Comments on: Women and HIV/AIDS http://www.ideasforwomen.com/news/womens-health/2006/08/05/83/ News and Issues About Women Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:02:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Samari http://www.ideasforwomen.com/news/womens-health/2006/08/05/83/#comment-23034 Samari Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:54:07 +0000 http://www.ideasforwomen.com/news/womens-health/2006/08/05/83/#comment-23034 i think that everyone should get tested for AIDS every year. i say this because men and women both can be scandilous and they cheat and always say "what they dont know wont hurt them" and in the end they end up with a disease and i think that if you have the disease that you should be with other people that have the disease and dont infect and innocent person i think that everyone should get tested for AIDS every year. i say this because men and women both can be scandilous and they cheat and always say “what they dont know wont hurt them” and in the end they end up with a disease and i think that if you have the disease that you should be with other people that have the disease and dont infect and innocent person

]]> By: Ada http://www.ideasforwomen.com/news/womens-health/2006/08/05/83/#comment-1947 Ada Sat, 28 Oct 2006 22:54:31 +0000 http://www.ideasforwomen.com/news/womens-health/2006/08/05/83/#comment-1947 This post hits very close to home for me. In Africa, the gap between the earning power of men and women is very wide. Many women work in the informal sector, petty trading being very popular. (It is very difficult for a woman, especially when she has children, to leave her husband for an offence as 'minor' as infidelity. Her friends and relatives would laugh themselves to death!) Many women suffer all sorts of abuse both physical and mental abuse but will endure for the sake of the children. Social security doesn't exist here. If they left, they would have to depend on the generousity of friends and family, many of who are trying to survive and take care of their own families. This is quite apart from the social stigma associated with seperation/divorce here. There's no quick and easy solution. Education and enlightenment (of men and women) are key to improving the situation. As you pointed out, unfortunately, that will take time which is a scarce commodity right now. This post hits very close to home for me. In Africa, the gap between the earning power of men and women is very wide. Many women work in the informal sector, petty trading being very popular. (It is very difficult for a woman, especially when she has children, to leave her husband for an offence as ‘minor’ as infidelity. Her friends and relatives would laugh themselves to death!) Many women suffer all sorts of abuse both physical and mental abuse but will endure for the sake of the children. Social security doesn’t exist here. If they left, they would have to depend on the generousity of friends and family, many of who are trying to survive and take care of their own families.
This is quite apart from the social stigma associated with seperation/divorce here.
There’s no quick and easy solution. Education and enlightenment (of men and women) are key to improving the situation. As you pointed out, unfortunately, that will take time which is a scarce commodity right now.

]]> By: lisa http://www.ideasforwomen.com/news/womens-health/2006/08/05/83/#comment-1196 lisa Fri, 18 Aug 2006 08:24:51 +0000 http://www.ideasforwomen.com/news/womens-health/2006/08/05/83/#comment-1196 "And even for women who are married - in some parts of the world married men routinely have extramarital sex, get infected with HIV, then come home and infect their wives." may not be the with every body......plz <a href="http://www.switchedonliving.com" rel="nofollow">lisa</a> “And even for women who are married - in some parts of the world married men routinely have extramarital sex, get infected with HIV, then come home and infect their wives.”

may not be the with every body……plz

lisa

]]> By: Mexico Medical Student » Grand Rounds Vol 2. No. 46 http://www.ideasforwomen.com/news/womens-health/2006/08/05/83/#comment-952 Mexico Medical Student » Grand Rounds Vol 2. No. 46 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:41:44 +0000 http://www.ideasforwomen.com/news/womens-health/2006/08/05/83/#comment-952 [...] Paper Cranes is a story by Six Until Me about how sympathy and understanding are found in the most unlikely places. HomeSchooledMedStudent recounts a very busy night on her OB rotation as she participated in a surgical delivery of premie twins which almost ended in tragedy. [...] [...] Paper Cranes is a story by Six Until Me about how sympathy and understanding are found in the most unlikely places. HomeSchooledMedStudent recounts a very busy night on her OB rotation as she participated in a surgical delivery of premie twins which almost ended in tragedy. [...]

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