>>Available in Word and PDF Over three billion women worldwide
are HIV-negative. They have the right to stay negative. Globally
half of the people living with HIV and AIDS are female.
Biologically, women are more likely than men to acquire HIV.
Gender inequalities and human rights violations heighten girls'
and women's vulnerability. Investing in comprehensive HIV
prevention for women and girls is also an investment in the
health and well-being of boys and men and of For everyone, safer
sex requires: Respect for the mutual consent of partners and
their right to say no; Zero coercion and violence; Access to
female and male condoms and information on using them; and
Knowledge of one's own and one's partner's sexual health,
including HIV status. PROVIDE SEXUALITY EDUCATION TO ALL YOUNG
PEOPLE Comprehensive sexuality education in schools, beginning
in the primary grades, provides young people with HIV prevention
information and supports them to: Build equality in
relationships and in society; Respect individuals'