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World Service,02 Dec 2002,28 mins

The Spread Of AIDS In India

Everywoman

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Women now account for more than half of the people infected by HIV worldwide, with the disease spreading throughout India. Bianca Jagger is now Ambassador for Aids for Christian Aid, where she met 24-year old Shamila from Calcutta. Also on the programme: Turning tradition on its head in Rajasthan - the mosque school teaching girls along with boys. Plus, a look at the changing role of the female war correspondant.

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