A new bill, together with moves by some police departments in American cities to end the use of condoms as evidence of prostitution, has given hope to activists fighting to reduce the spread of HIV, secure human rights for sex workers, and to decriminalize sex work.
There is no shortage of documentation regarding the struggle of women living with HIV to access basic care, support, and treatment. There is however a dearth of remedies and of justice.
Accessing justice has been a long process for the sterilized HIV positive women whose cases are being heard before a judge in Namibia - and longer still for the women who may never have their day in court
The attitude that we can ' rescue' sex workers has led to provisions in anti-trafficking and anti-prostitution laws which limit the ability of sex workers to access life-saving care and address the HIV epidemic
Drug use accounts for one in three new cases of HIV and is a major driver of the epidemic in Eastern Europe. The presence of the International AIDS Conference in
At the International AIDS Conference in Vienna today I stood beneath a pair of underwear that belonged to a display of bras and “knickers” demarcating the border of the Women’
"Unfortunately there was one sterilization form that I was not aware of and I had already signed it." HIV positive women in Namibia take their case to court.
