Women all over the world have little to celebrate this International Women's Day as far as the statistics regarding HIV and AIDS go, mainly because of recent disappointing and grave reports that have revealed the brutal impact that the virus and the disease, in addition to poverty, have had on women everywhere.

The 2009 World Health Organization report, released as "Women and Health: Today's Evidence for Tomorrow's Agenda", has revealed that all over the world, HIV/AIDS is the leading killer among women who are in their reproductive age.

WHO has stressed that "within countries, the health of girls and women is critically affected by social and economic factors, such as access to education, household wealth such differences are not confined to developing countries but are found in the developed world".

A 2010 report send in to the UN, entitled "No Action: No Progress", on the other hand, has showed that there has been a steady erosion of human rights of women and girls across Canada over the past few years.

"There is little to celebrate when women are dying from HIV/AIDS due to their overall low status in society", shared Louise Binder, an HIV-positive Canadian, international women's advocate and Chair of the Canadian Treatment Action Council.