POLICY PARALYSIS:

A CALL FOR ACTION ON HIV/AIDS-RELATED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS IN AFRICA

SUMMARY

II. ABUSES OF WOMEN AND GIRLS THAT FUEL HIV/AIDS..

HIV/AIDS and Abuse of Girls

Risks to Women and Girls in Long-Term Unions

Discrimination in Property and Inheritance Rights and HIV/AIDS..

Traditional Practices that Increase HIV/AIDS Risk to Women andGirls

Abuse of Sex Workers

Rape and Other Gender-based Abuses in War and Civil Conflict

Lack of HIV Prevention for Rape Survivors

Unequal Access to Information and Health Services

III. REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEGAL REGIMES..

The South African Experience: Legislation and Special Courts

IV. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTION..

1. Sexual and domestic violence

2. Gender inequity in property ownership and control, inheritance,

and divorce

3. Unequal access to social services and information

V. CONCLUSION..

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS..