Deeply concerned that the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, through its devastating scale and impact, constitutes a global emergency, and that it disproportionately affects women and girls, and emphasizing that violence against women and girls as well as social, cultural, biological and economic factors can increase their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Health
Person(s) affected
Girls
Women
Year
2003
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
CSW resolution, Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS (2003), PP 6.