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Women Vital in Global Fight Against AIDS

Women Vital in Global Fight Against AIDS
Published date: 
19 Jul 2010

 Empowering women could more effectively help in curbing the spread of HIV, Bill Gates, Microsoft chairman and philanthropist said at the AIDS conference in Vienna on Monday. Speaking to reporters at the 18th International AIDS conference, he cited the example of Avahan, a national HIV prevention programme in India supported by the Gates Foundation co-founded by him. The active participation of women, he said, has worked successfully in slowing the spread of the virus among India's high risk population.

Entitlement, Gender Inequality and HIV/AIDS

Submitted by Eva.Ramokobala on Wed, 29/10/2008 - 14:28
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Kubatana.net
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http://kubatanablogs.net/
Published Date: 
2008
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The account by Beatrice Tonhodzayi of the experiences of an HIV positive man raises a lot of issues which l feel should be discussed more than is done in the diary. I will start by saying upfront that in this critique l am taking a woman centred approach to the issues raised. In particular, I have always been concerned that in a lot of the discourse around infection within a marital relationship, there seems to be an inordinate amount of emphasis on people not seeking to blame their sexual partners, rather being exhorted to "just accept the result and move on".

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