Caught in a dilemma? HIV/AIDS gender and the media.

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Over 22 millions people have died of AIDS related illnesses in the last 20 years and more than 42 mil- lion people are currently infected with a virus which was unknown 1980. While HIV/AIDS is the largest health issue currently facing the world the epidemic is a issue. Statistics prove that both the spread and impact of HIV/AIDS is not random. disproportionately affects women and adolescent girls who are socially culturally biologically and economically more vulnerable than their male counterparts. These power imbalances between men and women are accentuated by various traditional practices that contribute to the spread of the disease such as female genital mutilation and the early or forced marriages of girls. It is clear that roles and relations have a significant influence on the course and impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in every region of the world. In short HIV/AIDS not only driven by inequality it entrenches inequality and as Noleen Heyzer Executive Director of UNIFEM has said in the case of HIV/AIDS gender inequality is fatal. (excerpt)

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