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HIV Gel Called Poor Substitute for Women’s Rights

By Allyn Gaestel ● Health & Science ● July 28, 2010

Some advocates at last week’s International AIDS Conference greeted news of the results of an HIV gel coolly, saying more was needed than a “medicalized” response to an epidemic that travels a social pathway of infringed women’s rights.

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Somali Keeps Her AIDS Secret Despite Wedding Plans

By Fatuma Noor ● Crime & Law ● June 16, 2010

A Somali woman in Kenya faces an arranged wedding knowing she could infect her husband with HIV-AIDS. She contracted the disease through unsafe anal sex to preserve her virginity.

South Asians Confront AIDS Among Monogamous Women

By Julia Marsh ● Health & Science ● December 19, 2009

South Asian women from three spheres–journalism, politics and advocacy– recently planned a coordinated attack on HIV-AIDS among women. Their focus is on transportation, property rights and education.

For Women, AIDS Day Comes With Dose of Frustration

By Molly Ginty ● Health & Science ● December 1, 2008

On Dec. 1, the 20th annual World AIDS Day, health advocates are raising the alarm about the quadrupling of HIV-AIDS among American women and the failure of the U.S. heath care system to address this growing pandemic.

Koike Runs in Japan; Black Women Carry HIV Burden

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● September 13, 2008

Violence Linked to Rapid Rise of AIDS in Women

By Theresa Braine ● Arts & Culture ● August 8, 2008

Health officials at a global AIDS conference in Mexico City this week highlighted the growing feminization of the pandemic and its link to gender violence. The U.N. may form a women’s agency that advocates say could mount a more effective response.

Rev. Wright: This HIV Threat Needs Media Blast

By Carol F. Roye ● Politics ● May 7, 2008

Rev. Wright’s incendiary comment about the HIV virus gives Carol Roye a chance to raise a problem that needs its own blast of media attention: women’s unprotected anal intercourse with male partners.

New Promise in HIV Fight; Bush Budget Axes Aid

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● February 9, 2008

Itano Unburies Women’s Stories of AIDS in Africa

By Juhie Bhatia ● Health & Science ● December 31, 2007

Nicole Itano went to Africa as a young reporter and found she couldn’t escape covering AIDS as it gripped the continent. Focusing on the stories of three women, she covers the complexities of the disease and the human side of those who live with it.

Rwanda’s AIDS Effort Offers Zambia a Lesson

By Dominique Soguel ● Politics ● December 28, 2007

Zambia is receiving hefty U.S. funding for its anti-AIDS effort but is showing much less for it than nearby Rwanda. A comparison of the countries suggests two key ingredients of success: strong condom promotion and support of women’s rights.