title: Using rights and the law to reduce women's vulnerability to HIV.
abstract: Cathi Albertyn's paper, an edited and updated version of her presentation at "Putting Third First," argues that both human rights and the law can play an important, if limited, role within a wider set of national and international strategies to reduce women's vulnerability to HIV. It analyzes the nature of women's vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, and highlights some of the issues and lessons in using rights and the law to advance gender equality and reduce women's vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Gender Research Project, Centre for Applied Legal Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. cathi@wn.apc.org
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Albertyn
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D012923:Social Class; D014933:Women's Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*