Many things that cause the female condom is less popular than the male condom. Assess reproductive health activists, this is hampering efforts on HIV / AIDS in women.

When men refuse to use protection during sex, the female condom is the last bastion to prevent infection of communicable diseases. Unfortunately, few women want to wear.

Serra Sippel, president of the Centre for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) said that the main obstacle is a matter of availability. In 2008 for example, worldwide there are only 18.2 million female condoms while at the same year the availability of male condoms reach 2.4 billion.

In Sub-Saharan Africa region, the availability of female condoms is just enough to even one among 300 women. Though the number of HIV positive patients in the area large enough, reaching 60 percent of the adult male population.

In addition to issues of stock, the model also dkeluhkan condom activists because it was never touched by the innovation. When a male condom is already available in many shapes, flavors and aroma, female condoms are still sold with the model
so-so only.

Quoted from AFP on Thursday (07/22/2010), the price of female condoms is also getting attention in the world conference on AIDS that took place in Vienna, Austria. One delegate from Zambia said that female condoms sold five cents in his country while a male condom is only one cent.

Activists Universal Access to Female Condoms (UAFC), Lucie van Mens say that the campaigns use the female condom need a new approach. Not merely to prevent HIV / AIDS, but more on sex and contraception aids.

“Equally important, the female condom campaign should be more priority to the rights of women to have fun with sex,” says the van Mens.