An HIV positive woman with her child representing an advertisement for free medicine and medical care for people with HIV or AIDS as part of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program by the New York State Health Department and New York City. Colour lithograph.

Two hands opening the shirt of a woman to reveal the words 'I've got AIDS' on her chest in Chinese; a warning about the dangers of casual sex and AIDS by the Training and Health Education Department, Ministry of Health in Singapore. Colour lithograph, 1993.

A sunflower representing the group Body Positive for women living with or affected by HIV and AIDS. Colour lithograph.

Two smiling women leaning on a hand rail representing women who want safe sex with a list of AIDS-related helplines for women in Australia; advertisement by The Women & AIDS Project of the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph by Loonie Lane and Sandy Edwards.

A reclining woman looks out while leaning on one arm with a transparent drape around her and the message "I am concerned with safety"; an advertisement for safe sex by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe. Colour lithograph.

A woman's face with a message that love is as blind as AIDS; advertisement for an information line about AIDS by the San Francisco Aids Foundation. Lithograph by Bob Huerman and Don Quijote Productions.

Two faces beside the dial of a telephone bearing the helpline number '01 461 08 00' representing an advertisement for the support group 'Arbeitsgruppe Frau und AIDS' for women with AIDS by the AIDS-Hilfe Zürich. Colour lithograph by M. Fischer.

A native American woman holding a baby over her shoulder against a graphic backdrop representing an advertisement for the Native American Women's Health Education Reource Center in South Dakota. Colour lithograph.

A woman sits with her hands together representing a woman who had a baby as a teenager while HIV+; an advertisement for Rainbow House, a long-term care residence for adolescents and teen mothers who have HIV/AIDS; poster issued by the NJCAMA Ad Council. Colour lithograph.

A heavily pregnant naked woman holding her belly with one hand and her breast with the other; advertisement for the AIDS Hotline of the National AIDS Programme of Trinidad & Tobago. Lithograph, ca.

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<p>Four young women and two men, all celebrities, their photographs each bearing their signature, wear red ribbons to endorse prevention of AIDS. They are, left to right, Pu Cunxin (actor), Zhou Tao (television presenter on CCTV), Xu Fan (actress), Jiang Wenli (actress), Zu Hai (folk singer), and Zhang Zhaoyang (Dr Charles Zhang, Chairman and CEO of www.sohu.com, one of the biggest media companies in China with a famous internet brand). Between them is a wreath of flowers in the form of the female symbol (circle with cross below)</p>

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 57 x 83.7 cm

Protection of women and girls from AIDS: endorsement by six Chinese celebrities. Colour lithograph, 2004.

1 print : lithograph ; sheet 50.6 x 40.5 cm

A woman whose boyfriend gave her AIDS appears out of the dark with a warning to protect against AIDS. Lithograph by Gary Nolton.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 27.8 x 71 cm

1 print : lithograph, printed on pink ; sheet 57.1 x 44.5 cm

A native American woman with plaited hair and a Native American logo as a hair decoration within a banner held up by wooden posts; an advertisement for the Native American Women's Health Education Reource Center in South Dakota. Lithograph.

1 print : lithograph, printed in pink and green on grey ; sheet 57.7 x 40 cm

The Venus de Milo with photographs of women representing an advertisement for an exhibition of posters and videos on AIDS, 23 November to 1 December 1990, to mark World AIDS Day on 1 December 1990 by UNESCO. Colour lithograph.

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AIDS (Disease) in women

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Protection of women and girls from AIDS: endorsement by six Chinese celebrities. Colour lithograph, 2004.

A woman whose boyfriend gave her AIDS appears out of the dark with a warning to protect against AIDS. Lithograph by Gary Nolton.

An HIV positive woman with her child representing an advertisement for free medicine and medical care for people with HIV or AIDS as part of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program by the New York State Health Department and New York City. Colour lithograph.

A native American woman with plaited hair and a Native American logo as a hair decoration within a banner held up by wooden posts; an advertisement for the Native American Women's Health Education Reource Center in South Dakota. Lithograph.

The Venus de Milo with photographs of women representing an advertisement for an exhibition of posters and videos on AIDS, 23 November to 1 December 1990, to mark World AIDS Day on 1 December 1990 by UNESCO. Colour lithograph.

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Wellcome uses cookies.

AIDS (Disease) in women

Images

Works

Protection of women and girls from AIDS: endorsement by six Chinese celebrities. Colour lithograph, 2004.

A woman whose boyfriend gave her AIDS appears out of the dark with a warning to protect against AIDS. Lithograph by Gary Nolton.

An HIV positive woman with her child representing an advertisement for free medicine and medical care for people with HIV or AIDS as part of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program by the New York State Health Department and New York City. Colour lithograph.

A native American woman with plaited hair and a Native American logo as a hair decoration within a banner held up by wooden posts; an advertisement for the Native American Women's Health Education Reource Center in South Dakota. Lithograph.

The Venus de Milo with photographs of women representing an advertisement for an exhibition of posters and videos on AIDS, 23 November to 1 December 1990, to mark World AIDS Day on 1 December 1990 by UNESCO. Colour lithograph.

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