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CIAO DATE: 08/04

AIDS Has a Woman's Face

April 2003

Africa Policy Information Center

Abstract

Gender inequalities are a major driving force behind the global AIDS crisis. Around the world, AIDS takes its most devastating toll on women and girls. Globally, nearly 5,000 women become infected with HIV every day. Hardest hit of all are Black women and girls in Africa and in the U.S., who are most vulnerable as a result of poverty and discrimination.

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