Women and AIDS: Confronting the Crisis

This report addresses gender inequality, poverty and AIDS. It describes efforts to reduce the AIDS epidemic and recommends providing women with knowledge and a means to prevent HIV infection, as well as overall access to primary and secondary education and women's literacy. The report emphasizes the need for equal and universal access to treatment for the infection. It notes the link between violence and AIDS and recommends zero tolerance to any forms of violence. Moreover, the report asserts that recognition and protection of women's human rights is fundamental for women to protect themselves. [Descriptors: Reproductive Rights - HIV/AIDS, International]