White House working group seeks comments re AIDS, violence against women, etc.

Submitted by Minuteman on Thu, 2012-12-20 14:11

Link here. Excerpt:

'As we commemorated World AIDS Day earlier this month, the importance of addressing the needs of women and girls as part of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy was clear. While we have made tremendous progress in learning how to prevent and treat HIV, including among women and girls, much work remains. Of the approximately 1.1 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States, about 290,000 are women and women account for 23 percent of new HIV infections.

This Administration has made combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic a priority. For women, that includes addressing gender-based violence and gender related health disparities.
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From December 20, 2012 to January 20, 2013 you will be able to submit your individual stories, experiences, and comments to the working group by completing this online form. While we welcome any comments salient to the issue, we also ask that you consider the following questions:

1) How can we best address both violence and HIV among women and girls?
2) What are model programs and promising practices in addressing the intersection of HIV/AIDS and violence against women and girls?
3) What are barriers to reaching women and girls affected by HIV and violence?
4) What are the most effective strategies to reach women and girls who are living with violence and with HIV?'

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... best help the one woman with it?

Not much different, really. Let's see, 1.1 million ppl in the US w/ HIV/AIDS and 290,000 are female. 290,000 / 1,100,000 = .264, or 26.4%. This means 73.6% of ppl living with it are men. 23% of new infections, they also say, are of females. Again, this means 77% of new cases are men. But the WH needs a special working group for women, *and* they somehow need to tie it into violence, too? I think the WH does need to hear some comments on this issue, perhaps from MRAs.

Never forget Nymphotropic Rule #46388: It's only a problem if it affects women/girls.

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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2012-12-21 03:14

"Nymphotropic Rule #46388: It's only a problem if it affects women/girls."

I'm waiting for the term "gender-based HIV/AIDS" to blame men and establish a new victim class for women. :-/

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Submitted by MR on Sat, 2012-12-22 01:07