Short report Gender inequality and HIV transmission: a global analysis

Introduction: The HIV pandemic disproportionately impacts young women. Worldwide, young women aged 1524 are infected with HIV at rates twice that of young men, and young women alone account for nearly a quarter of all new HIV infections. The incommensurate HIV incidence in young often poor women underscores how social and economic inequalities shape the HIV epidemic. Confluent social forces, including political and gender violence, poverty, racism, and sexism impede equa