SOCIAL AND LEGAL SUPPORT OF WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The aim of the article is to analyze the social and legal support of women in Ukraine living with HIV, and to identify features that need to be taken into account when working with this category of people. To achieve this goal, the article uses research methods such as analysis, synthesis, monitoring, statistical processing of information, and analysis of literature, legal documents.Results: The article highlights the relevance of the problem of HIV / AIDS nowadays, as the final real statistics do not exist due to the fact that many carriers of the virus and patients are not tested. It is important to solve this problem to conduct informational and educational campaigns to promote voluntary testing, counseling on treatment, social support at the legislative level and prevention of infection.The article also considers the mechanisms of virus transmission (sexual, parenteral and vertical). The individual approach to the prevention, detection and treatment of HIV / AIDS is described, as well as the impact of urban processes on the spread of this problem and increase new cases of infection among men compared to women. Parenteral transmission of infection predominates among men, and sexual transmission predominates among women. Discrimination against women compared to men in terms of receiving the necessary assistance and realizing the full potential of HIV / AIDS is noted. This confirms the existence of social stereotypes that shape the overall picture of gender relations in Ukraine, although the level of legislation guarantees the availability and quality of all types of assistance to both men and women equally.The facts concerning HIV-infected women have been identified, namely: numerous discrimination and violations of the rights of women with HIV-positive status; receiving ARV therapy by women with HIV-positive status; access of women living with HIV to assisted reproductive technologies; social services for women with HIV-positive status. All of them must be reflected in Ukrainian legislation.A review of regulations and other documents on the rights and opportunities of HIV-positive women in Ukraine was conducted. National and international documents are analyzed and systematized. The information was summarized and grouped by different positions, which allowed to identify certain features that need to be taken into account when working with HIV-positive women, as well as to conclude that there is insufficient experience in implementing a gender-based approach in developing and approving Ukrainian legislation.