There is need to empower young women with knowledge on how to negotiate for safer sex to help reduce the high HIV/AIDS prevalence rate among young women in Kenya. For so long women in Kenya have assumed their role in negotiating for safer sex and left it to men hence becoming voiceless and having less negotiating power for safer sex. Even after the introduction of female condoms to help women prevent STIs and unintended pregnancy, women still shy away from using them. According to the National AIDS Control Council, new HIV infection among young women is very high. Women in Kenya have been disempowered for so long when it comes to negotiating for safer sex and yet they are the ones who bear the brunt of HIV.

Source: Standard Digital July 08, 2016 05:02 UTC