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News and information about HIV in women. The heightened vulnerability of women and girls to HIV is closely linked to gendered power relations and social, legal, economic and cultural inequalities.

Economic & social inequality

More secondary schooling reduces HIV risk

Editor's pick
Eurekalert Inf Dis
29 June 2015
Vaginal rings & topical PrEP

Vaginal microbicide ring study releases first data on participants

News
19 June 2015
Experiences of stigma

South Africa: Almost 10 percent of HIV-positive women report forced sterilisation

Editor's pick
Health-e
10 June 2015
Young people

When Sex Ed Discusses Gender Inequality, Sex Gets Safer

Editor's pick
The Atlantic
1 June 2015
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

Many South African women become infected with HIV during pregnancy posing high risk of transmission to their infants

News
1 June 2015
Access to healthcare

Fighting HIV where no-one admits it's a problem

Editor's pick
BBC
20 May 2015
Young people

Anal sex study reveals climate of 'coercion'

Editor's pick
Independent
19 May 2015
Cardiovascular disease

HIV infection and low CD4 count associated with hardening of arteries

News
6 May 2015
Women

Condom use higher in young HIV-positive women with gender-equal views

Editor's pick
Medical News Today
5 May 2015
Support issues for children & young people

Québec researchers call for interventions to support HIV-positive mothers

Editor's pick
CATIE
14 April 2015
Condoms & lubricant

Zimbabwe’s female condom success story takes new form

Editor's pick
Key Correspondents
13 April 2015
PrEP

Women in PrEP trial feared they would have to leave study if they reported low adherence

News
10 April 2015
Improving HIV care

Uganda: women and girls bear burden of HIV caregiving

Editor's pick
Key Correspondents
7 April 2015
Neurological & cognitive problems

Predictors of HIV-related peripheral neuropathy in the modern era

Editor's pick
CATIE
1 April 2015
The biology of HIV transmission

Menopause linked to decreased anti-HIV activity

Editor's pick
2 Minute Medicine
30 March 2015
Cancer

Screening may miss pre-cancerous anal lesions in women with HIV

News
12 March 2015
PrEP

Partners launch phase 2 safety study of a long-acting injectable to prevent HIV

Editor's pick
PATH
6 March 2015
PrEP

Are women PrEPared?

Editor's pick
Speaking Up! (blog)
2 March 2015
Vaginal rings & topical PrEP

Disappointing result for tenofovir-gel microbicide shows that young women still lack HIV prevention methods they can use

News
25 February 2015
Pregnancy and vertical transmission

7-country study shows triple-drug combination superior for preventing infant HIV infection

News
25 February 2015
Vaginal rings & topical PrEP

VOICE trial: Microbicide gel may have stopped two out of three HIV infections – in the women who used it

News
9 February 2015
Clinical trials

Failed Trial in Africa Raises Questions About How to Test HIV Drugs

Editor's pick
New York Times
5 February 2015
Vaginal rings & topical PrEP

Uganda: High Hopes Ahead of Microbicide Trial Results

Editor's pick
AllAfrica.com
21 January 2015
Economic & social inequality

Improved school attendance credited with reducing HIV infections among teenage girls in Uganda

News
14 January 2015