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AIDS as a gender issue: psychosocial perspectives

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Despite progress in many aspects of the global HIV response, women - particularly adolescent girls and young women - continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV. Women constitute more than half of all people living with HIV.1 AIDS-related illnesses remain the leading cause of death for women aged 30-49 and the third leading cause of death for women aged 15-29. Gender inequalities, including gender-based and intimate partner violence, exacerbate women and girls’ physiological vulnerability to HIV and block their access to HIV services. HIV is not only driven by gender inequality, but it also entrenches gender inequality, leaving women more vulnerable to its impact. The gender inequalities in some regions result in an even starker difference between the way HIV affects men and women. For example, in East and Southern Africa, young women (15-24 years) will acquire HIV five to seven years earlier than their male peers.5 This equates to 4,500 new HIV infections among young women every week in 2015, double the number in young men

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KP.II-00022

KP.II SHE a

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Series Title

Social Aspect of AIDS Series Editor Peter Aggleton

Call Number

KP.II SHE a

Publisher

London : Taylor & Francis Inc.., 1996

Collation

viii, 283 Hal. : 25cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0-748-402-31-4

Classification

KP.II

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Edition

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Subject(s)

HIV/AIDS
Gender Issue
Sexuality Issue
Women LIving with HIV
AIDS and Women

Specific Detail Info

Social Aspect of AIDS Series Editor Peter Aggleton

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