. The ability of women and girls to protect themselves against HIV continues to be negatively affected by: psychological factors, gender inequality, including unequal legal, economic and social status, limited access to health and sexual and reproductive health services, and all forms of discrimination and violence, including sexual abuse and exploitation.

3. In order to guarantee the ongoing nature of the provision of mutually reinforcing HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services, information and education, include sexual and reproductive health services, including the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of viral hepatitis and cervical cancer uterus, as well as other sexually transmitted diseases, including human papillomavirus, and services related to the response to sexual and gender-based violence, while noting that women and girls are especially vulnerable to such combined infections and related diseases.