Asia Catalyst and friends from China and Thailand are going to Vienna in July for the International AIDS Conference. Here’s where we will be, hope to see you.
GLOBAL VILLAGE
Stop by our “Crossing Borders” booth
for a packet on how to plan your own human rights research mission,
mini-trainings on human rights research, and cool gear from China &
Thailand!
SATURDAY, JULY 18
Join us for a party! Details to follow.
MONDAY, JULY 19
11-12:30
Yan Hanen [Ai Kham Ngen], Sangha Metta Group, Yunnan, China
Oral presentation: “Using Buddhism and Universal Knowledge to Reduce HIV Transmission in a Tai Lue Ethnic Community in China”
Session Room 8
TUESDAY, JULY 20
12:30-2:30
Li Dan, Korekata AIDS Law Center, Beijing, China
Poster: “Elimination of medical discrimination against people living with HIV”
Poster Exhibition Area
2:30-6 pm
Asia Catalyst, Thai AIDS Treatment Action Group, and Korekata AIDS Law Center
Training: “Best Practices in Documenting Human Rights Abuses”
Mini Room 1
6:30-8:30pm
Li Man, Phoenix, Yunnan, China
Oral presentation: “Sex Work Legislation: Solution or Problem?”
Organized by Lawyers Collective, India
Mini Room 2
6:30-10:15 pm
March and Rally for Human Rights at AIDS 2010
“Human Rights and HIV/AIDS: Now More Than Ever”
6:30-8 pm pre-march activities at Schottentor
8-8:30 pm march from Schottentor to Heldenplatz
8:45-10:15 pm rally and live performance by Annie Lennox at Heldenplatz
WEDNESDAY, JULY 21
12:30-2:30 pm
Ken Oh, Asia Catalyst
Poster session: “The past, present and future of HIV-related travel restrictions in the United States and the Republic of
Korea”
Poster Exhibition Area
Shen Tingting, Korekata AIDS Law Center
Poster session: “Using Flower Magazine to reach sex workers for HIV prevention and
education – experiences from China”
Poster Exhibition Area
Paisann Suwannawong, Thai AIDS Treatment Action Group
Poster session: “Low uptake of hepatitis C (HCV) testing and high prevalence of HCV
risk behavior among HIV-positive injection drug users in Bangkok, Thailand”
Karyn Kaplan, Thai AIDS Treatment Action Group
Poster session: “Opening Doors: Increasing access to and participation in
youth-friendly harm reduction in Kathmandu, Bangkok and Kunming”
4:30-6 pm
Paisann Suwannawong, Thai AIDS Treatment Action Group
Oral presentation: “Research and Advocacy to Ensure Health and HIV Services for
HIV-positive Women in Chiang Mai Women’s Prison”
Session Room 3
6:30-8:30pm
Gao Qiang, Yunnan, China
Oral presentation: “Compulsory Detoxification in China”
Session Room 8
