PIP: The article focuses on women and AIDS in Africa. It enumerates direct and indirect approaches on how to curb the spread of AIDS among African women. A recommended approach highlights the need of African women to be able to negotiate safe sex both within marriages or casual unions if they have to protect themselves against HIV infections. This approach is crucial among ways to empower women to protect themselves against the source of the disease. The first step towards that empowerment is education and awareness raising, which could be done through widespread discussion in the media, at workplaces, in mass organizations, and in leisure groups. In addition, indirect approaches may also work better and include seeking education from a husband on AIDS or on condom use, educating school girls, and promoting use of female condom for women in commercial sex. Moreover, it was recommended that nongovernmental organizations develop AIDS programs for counseling and support.