Noting with great concern that the proportion of women becoming infected with HIV is growing in every region, that in sub-Saharan Africa 55 per cent of those living with HIV are women and that, in the younger age brackets (15-24 years), girls are at higher risk of HIV infection and that more girls than boys are now infected and, in this context, welcoming the newly launched international partnership against AIDS in Africa,
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
Boys
Children
Girls
Women
Youth
Year
2000
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
CSW resolution, Women, the girl child and HIV/AIDS (2000), PP 2.