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UNAIDS |
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Dominique De Santis |
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desantisd@unaids.org |
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00 41 22 791 4509 |
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Summary:
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A new paper published by the UNAIDS-led Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA) shows that when women have an income and a safe place to live, they are much better able to negotiate abstinence, fidelity, and safer sex. Economic security, the paper stresses, is a major factor in enabling women to protect themselves from HIV. Today, however, of the 1.2 billion people living on less than US $1 a day, 70% are women. They also represent almost half of all people living with HIV globally. |
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Description:
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When women are economically and financially dependent on male partners and family members, their bargaining power over sexual matters can be reduced, making them more vulnerable to HIV. Where women lack property rights, they suffer restricted economic options, reduced personal security, poverty, violence, and homelessness. Poverty can also encourage risky livelihood measures, such as enduring an abusive relationship or engaging in unsafe sex in exchange for money, housing, food or education.
Read the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS Issues Brief on Property Rights
http://www.unaids.org/en/MediaCentre/PressMaterials/FeatureStory/20060308-economicsecurity.asp |
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http://data.unaids.org/pub/BriefingNote/2006/20060308_BN_GCWA_en
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