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【社会人文】性别不平等加速HIV传播
The Chronicle Newspaper (Lilongwe)
October 17, 2006
Posted to the web October 17, 2006
ZONDANI MBALE
Lilongwe
MORE women and girls than men continue to contract HIV, the virus that causes Aids due to among other things gender inequality, ministry of Women and Child Development has said.
The ministry has since asked organizations in the HIV/Aids fight to mainstream gender issues as one way of reducing the further spread of the pandemic amongst women and girls.
According to National Aids Commission (NAC) report of 2003, out of 760,000 infected adults of ages 15-49 in 2003, 58 percent were women.
"A lot of indicators available justify that HIV is a gender issue that necessitates gender analysis and mainstreaming as a strategy to prevent infection and mitigation," said National Project Coordinator for Women, Girls and HIV/Aids program in the ministry of women and child development, Abson Mpunga.
He said the spread was high amongst girls and women because they were not empowered to negotiate for safer sex saying they usually depended much on men to make decision.
"Women can not on their own control their reproductive health but depend on men, this has left many contracting the virus," noted Mpunga.
He said this in Mzuzu at the opening of a four-day long gender and HIV/Aids mainstreaming and analysis course for district social welfare officers, District Aids coordinators drawn from north and central regions.
Mpunga said as a ministry they were working out on how best they could empower women and girls to be able to negotiate for safer sex to prevent themselves from contracting the virus.
UNAIDS 2004 report indicates that women and girls made about 57 percent of all people infected in the sub-Sahara region.
Mpunga also said cases of rape on women and girls have also promoted the spread of the pandemic.
"This is mainly to due to ignorance on their part on where to report. We would like to ensure that women have access to legal instruments and know where to report," he said.
The course was aimed at equipping participants with tools for integrating gender into planning, monitoring and evaluation about HIV/Aids programs.
It was also aimed at creating gender HIV/Aids training team at the district level in their respective district.
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马拉维: 性别视角差异加速了HIV传播
MORE women and girls than men continue to contract HIV, the virus that causes Aids due to among other things gender inequality, ministry of Women and Child Development has said.
马拉维的妇女儿童发展委员会说女性比男性更易感染HIV,尤其从HIV携带者转化为艾滋病患者男女之间也存在的性别差异。
The ministry has since asked organizations in the HIV/Aids fight to mainstream gender issues as one way of reducing the further spread of the pandemic amongst women and girls.
According to National Aids Commission (NAC) report of 2003, out of 760,000 infected adults of ages 15-49 in 2003, 58 percent were women.
该委员会一直要求反艾滋病组织为性别主流化作斗争，作为进一步抑制艾滋病在女性中传播速度一种方式。
根据国家艾滋病问题委员会(NAC)2003的报道，在当年76万15-49岁的成年人感染了爱滋病，其中妇女占了60%。
"A lot of indicators available justify that HIV is a gender issue that necessitates gender analysis and mainstreaming as a strategy to
prevent infection and mitigation," said National Project Coordinator for Women, Girls and HIV/Aids program in the ministry of women and child development, Abson Mpunga.
在妇女儿童发展委员会工作的国家反艾滋病计划协调员Abson Mpunga说：“许多评估指标证明HIV传播存在性别差异，这使得对得病的性别差异有必要进行分析并且有必要制定策略以阻止传染和缓和艾滋病的感染”。
He said the spread was high amongst girls and women because they were not empowered to negotiate for safer sex saying they usually depended much on men to make decision.
"Women can not on their own control their reproductive health but depend on men, this has left many contracting the virus," noted Mpunga.
因为女性在性行为中没有权力与男性商讨采取何种相对安全的性行为，大多时候都是由男性做出决定，这导致了艾滋病在女性中传播速度非常快。
“因此女性也是依靠男人而不是他们自己来控制他们的生殖健康,这也加重了他们感染艾滋病的机率,“Mpunga补充道。
He said this in Mzuzu at the opening of a four-day long gender and HIV/Aids mainstreaming and analysis course for district social welfare officers, District Aids coordinators drawn from north and central regions.
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