Whelan, Daniel

Human rights approaches to an expanded response to address women's vulnerability to HIV/AIDS

This article begins by assessing various social policy approaches to the AIDS epidemic and reviews the benefits of addressing AIDS through a social vulnerability framework. The author advocates utilizing a human rights approach as opposed to a public health approach to these issues. The second part of the article discusses how an appropriate response to gender and HIV/AIDS can be facilitated through the protections under existing human rights documents.