After a Botswana family struggled for custody of an 8-year-old girl orphaned by AIDS, community members suspected the struggle was really over the girl’s food aid. First in a series about African women coping with AIDS at different stages of life.
The AIDS virus spreads very quickly after oral exposure, according to a new study of monkeys. If confirmed, the finding could be of grave consequence to women and girls around the globe who breastfeed or engage in unprotected oral sex.
On this AIDS Day, women and girls have never needed more help and attention in battling the disease. With the epidemic now the leading cause of death among women and girls, more research and better policies are needed to lower the toll.
In reporting on the growing number of women being infected with AIDS in the United States, journalist Sharon Sopher turned a camera lens on her own story of living with the virus.
From Internet chat rooms to small-town community centers, HIV/AIDS support groups for women are challenging the notion of what it means to be infected with the virus and are working to combat the often painful isolation of victims.
Barbara Lee, who cast the only House vote against giving the president unchecked power against Sept. 11 perpetrators, is standing out again. At an AIDS forum attended by no other member of Congress, she tackled the White House’s abstinence-only approach.
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