Beijing Adult Entertainment: Call to recruit women in campaign against HIV/AIDS
BEIJING – Women should be recruited as an active force in the fight against HIV/AIDS, a campaign that has previously addressed them almost exclusively as carriers of the virus, according to study by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences released on Monday.
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In their sex lives, women have less say over condom use as well as little say about the disease in society, said He Xiaopei, director of the Pink Space, a Beijing-based NGO that provides support to female sufferers.
Women should be empowered by education to fight the virus, while assisting authorities in reaching high-risk groups like gays and prostitutes, she added.
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Police crackdowns on prostitution, she added, also have the potential of undermining efforts in HIV/AIDS control among high-risk groups.
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Police arrests, he said, will do little or nothing for disease control, except to drive prostitutes further underground, thwarting the delivery of intervention efforts.
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