Amnesty: Violence Against Women Is Spreading AIDS
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A worldwide &quot;pandemic&quot; of violence against women is fueling the spread of HIV/AIDS, human rights group Amnesty International said Wednesday.
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Earlier this month, the World AIDS Day observance focused on how this epidemic has killed, sickened and threatened women and girls around the globe.
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Mumbai, Nov. 24: The number of women infected with HIV has gone up alarmingly in all parts of the world over the past two years, with the steepest increase in east Asia, followed by eastern Europe and central
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In Indiana, 21 percent of the people with HIV - the virus that leads to AIDS - are women, while 12 percent of those with AIDS are female.
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Clinical trials of an anti-virus gel supposed to help protect women against AIDS have been stopped after it was found that those on the treatment were more susceptible to HIV infection, the World Health Organisation said.
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New US government guidelines say rape victims and others exposed to Aids should get anti-retroviral drugs.
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Women make up nearly half of infected adults worldwide, the United Nations said in issuing its annual report on AIDS.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan : Dec 02 (SADA) - Empowering women and taking preventive measures to fight against AIDS will stem spread of epidemic.
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Global efforts to curb the spread of HIV/Aids are failing because the world has not recognised that it is a female epidemic, a report said yesterday.
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Description: A United Nations report being issued in advance of World AIDS Day says women now account for nearly half the number of people infected with HIV worldwide.
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Women&#39;s bodies have become part of the terrain of conflict, according to a new report by Amnesty International. Rape and sexual abuse are not just a by-product of war but are used as a deliberate military strategy, it says.
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The number of women infected with HIV has risen in every region of the world over the last two years as the global AIDS epidemic continues to expand, the United Nations said yesterday.
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United Nations officials last week led the world marking the 17th annual World AIDS Day by calling for societies to enable women to protect themselves at a time when nearly half of the 37.2 million people infected are female.
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Nigeria should urgently overhaul its legal system to curb widespread sexual violence against women, including rape by security forces and police, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.
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Every Dec. 1, the United Nations spearheads commemorations of the global AIDS epidemic. This year, the focus is on women and girls.
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The Global Coalition for Women and AIDS and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS marked World Human Rights Day on Friday with campaigns aimed at raising awareness of the links between gender-based violence and the spread of HIV.
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The international human rights group, Amnesty International, said on Wednesday that a global &quot;pandemic of violence&quot; against women was fuelling the spread of HIV and AIDS.