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A woman living with HIV shows up to her community clinic for antenatal care. The nurses ask why she got pregnant. A man living with HIV goes to his dental appointment. He arrives first, but the staff treat him last. A young transgender woman learns she is HIV positive. She was already scared about how she would be treated. Now she’s doubly terrified. A man living with HIV is hopeful when… Read More
Stigma-free HIV prevention, testing and treatment services required for an effective response SUVA/BANGKOK, 23 January 2025—The Government of Fiji has declared an HIV outbreak in response to a sharp increase in reported newly diagnosed cases during 2024.
Teams from Botswana, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Mozambique, South Africa, Thailand and Zambia have shared pathways to lowering HIV-related stigma and discrimination as part of a novel learning exchange. From September 17 to 20 in Bangkok, Thailand, community and government partners, together with UN and development partners from each country traded notes on their work to tackle prejudice and rights violations in healthcare, community, education, employment, justice and emergency settings. The teams… Read More
At his previous factory job, Tom Wang (not his real name) says coworkers gossiped about his sexuality and made fun of him. When he visited a public health facility for an HIV test, the nurse peppered him with questions like “Why do you need it? Have you been sleeping with many partners?”
Stigma and discrimination aren’t just buzz words for Elena Felix. When she first learned that she was living with HIV in 1994 an employer in Dubai told her she was “unfit to work”. In 2006 a hospital in her native Philippines refused to perform a surgery because of her HIV status. At another hospital a nurse shouted across the ward “she has AIDS”. Her children were bullied at school. And once, during… Read More
The Southeast Asia Stigma Reduction Quality Improvement (QI S & D) Community of Practice held its eleventh meeting in Bangkok, Thailand from November 23 to 25, 2022.
Despite decades of advances in prevention and treatment, stigma and discrimination towards people living with HIV and key populations are a persistent barrier to addressing the epidemic. To encourage innovative approaches to address HIV-related stigma and discrimination in the region, UNAIDS has launched a new tool: the HIV-Related Stigma and Discrimination Community of Practice: Asia and Pacific Region.
Equal Eyes on Asia is a new round-up of the latest news on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) issues in Asia. From the UN: The UN Human Rights Committee declared that Australian legislation that prevents married trans people from changing their birth certificates to match their gender identity is in violation of international human rights law. Australian officials contend that gender changes could result in same-sex marriages, currently illegal in… Read More
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