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HIV-Positive Women Activists Gather in Mexico

At a conference convened by the International AIDS Society and sponsored by the United Nations, 25 leaders and HIV-positive women activists from across Latin America gathered to strategize for the 17th International AIDS Conference to be held in Mexico next year.  Participants emphasized the need to address the social stigma and cultural conditions affiliated with the disease, particularly as it relates to women.  According to the United Nations Population Fund, just three years ago, the ratio of men to women with HIV/AIDS in Latin America was seven or eight for every one woman with the virus; today, the ratio is three to one.

See: HIV-Positive Women Activists in Latin America Stand Tall (Inter Press Service)