«COMPARATIVE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HIV INFECTION IN GENDER ASPECT»

Abstract

Once known in the United States as a «gay» disease, AIDS is now claiming the lives of an increasing number of women in the United States and around the world. Gender equality is a social aspect of relations between women and men, manifested in all spheres of public life and activity, including politics, economics, law, ideology and culture, education and science. The Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan «On Ensuring Equal Rights and Opportunities for Women and Men», adopted on September 2, 2019, No. O'RQ-562, defines a number of tasks to protect the rights and legitimate interests of women and girls, and ensure gender equality. In 1987, the HIV/AIDS epidemic also broke out in Uzbekistan, becoming a real disaster of the 21st century. Until 1999, only 76 cases of the disease were identified among men who inject drugs and were at risk, but since 2000, the infection has spread to the entire population. Women make up about 50% of the population of our country. Therefore, it is known from the history of mankind that the spiritual level of each society is determined by the attitude towards women. The issue of women's participation in the socio-political sphere, the practical provision of their rights and freedoms is an important indicator of the demographic indicators of the state. Many women and girls lack social and economic control over many aspects of their lives, especially sexuality, due to gender inequality. As a result, women face difficulties in discussing sexual and other sexual health issues with their partners. Informal external and internal migration processes are one of the main factors in the spread of HIV/AIDS.