Kenya must legalise sex work for the sake of human rights and public health Published on Thursday, 17 December 2015 09:18 By Phelister Wamboi Abdalla International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers offers politicians a chance to ponder the manifold…
NEW DELHI, India — India has the third-largest population of HIV-positive people of any country in the world. Yet for the last five months, a 7-year-old boy in the state of West Bengal endured a life of isolation when the parents of other children at his school discovered that he had the virus. A hundred parents signed a petition demanding that the boy be asked to leave. His grandmother, a teacher at the same school, was made to take an HIV test to ascertain her “purity.” It was negative but, she
Namibia: HIV, Human Rights and Sex Work Published on Wednesday, 02 December 2015 11:00 OPINION Although the AIDS response in the region has achieved numerous gains over the past decade, the epidemic is characterised by inequalities in access to services…
New study reveals who is being impacted by California laws that criminalize people living with HIV Published on Tuesday, 01 December 2015 10:38 LOS ANGELES — California laws that criminalize people living with HIV have directly affected 800 people from…
HIV Legal & LGBT Organizations Call for Broader Efforts to End HIV Criminalization Published on Tuesday, 01 December 2015 10:55 New Campaign Marks Increased Engagement of LGBT Organizations in Opposition to HIV Criminal Laws Dec.1, 2015, New York, NY. The…