Many steps can be taken to reduce the vulnerability of married women and men to HIV infection, including stronger policies, better prevention strategies, and changes in harmful social norms. These steps can include:
- Educating men and women about social norms and how those norms negatively impact men and women’s health
- Building political will to enact and reform policies to reduce women’s vulnerability
- Ensuring legal protections for women’s property and inheritance rights
- Enacting and enforcing laws against domestic violence and rape, including marital rape
- Achieving equality in girls’ education at all levels
- Increasing HIV counseling and testing focused on couples
- Developing programs that promote condom use among married couples
- Integrating HIV services with family planning and reproductive health services to reach more married women with information and support. Such programs also have a history of increasing male involvement in reproductive health decision making
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- What You Need to Know About the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
- Why the United States Should Restore Funding for UNFPA
- Why Condoms Count in the Era of HIV/AIDS
- How Reproductive Health Services and Supplies Are Key to HIV/AIDS Prevention
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