TAG: HIV&AIDS

XVIII International AIDS Conference – Vienna

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Interview with Marcela Romero

Between July 18 and 23, 2010, the International Aids Conference was held in Vienna, Austria, the premier gathering for those working in the field of HIV, as well as policy makers, persons living with HIV and other individuals committed to ending the pandemic. SPW team asked Marcela Romero, trans argentinean activist reknown as the Woman […]

Abortion and HIV at the AIDS Conference

By Aziza Ahmed* The International AIDS Conference in 2010 held one of the first plenary sessions dedicated to abortion and HIV. The plenary focused on the needs of HIV positive women to obtain a full range of reproductive health services, including abortion, as central to a human rights based response to the HIV epidemic. The […]

Sexuality and Development: Brazilian National Response to HIV/AIDS amongst Sex Workers

The report “Sexuality and Development: Brazilian National Response to HIV/AIDS amongst Sex Workers” presents the main findings of a case study conducted during 2008-2009 by The Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association (ABIA), which is one component of a global research initiative sponsored by the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) “Sexuality and Development” Program.

Leader of an organization defending gays’ rights killed in Karaganda

Kazakhstan: The leader of the Pearl, an NGO that protects LGBTand conducts work on the prevention of HIV infection, was found dead in his apartment in the center of Karaganda. Read more.

Anand Grover and the 14th session of the UN Human Rights Council

The UN Special Rapporteur to health, Anand Grover, has dedicated his thematic report at the 14th session of the UN Human Rights Council to issues related to same-sex conduct, sex work and HIV transmission. Watch the webcast of this session and read more below. > Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone […]

Islamic Defender Forum again attacked HIV/AIDS seminar in Bandung West Java

Indonesia: Read a note written by Kamilia, from the Institut Pelangi Perempuan, an Indonesian Youth Lesbian Center, on one more meeting attacked as a result of harassment from some fundamentalist and hard-line Islamic groups.

Laws, policies and politics

2.4 Laws, policies and politics Australia: Australia recognises ‘non-specified’ gender. Read more. USA: A restriction on abortion coverage was added to the health care bill on November 7, 2009. The provision would block the use of federal subsidies for insurance that covers elective abortions. The Obama White House is refusing to weigh in on an […]

Back to the Future? Beijing +15 and the UN Commission on the Status of Women Only Partly Delivers on SRRH

Read the article “Back to the Future? Beijing +15 and the UN Commission on the Status of Women Only Partly Delivers on SRRH”, by Cynthia Rothschild, a sexual rights and human rights activist based in New York, on the 54th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) from March 1-12, 2010.

Pre-conference event themes

Planned preparatory meetings on the 26th and 27th of January 2010, preceded the main event, with themes directly related to the defence of LGBT rights. They were: 1st Forum of Gays, MSM and Trans of Latin America and the Caribbean on HIV/ AIDS, co-ordinated by ASICAL 1st Meeting on Homo-Lesbo-Transphobia in Schools, promoted by GALE […]

International instruments, commitments of the United Nations and international policy

As well as examples of achievements regarding public policy and LGBTI citizenship in Latin America, the conference also promoted the exchange of experiences about different forms of doing LGBTI politics in the international arena. Specialists and activists with advocacy experience in international policy spaces, such as the UN, OAS and others, helped to lead group […]

The trajectory of the US HIV/AIDS policy since 2008

Nearly a year ago, Obama lifted the “global gag rule,” which prohibited the US from funding any organizations that provide or “promote” abortions. This move, combined with Obama’s appointment of Eric Goosby to the position of Global AIDS Coordinator and Ambassador-at-Large, signaled that the US government was becoming less conservative in its approach to fighting […]