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Gender justice and prioritizing women and girls in the HIV response

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A strategic dialogue on ‘gender justice in the HIV response’ held at the 25th International AIDS Conference highlighted how bias and discrimination against women and girls in all their diversities disadvantages them in the HIV response. Ending AIDS requires increased participation and leadership by diverse women at all levels of the HIV response.

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  1. United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), New York, NY, USA

    Nazneen Damji

  2. International Community of Women living with HIV Eastern Africa (ICWEA), Kampala, Uganda

    Lillian Mworeko

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Damji, N., Mworeko, L. Gender justice and prioritizing women and girls in the HIV response. Nat Rev Microbiol 23, 3–4 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-024-01101-6

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