CDC Features - National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2012

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'March 10 is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a day to recognize the special risks HIV/AIDS pose for women and girls, and to raise awareness of the disease's impact on them.
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Personal factors also put all women at risk for HIV, regardless of age, race, or ethnicity.

* Heterosexual sex puts women at risk for HIV. It is important to know a male partner's HIV status and insist upon condom use during sexual encounters.
* Unprotected vaginal sex puts women at risk for HIV, and unprotected anal sex places women at an even greater risk for HIV transmission.
* Women who have experienced sexual abuse may use drugs as a coping mechanism, find it difficult to refuse unwanted sex, exchange sex for drugs, or engage in risky sexual behaviors, all of which increase HIV transmission risk.
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What Can Women Do?

There are several ways you can reduce your risk for getting HIV. Below are a few things you can do to look out for yourself and stay healthy.

1. Don't have sex.
Abstaining from sex means not having any type of sex at all—oral, anal, or vaginal. Abstinence is 100% effective in preventing sexual transmission of HIV.
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I know unprotected sex with a man is risky. But what about having sex with women?

Though the risk of getting HIV through vaginal secretions and menstrual blood is well-documented, there are no confirmed cases of HIV transmissions by female-to-female sexual contact. Nonetheless, women who have sex with women should also use the steps listed above to protect themselves from HIV.'