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Policy Paralysis:
A Call for Action on HIV/AIDS-Related Human Rights Abuses Against Women and Girls in Africa

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  1. SUMMARY

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

  3. REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEGAL REGIMES

  4. 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

  5. CONCLUSION

    HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH REPORTS ON GENDER-RELATED ABUSES AND AIDS IN AFRICA

    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS


December 2003