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Advocacy, Blog‘Has anything changed?’ A Decade of International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

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The International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers was created to call attention to violence and other hate crimes committed against sex workers all over the world. Conceptualised by […]Read More

17
December
2013

Action, BlogA Transgender’s Story: International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers 2013

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Sheela (name changed) is in her late twenties. A transgender, she recounts feeling like a women from a very young age. “I soon gave up my boyish lifestyle and started […]Read More

17
December
2013

Action, BlogKeeping Violence at Bay in Andhra Pradesh: International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers 2013

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“I filed an application for a ration card in the mandal (block) administrative office. The clerk made me come to office 15 times, and every time he slept with me,” […]Read More

16
December
2013

Advocacy, BlogInternational Human Rights Day 2013: Reflections on Rights Situation of PLHIV and Key Populations in India

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Since the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, there has been a slow but steady expansion of international agreements that promote and protect the rights […]Read More

9
December
2013

Advocacy, BlogWorld AIDS Day at 25: The Odds and Evens of a Quarter Century Fight against HIV/AIDS

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HIV is not just a medical issue but also a social matter that requires a holistic, community-based response. (Photo by Peter Caton for India HIV/AIDS Alliance) It has been 25 […]Read More

5
December
2013

Advocacy, BlogA Long Way to Zero… | World AIDS Day 2013

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“Getting to zero” is the theme of this year’s World AIDS Day. It is an ambitious goal, to be sure. Three goals, in fact. Three zeros. Zero new HIV infections. […]Read More

1
December
2013

Advocacy, BlogAIDS Response at Crossroads: World AIDS Day 2013

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This year’s World AIDS Day will not just be a string of events the world community observes every year on December 1st, reiterating our resolve to combat the pandemic. This […]Read More

1
December
2013

Advocacy, BlogWhat Difference Does Discrimination Make? Reflections for World AIDS Day 2013

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I have just returned from a visit to India to see what is being done in tackling HIV and AIDS. Back at the start of the epidemic in 1986 I […]Read More

29
November
2013

Advocacy, BlogProtecting Rights to Ensure Health: International Drug Users Day 2013

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November 1st is International Drug Users Day. Initiated in 1995 by the Dutch drug user organization, Landelijk Steunpunt Druggebruikers (LSD), the day aims to raise awareness and increase action to […]Read More

31
October
2013

Advocacy, BlogGoing Global: An Indian Transgender at Prague Pride 2013

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Big things often come unexpectedly. Last year, I met Lukas Rossalie, a gay photographer and activist from Prague, and shared with him the work we have been doing to support […]Read More

12
September
2013