The Scorecard on Women shows that three-quarters of the world’s nations are failing to report basic information to the UN about their domestic responses to the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS on women.

AAI is calling for attention to three critical priorities:

•    Need for more complete reporting.  While reporting through the UN process has improved in recent years, major gaps remain in our knowledge of how countries are responding to the situation of women in the context of AIDS.  Without better monitoring, the international community will be unable to assess whether the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed targets for the response to AIDS have been met.

•    Need for more relevant indicators on women’s vulnerability and prevention. Current monitoring of the situation of women does not capture many of the underlying factors that contribute to women’s HIV risk.  In particular, there is an almost total lack of data on the situation of young and adolescent girls, one of the most vulnerable groups in countries with generalized epidemics.

•    Need for better narrative reporting. Future reporting requirements in the global monitoring of AIDS should aim to generate better contextual analyses of the epidemic and how it is affecting women. These analyses are critical for generating greater debate and learning.