The equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS 2009, para. 4
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The Commission reiterates the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, which, inter alia, expressed concern that gender inequality increases women's vulnerability to HIV/AIDS and the overall expansion and feminization of the pandemic, and also acknowledges that women and girls bear the disproportionate burden of caring for and supporting those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Health
Person(s) affected
Girls
Men
Women
Year
2009
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CSW Agreed Conclusions, The equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS (2009), para. 4.