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fight aids
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Newsletter The Global Coalition on Women and Aids
- Magazine Year
- 2006
- Magazine Number
- 4
- Thesaurus
- aids, gezondheid, preventie, condooms, seksualiteit, wereld
- Description
- Women account for nearly half of HIV infections worldwide and almost two-thirds of those among young people, with female infections rising in almost every region. Yet twenty-five years into the global AIDS epidemic, there is still no widely available technology that women can both initiate and control to protect themselves from HIV. Due to gender norms and inequalities, many women and girls lack the social and economic power to control key aspects of their lives, particularly sexual matters. As a result, women are in a difficult, and often impossible, situation when it comes to negotiating with their partners over abstinence, fidelity, or condom use.
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Magazine Year
- 2006
- Magazine Number
- 11
- Creator
- Nour, Nawal M.
- Thesaurus
- meisjes, gearrangeerde huwelijken, gezondheid, armoede, empowerment, voorlichting, preventie, Afrika
- Description
- Despite international agreements and national laws, marriage of girls younger than 18 years of age is common worldwide and affects millions. Child marriage is a human rights violation that prevents girls from obtaining an education, enjoying optimal health, bonding with others their own age, maturing, and ultimately choosing their own life partners. Child marriage is driven by poverty and has many effects on girls' health: increased risk for sexually transmitted diseases, cervical cancer, malaria, death during childbirth, and obstetric fistulas. Girls' offspring are at increased risk for premature birth and death as neonates, infants, or children. To stop child marriage, policies and programs must educate communities, raise awareness, engage local and religious leaders, involve parents, and empower girls through education and employment.
fight aids
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Newsletter The Global Coalition on Women and Aids
- Magazine Year
- 2006
- Magazine Number
- 1
- Thesaurus
- aids, meisjes, onderwijs, preventie, seksualiteit
- Description
- Growing evidence shows that getting and keeping young people in school, particularly girls, dramatically lowers their vulnerability to HIV. By itself, merely attending primary school makes young people significantly less likely to contract HIV. When young people stay in school through the secondary level, education's protective effect against HIV is even more pronounced. This is especially true for girls who, with each additional year of education, gain greater independence, are better equipped to make decisions affecting their sexual lives, and have higher income earning potential .
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