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Tackling AIDS pandemic requires guarding rights of women, UN meeting told

As participants at a major United Nations conference in New York today reviewed the increasing prevalence of HIV/AIDS in women compared to men, the head of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said the only way to reverse the feminization of the pandemic is to make sure that women have greater control of their bodies and their lives, as well as of public policies and budgets.