title: Responding to the rising tide of  calls for the criminalization of HIV  transmission in southern Africa.
abstract: Faced with the enduring injustice of HIV transmission through sexual violence, African women's groups are increasingly supporting legislative proposals to criminalize deliberate transmission of HIV. In this article, Delme Cupido describes efforts to forge a consensus between these groups and human rights activists concerned about the adverse consequences of HIV-specific criminal laws.
authors.forename: Delme
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cupido
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000635:transmission; D000353:Africa, Southern; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D006806:Human Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans