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Empowerment of women, a cornerstone of HIV prevention

There are some forms of risky behavior that make women directly vulnerable to HIV/AIDS in developing countries like Bangladesh. It should be the cornerstone of life to get rid of risk behaviors by improving the standard of living in any way. To achieve greater participation of vulnerable women in all aspects of containing the epidemic, they must be able to respond to the epidemic in a meaningful way.

In a society, if women and girls are not empowered to develop life skills, they are severely vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. Gender discrimination, sexual violence, trafficking in women, dowry, early marriage and low levels of reproductive health literacy are considered key factors in the spread of STIs.

A large proportion of women become infected with HIV through regular partners who became infected during paid sex. For example, in Mumbai and Pune (in Maharashtra), 54% and 49% of sex workers, respectively, were found to be HIV-infected in 2005. In sub-Saharan Africa, women are more likely than men to of being infected with HIV. HIV. The unfortunate fact is that vulnerability among women is increasing all over the world. Only the empowerment of women can contain this vulnerability.

Deep advocacy can be an important and familiar way of breaking down barriers to undermine discrimination and gender stigma. The spread of HIV/AIDS is being driven among women in developing countries through risk factors such as the exorbitant prevalence of HIV in neighboring countries, increased internal and external population movement, the existence of commercial sex with multiple clients, the high prevalence of STIs among commercial sex workers, the practice of unsafe sex across the bridging population, sexual servitude, the rising trend of HIV among injecting drug users, unprotected premarital sex, and extreme poverty. On the other hand, sustainable family servitude as well as the integrated praxis of religious and social values ​​make these countries comparatively less vulnerable.

According to AIDS researcher Mohammad Khairul Alam, “The empowerment of women is the first step in ending gender discrimination and stigma. If we promote gender equality, poverty will be significantly reduced. It is recognized that poverty helps trigger vulnerability to HIV/AIDS So women Empowerment should be ensured through development initiatives to keep HIV/AIDS at bay In this aspect, promotional activities such as organization of workshops, seminars, symposiums, debates open houses, popular theatre, door-to-door work, advocacy sessions, etc. play an important role in achieving effective social mobilization Therefore, relying on the mobilization of local resources and capitalizing on collective action, the women’s empowerment program can be addressed by an integrated approach more efficiently to undermine vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS”.

It is estimated that every day more than 14,000 people become infected with HIV worldwide. Among them, 2,000 are children under the age of 15 who are mostly infected with HIV through mother-to-child transmission. Therefore, mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) is considered a major issue in the spread of HIV/AIDS. There is scientific evidence of the probable presence of the HIV virus in breast milk. Therefore, gender issues that comprise the improvement of maternal and child care services must be ensured through the HIV/AIDS prevention program.

According to the results of the National Assessment of the Situation and Responses to Opioid/Opioid Use in Bangladesh (NASROB) conducted in 2001, 14% of female heroin smokers began using heroin before the age of 18 and 38% at 18 years old. 22% of women who currently inject drugs started injecting drugs at age 19. BEES (Bangladesh Extension Education Services) found that 90% of young girls (15-25 years old) in Bangladesh are highly vulnerable to AIDS and STIs and do not know how to take care of their reproductive and sexual health. They are not inclined or empowered to believe that it is necessary to also seek advice on safe reproductive health.

Reproductive health remains taboo in Bangladesh, particularly among adolescent girls. With very limited access to health care facilities, knowledge and education, they do not understand ways to protect themselves. But women must empower themselves by developing life skills that allow them to have more control over their reproductive and sexual health. Consequently, the HIV/AIDS prevention program will be fully maintained, achieving a high level of success in reducing vulnerabilities to STIs.

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