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Posted on June 23, 2013October 2, 2013 by mmpatierno

‘Rolake Odetoyinbo

Rolake‘Rolake Odetoyinbo is a major voice in the international fight against AIDS. Bold, charismatic, and HIV-positive, she comes from the country that bears the world’s second largest burden of HIV. Approximately 3.5 million Nigerians are living with the virus—and most of them are untreated, ashamed and afraid.

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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.

Resources

  • Positive Women’s Network
  • Sister Love
  • Iris House
  • The Women’s Collective
  • PATA Nigeria
  • The Well Project
  • Dandelion poem by Mary Bowman
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