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Women's rights needed against AIDS - UNFPA

    JOHANNESBURG

    The only way to reverse the feminisation of HIV/AIDS is to allow women greater control of their bodies and their lives, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said on Thursday.

    Ensuring the full participation of women in decision-making could change the course of the pandemic, UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Obaid told a panel discussion at the UN High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS in New York.

    Obaid noted that 20 years ago a third of the people living with HIV globally were women, but this number had now climbed to nearly half, with about 75 percent of them living in sub-Saharan Africa.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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