Mary Bowman

Mary Bowman is a poet, advocate and singer whose work offers a raw and unadulterated look at life as a young woman living with HIV.

The Fight Continues

• Worldwide, women constitute more than half of all people living with HIV/AIDS.

• Globally, HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death for women in their reproductive years (15–49.)

• In the United States, women account for one in four new HIV diagnoses and deaths caused by AIDS and represent 30% of people living with HIV.

• US African American women are disproportionately affected comprising 64% of the entire female epidemic.

• Gender inequalities are a major driving force behind the AIDS epidemic.

• According to UNAIDS, women who have experienced violence are up to three times more likely to be infected with HIV than those who have not.

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