Articles and blogs from our correspondents at the AIDS 2012 conference in Washington, DC
LONDON (TrustLaw) - Globally, young women between the ages of 15 and 24 years are twice as likely as their male counterparts to contract HIV, while women and girls make up 60 percent of the people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.
This is why promoting women's rights in general but also addressing more specific issues such as the link between hormonal-based contraception and HIV infection, improving access to alternative forms of contraception like the female condom or new antiretroviral technology are key steps to a comprehensive global AIDS policy.
These issues have been high on the agenda of "AIDS 2012", a conference that brings together scientists, policy makers and activists as well as people living with HIV to assess progress and work on solutions to stamp out a disease that kills some 32 million people worldwide each year.
Here is a selection of news and blogs from Reuters and TrustLaw correspondents.
WOMEN AND AIDS
U.S. ban unites global sex workers at Indian festival
Female condoms – the next fashion hit?
Banned sex workers find sympathy from AIDS meeting organizers
High youth HIV infection rate makes AIDS-free generation a distant dream
BLOGS
When is a condom more than a condom?
Lifting the veil on MENA women living with AIDS
Global women’s agenda lengthy at AIDS 2012 conference
NEWS
Transgender people at high risk of HIV
Male circumcision drive falls short in Africa - AIDS campaigners
HIV spiralling in E. Europe and Central Asia-WHO
INTERVIEW-Bill Gates says much more work needed to turn tide of AIDS
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