Gender equality, is a well-defined by-product of human development. It always
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to how to focus attention on women empowerment. Meanwhile women empowerment confronts challenges
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in translating the responsibilities to gender equality into action. Gender discrimination is the prime
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of
endemic
(地方性的) poverty leading to the widespread HIV. With a
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to making gender equality a reality as a core commitment, women empowerment has to be the stepping stone to sustainable development.
HIV/AIDS epidemic is
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in Africa and mounting all over the world mostly due to gender discrimination,
stigmatisation
(偏见) and unsafe sex practice. To make the spread of epidemic
flagged
(使衰退), widening gender gaps must be
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. Nowadays young women and girls are at a much higher risk than men. According to the findings of surveys and case studies conducted in Africa, young girls are 5-6 times more likely to be
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by HIV virus than boys.
According to the social development specialist and AIDS researcher Mohammad Khairul Alam, "It should be realised that there is no alternative to develop and enhance life skills of
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girls and women to cope with epidemic. They may be assisted on the
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levels to become engaged in grooming their confidence and organised. At the same time, their voices should be allowed to be heard loud and clear. Thus the collective effort of women is born with the sense or purpose that they will be stirred up to share perceptions improving their
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to reproductive health related information and services."
A. abandoned I. inclines
B. access J. infected
C. breaking K. raging
D. combated L. source
E. competitively M. various
F. conservative N. view
G. constantly O. vulnerable
H. happens