A manual on rights documentation skills for grassroots HIV/AIDS groups. The manual comes with a supplement containing lesson plans for use in community training workshops. Click here to see the web page and
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[NEWS] UNAIDS: Seeking Practitioners in HIV and Human Rights
The XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna, whose theme was “Right Here,
Rights Now,” provided a unique opportunity to bring together many people from
around the world who share an interest in and commitment to a human
rights-based response to HIV/AIDS.
As a follow-up to AIDS 2010 and as part of a larger effort to support greater
collaboration among key people working on HIV, human rights and law, UNAIDS and
the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network have partnered in order to develop an
international roster of practitioners with experience in HIV and human rights.
[COMMENTARY] Emerging Human Rights Issues in China’s Response to HIV/AIDS
There was a visible presence for China during AIDS 2010, which included a delegation of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from the country. Chinese officials also presented on the government’s work on HIV/AIDS, which elicited critical feedback from activists. In this article from the HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review, conference attendees Sara L. M. Davis and Li Dan outline the main human rights issues in China’s response to HIV/AIDS.
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[REPORT] Medical Discrimination Against People Living With HIV/AIDS (2010)
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Phoenix (苦草工作室) is a local, grassroots Chinese organization that provides
services to sex workers living with HIV/AIDS. From June through October, 2010,
Phoenix conducted a community-driven research project to document discrimination
against women living with HIV/AIDS. The result is this report.
[NEWS] South African NGOs Letter on Tian Xi
Asia Catalyst supported a group of Chinese AIDS activists to participate in the 2009 International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific in Bali. Tian Xi is in the back row, third from left.
South African AIDS NGOs have spoken out several times to protest the detention of Henan AIDS activist Tian Xi. Tian Xi is still awaiting a decision on his trial for “intentional destruction of property”.
