Title: Gender power: an AIDS oxymoron?

POPLINE Document Number: 195368

Author(s):

Osborne K

Source citation:

Global AIDSLink, 2004 Apr-May;(85):11.

Abstract:

The global face of HIV is changing and the reasons for this change are not surprising. Perhaps they are more of an indictment of opportunities missed, chances not taken and lessons not applied. This shift in the international image of HIV does provide the catalyst - if that is indeed what is still needed in 2004 - to address in a far more comprehensive, urgent and practical manner many of the underlying systemic factors of the epidemic. These overarching factors - unless addressed with real resolve and commitment by the political leaders and international agencies - will ensure that, despite our best intentions and strategic initiatives, HIV will continue to spread. Over the past five years, the all too obvious and worrying shift in the epidemic has simultaneously placed both the burdens of disease and care on the shoulders of women. But this shift might actually have its roots sewn in a much more intricate and complex tapestry: an AIDS tapestry that indicates how much still remains to be done if we are to make tangible inroads. (excerpt)

Keywords:

Global
Critique
AIDS Prevention
HIV Prevention
Epidemics
Gender Issues
Human Rights
Inequalities
Patriarchy
Sex Discrimination
Women's Empowerment
AIDS
HIV Infections
Viral Diseases
Diseases
Socioeconomic Factors
Economic Factors
Family Characteristics
Family and Household
Social Discrimination
Social Problems
Women's Status