Noting with great concern that the proportion of women becoming infected with HIV is growing in every region, that in sub-Saharan Africa there are already 6 women with HIV for every 5 men, and that in the younger age brackets (15–24 years), the HIV risk for African girls is even more disproportionate,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Health
Person(s) affected
Children
Girls
Men
Women
Year
1999
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
CSW resolution, Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS (1999), PP 2.