When we talk about HIV, public conversations often fixate on numbers, prevention campaigns or breakthroughs in medication. However, beneath these familiar headlines lies a quieter, more devastating truth — one that affects almost half of all people living with HIV, yet receives only a fraction of the attention: women. For years, HIV in women has been treated as a footnote to a global crisis. In reality, it is one of the most under-recognised public health emergencies of our time, unfolding behind closed doors, shaped by layers of stigma, gender inequality and silence. Globally, women and girls made up 45% of all new HIV infections in 2024, as per UNAIDS Global HIV & AIDS statistics, 2025 update . In India, 43.7% of adults living with HIV are women, according to NACO. “These are n

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