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050			_aWM 401 .R54 2002
110			_aHuman Rights Watch
245		0	_aSuffering in silence; the links between human rights abuses and HIV transmission to girls in Zambia
260			_aNew York _bHuman Rights Watch _c2002
300			_a121p.
500			_aReports results of a study of human rights abuses of Zambian girls less than eighteen years of age, the majority orphaned by HIV/AIDS. It gives background information about the effects of HIV/AIDS on the continent of Africa, on women and girls more specifically, and in the country of Zambia. Describes the situation of orphans and vulnerable children, of traditional practices which can increase the risk of HIV infection, and of sexual abuses related to the risk of HIV transmission. Details the shortcomings of the current legal framework of both international and national law and describes the state and international responses and their inadequacies.
650			_aStress, Psychological|Human Rights|Battered Women|Zambia
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999			_c6892 _d6892