Poverty Linked to the Feminisation of HIV / AIDS - 0 views
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Jackie Moran on 16 Sep 09This article relates to our course topics because it addresses the issue of HIV/AIDS in Latin America, specifically on how women are vulnerable toward receiving the disease. Various factors attribute to the women's vulnerability, such as poverty, machismo, and religion.
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This article addresses the issue of HIV/AIDS in Latin America is becoming feminized due to socio-economic and gender inequalities. The concept of machismo increases the vulnerability of women to HIV/AIDS when combined with other factors such as poverty, unemployment, and illiteracy. There are roughly 1.8 million people in Latin America with HIV/AIDS, with women representing 25% of the infected population. The strong tradition of Catholicism stands in the way of education on sex and sexuality intended to prevent teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.