The analysis of gender in relation to HIV / AIDS, usually by women of childbearing age, and only rarely for girls, young women and girls are increasingly targeted for sex with older men, security and even those who mistakenly believe that people living with HIV / AIDS is a disease through sexual intercourse with a virgin. Thus HIV / AIDS epidemic was gender inequality and discrimination. Unequal power relations, coercion and sexual violence are broadly in line with those of women of all ages, and have a range of adverse effects on female sexual, physical and mental health.
In many developing countries, poverty and discrimination of women and men are strongly associated with the spread of HIV / AIDS. Sex and age show the way in which women and girls of different age groups are particularly vulnerable to infection, and requires support for the survivors on the financial and social impact of the epidemic. The approach for the control of HIV / AIDS and the fight against poverty are interlinked. Therefore, health and development workers should be based on an integrated set of policies and programs to reduce poverty and combat HIV / AIDS. They must be based on the need for special efforts to protect women and girls at risk of HIV / AIDS and ensure that laws, civil and human rights of those affected and infected persons are adequately protected and that women have access to care, counseling and assistance to equal footing with menThe analysis of gender in relation to HIV / AIDS, usually by women of childbearing age, and only rarely for girls, young women and girls are increasingly targeted for sex with older men, security and even those who mistakenly believe that people living with HIV / AIDS is a disease through sexual intercourse with a virgin. Thus HIV / AIDS epidemic was gender inequality and discrimination. Unequal power relations, coercion and sexual violence are broadly in line with those of women of all ages, and have a range of adverse effects on female sexual, physical and mental health.
In many developing countries, poverty and discrimination of women and men are strongly associated with the spread of HIV / AIDS. Sex and age show the way in which women and girls of different age groups are particularly vulnerable to infection, and requires support for the survivors on the financial and social impact of the epidemic. The approach for the control of HIV / AIDS and the fight against poverty are interlinked. Therefore, health and development workers should be based on an integrated set of policies and programs to reduce poverty and combat HIV / AIDS. They must be based on the need for special efforts to protect women and girls at risk of HIV / AIDS and ensure that laws, civil and human rights of those affected and infected persons are adequately protected and that women have access to care, counseling and assistance to equal footing with men
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