discrimination      n.歧视，区别，分辨
amnesty             n.特赦
rural               a.乡间的
oppression          n.压迫，镇压
aggression          n.进攻，侵略
Scottish            a.苏格兰的

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South Africa has the highest number of H.I.V cases of any country in the world. An estimated 5 and a half million   people are infected with the virus and causes AIDS. 55% of them are women.

Last May, the cabinet of President Thabo Mbeki approved a 5- year plan to guide efforts against AIDS in South Africa. For the plan to succeed, officials agreed that the nation had to deal with poverty, violence, and discrimination facing women.

Now, a report from Amnesty International looks at the struggles of poor rural women living with H.I.V. in South Africa. The human rights group says the women face oppression and human rights abuses. And it says other women who feel socially and economicly weak are at a higher risks of becoming infected with H.I.V.

Amnesty researcher Mary Rayner says rural women have little control in their relationships with men. Amnesty gathered statements from 37 women in Mpumalanga and KwaZulu Natal provinces. They said that sometimes, when they tried to ask their sexual partners to use protection, they might experience verbal aggression or violence.

The report says many rural woman with H.I.V. don't have enough money to travel to health centers for treatment. They might not even have enough money for food. Unemployment is a major problem.

Amnesty International released its(this) report in London last week. Also in London, Scottish singer Annie Lennox promoted her new charity single call "Sing".  The aim is to raise money for the treatment action champion and HIV aids organization in South Africa.

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Amnesty International says those already infected face abuses, while others face a higher risk of becoming infected. Transcript of radio broadcast:
23 March 2008

This is the VOA Special English Development Report.

[A child looks on as she is fed by her mother during an AIDS march in South Africa. The Treatment Action Campaign organized the march in Cape Town.]

South Africa has the highest number of H.I.V. cases of any country in the world. An estimated five and a half million people are infected with the virus that causes AIDS. Fifty-five percent of them are women.

Last May, the cabinet of President Thabo Mbeki approved a five-year plan to guide efforts against AIDS in South Africa. For the plan to succeed, officials agreed that the nation had to deal with poverty, violence and discrimination facing women.

Now, a report from Amnesty International looks at the struggles of poor rural women living with H.I.V. in South Africa. The human rights group says the women face oppression and human rights abuses. And it says other women who feel socially and economically weak are at a higher risk of becoming infected with H.I.V.

Amnesty researcher Mary Rayner says rural women have little control in their relationships with men. Amnesty gathered statements from thirty-seven women in Mpumalanga and KwaZulu Natal provinces. They said that sometimes, when they tried to ask their sexual partners to use protection, they might experience verbal aggression or violence.

The report says many rural women with H.I.V. do not have enough money to travel to health centers for treatment. They might not even have enough money for food. Unemployment is a major problem.

Amnesty International released its report in London last week. Also in London, Scottish singer Annie Lennox promoted her new charity single called "Sing." The aim is to raise money for the Treatment Action Campaign, an H.I.V./AIDS organization in South Africa.

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