Aziza Ahmed
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This paper explores the relationship between feminism, women and marginalization in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and related laws and policies. Globally women comprise of approximately 50% of all HIV infections. 1 The status of marginalized women in the context of HIV is determined by a host of social, economic, and legal factors that make a person more marginalized and therefore more vulnerable to contracting HIV. Particular groups of women have a higher vulnerability to contracting HIV including but not limited to sex workers, injecting drug users, minorities, and migrants. Women are considered to be biologically more vulnerable to contracting the HIV virus. 2
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