HIV wisdom for older women

Older women are often overlooked in HIV prevention because it is incorrectly assumed that they no longer engage in sexual relations—though many, of course, do. But most don't realize that this activity can put them at risk of becoming infected with a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Older women who have learned this sad fact by testing HIV positive face a double stigma: the stigma of living with a disease considered disgraceful and the stigma of being old in a society that neither values nor respects age.