Girl-trafficking hampers Aids fight
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The trafficking of young girls who are forced to work as prostitutes has been identified as a key factor in the steep rise in Aids in India.
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Sub-Saharan Africa is still bearing the brunt of the HIV/Aids epidemic, a UNAids report reveals.
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Not enough is being done to prevent the trafficking of children in south-eastern Europe, a report says.
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The world's top AIDS donors, including the U.S. president's fund, need to link the fight against the deadly virus to preventing the rape and abuse of women and girls, rights groups said on Tuesday.
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Nearly half of girls in some African  countries are raped, an advocacy group said on Thursday in a  report that sharply criticizes existing programs aimed at  curbing violence to help stop the spread of AIDS.
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AIDS is spreading faster among women than men in most parts of the world, the United Nations said Wednesday in its annual report marking World AIDS Day.
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Criticism of condoms and restrictions on access to them are undercutting the fight against HIV/AIDS in countries ranging from Nigeria to Peru to the United States, Human Rights Watch said in a report Tuesday.
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(Bangkok, Thailand-AP) Dec. 1, 2004 - Every December 1st the United Nations spearheads commemorations of the global AIDS epidemic and this year, the focus is on women and girls.
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BRUSSELS, Nov 23 (IPS) - The poor urgently need a female-centred strategy to  fight AIDS, says a landmark new report.
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The world's deadliest year yet for AIDS was marked with concerts, processions and speeches, as the United Nations focused on women, who are suffering a increasing share of new cases.
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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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Up to 30% of girls in some tourist resorts in Kenya are involved in the sex industry, a UN report says.
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HEILIGENDAMM, Germany -- The world's leading industrialized nations yesterday pledged $60 billion to fight AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, mainly in Africa, but human rights groups termed it an insufficient commitment and part of a pattern of unfulfilled promises.
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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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&quot;Today the face of AIDS is increasingly young and female,&quot; said Peter Piot, head of UNAIDS. &quot;We will not be able to stop this epidemic unless we put women at the heart of the response to AIDS.
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Not enough is being done to prevent the spread of HIV among Asian drug users, researchers say.
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An international team of researchers, including a researcher at the Tulane National Primate Research Center near Covington, has brought millions of vulnerable women closer to a potentially powerful weapon against HIV.