From Science July 2010
Gender inequalities must be addressed in HIV prevention (Science 2010; 329: 145-7)

“…Nearly one in seven new HIV infections could have been prevented if the women were not subjected to physical or sexual abuse and a similar proportion if women did not experience very unequal power in their relationship…”
“…drivers of HIV/AIDS epidemic in women are gender inequalities – i.e., differences in social value, power, opportunities, and behavioral expectations of men and women- and consequent violence .”

From Lancet July 2010
Key to prevent HIV in women: reduce gender-based violence (Lancet 2010;376:6-7)
“..in women who were HIV negative at baseline, those experiencing violence from a male partner were more likely to become infected with HIV
than were those not experiencing such violence. Previous large investigations (including those involving nationally representative data) across multiple countries in Asia and Africa have suggested that women who experience
violence from male partners are significantly more likely to be infected with HIV and other sexually transmitted infections…”

other forms of violence?
From Lancet July 2010

…for all the talk of sensitization and awareness-raising, it is still clear that
women face huge challenges to using contraception: their own husbands.”

…according to the government and various NGOs, women tend to prefer injectable contraceptives because they are both easy (one injection every 3 months), and, perhaps more importantly, husbands cannot detect them.”
(Lancet 2010; 376: 81-2)

What about Europe?