Introduction HIV is a virus which causes the Aquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome a condition in which human immune system falls or literally breaks down leading to the body becoming susceptible to opportunistic infections such as the tuberculosis and other infectious diseases (Anon, 2001). About 40 million people around the world are infected by the virus with 50% of those being women. In the United States, though more men are infected by the disease, about 300,000 women are living with the disease. From the year 2000 to 2004, the cases of women infected with the virus rose by about 10%. With infections among women rising, experts have tried to analyze why women are more vulnerable to this disease than men. They have explained among other factors, physical and anatomical differences places women in higher risk of contracting the virus than men. For example the mucosal lining of the vagina offers a large surface area for exposure to the seminal fluid which may be infected thus making women more susceptible. In the anatomy while having intercourse the vagina is very susceptible to tears and irritations when engaging in sex and thus with the tears and the irritations the exposed flesh offers a good penetrating surface of the virus to the woman’s body. Gender inequities are other factors that make women more vulnerable in that traditionally women are not free to refuse sex or insist on safe sex with their male partners. Men usually take the control over the woman when it comes to sex matters. These among other factors make women more vulnerable to HIV & AIDS infection (Chikoki, 2010). When one is infected with the virus, either male or female there are negative results for example death of a loved one, divorces and even being disowned by those that one is left with. The disease makes the victim weak and as statistics show in the sub-Saharan Africa the effects are worse than people think as quoted below (Nolan & Aid, 2009), With 60% of all deaths recorded in sub-Saharan Africa between the 20 to 49 year old age brackets. Although most diseases undermine economic development and usually affect the poor disproportionately, HIV and AIDS is uniquely damaging because it is primarily concentrated among adults in their most economically productive years” (pg 156). The disease is more prevalent in the active and able bodied members of the society thereby robbing the society the much needed manpower. This study will try to cover the impacts which this disease has on women. The impact of HIV and AIDS epidemics on women HIV and AIDS impact on women has become one of the most critical reproductive concerns in the 20 th and 21 st century. Evidence from sub-Sahara Africa shows that women make up 59% of adults living with the disease while women from the age of 15 to 24 having also a higher probability of between 2 to 6 higher times of getting infected compared to men of the same age. The combination of biological, economic, and cultural factors exposes more women to HIV and AIDS compared to men (Ashford, 2009). Increased working hours for women When a woman loses her husband and is left behind with the main role of taking care of her family , in trying to provide the basic needs for her famility, she will tend to work for longer hours in which m