Lavender, your intentions are correct but LDCs have a long way to go, maybe they need to abstain a while to wield their sexual power. Actually, it is well reported that women of LDCs are more valuable to households than men. They usually work longer hours in the field, they keep the shack in order, take care of kids, and they don't dispose of the household's modest earnings on drink and hookers. These women aren't manic depressive spree-shoppers like the developed world occasionally sees. Distributing condoms and encouraging women to make demands should be a high priority--basically, advanced nations should relay advanced solutions. Also, don't forget many "abstain campaigns" promoted by internationalists are taking girls under 15 into consideration.
http://www.aaionline.org/bp/aidsday/country/Uganda.htm
"There is also a problem of traditional customs that allow men to be in polygamous relations, thus posing a higher risk of HIV transmission to and from the multiple partners. This makes women and girls more vulnerable.
In some Ugandan cultures, the community does not recognize a person as a man unless he is a father. This encourages boys to engage in pre-marital sex in a bid to be recognized as men. This kind of socialization, coupled with societal expectations, translates into ways of thinking and behaving that endanger the health and well being of men and later on their sex partners.
Lack of decision-making powers on the side of the woman implies that she cannot even insist that the husband use condoms. Even when a woman suggests the use of condoms, it is interpreted as evidence that she has multiple partners, has acquired HIV or does not trust her husband. In addition to this, since use of condoms prevents both HIV infection and conception, condom use is strongly associated with non-committed relationships, because in Uganda, child bearing often signifies a woman’s commitment to a man. Thus, to provide women only with HIV prevention methods that contradict the society’s belief in women’s fertility is to provide them with no options at all."
http://www.aaionline.org/bp/aidsday/country/Uganda.htm
"There is also a problem of traditional customs that allow men to be in polygamous relations, thus posing a higher risk of HIV transmission to and from the multiple partners. This makes women and girls more vulnerable.
In some Ugandan cultures, the community does not recognize a person as a man unless he is a father. This encourages boys to engage in pre-marital sex in a bid to be recognized as men. This kind of socialization, coupled with societal expectations, translates into ways of thinking and behaving that endanger the health and well being of men and later on their sex partners.
Lack of decision-making powers on the side of the woman implies that she cannot even insist that the husband use condoms. Even when a woman suggests the use of condoms, it is interpreted as evidence that she has multiple partners, has acquired HIV or does not trust her husband. In addition to this, since use of condoms prevents both HIV infection and conception, condom use is strongly associated with non-committed relationships, because in Uganda, child bearing often signifies a woman’s commitment to a man. Thus, to provide women only with HIV prevention methods that contradict the society’s belief in women’s fertility is to provide them with no options at all."
