Global: Women and HIV

'In a world of changing priorities, can we spare some change for female-initiated preventive technologies, such as microbicides and female condoms, to support HIV-positive women and not just to protect women who are HIV-negative?' asks Morolake Odetoyinbo in this article from the UN Chronicle. 'Can we dare take a look at those national laws and policies which make women second-class citizens? Is it conceivable - and that is no accidental pun - that women’s rights can include sexual, reproductive, inheritance, and property rights?'