Issue: HIV/AIDS
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The Africa Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights: Uganda Shadow Letter
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Government of Ecuador Fails to Protect the Rights of People Living With HIV
Government of Ecuador Fails to Protect the Rights of People Living With HIV (PRESS RELEASE) The Ecuadoran government violated the human rights of a young girl living with HIV according to a ruling by the [...]
El Estado de Ecuador no protegió los derechos de las personas que viven con VIH
El Estado de Ecuador no protegió los derechos de las personas que viven con VIH (COMUNICADO DE PRENSA) ,El Estado ecuatoriano violó los derechos humanos de una mujer joven que vive con VIH, según la [...]
Kenya High Court Finds Criminalizing HIV and AIDS Transmission Unconstitutional
Kenya High Court Finds Criminalizing HIV and AIDS Transmission Unconstitutional Judges rule provisions of HIV law threaten human rights of Kenyans, violate citizens’ privacy rights and discriminate against pregnant women (PRESS RELEASE) Key provisions of [...]
Forced Sterilization in Chile
Forced Sterilization in Chile Francisca, a young Chilean woman, describes the day her only son was born as the worst and the best day of her life. The best—for obvious reasons. The worst—for reasons almost too [...]
El Centro de Derechos Reproductivos y Vivo Positivo presentan caso sobre esterilización forzada de una mujer VIH positiva ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos
El Centro de Derechos Reproductivos y Vivo Positivo presentan caso sobre esterilización forzada de una mujer con VIH La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos admite caso sobre la esterilización forzada de una mujer chilena con [...]
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni Signs Callous Law Criminalizing HIV and AIDS Transmission
(PRESS RELEASE) Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed legislation this week criminalizing the transmission of HIV, a measure that allows doctors to violate confidentiality and disclose their patients’ HIV status without consent and calls for mandatory [...]
San Francisco Board of Supervisors Calls for Expanded Access to Safe, Legal Reproductive Health Care
San Francisco Board of Supervisors Calls for Expanded Access to Safe, Legal Reproductive Health Care Municipal resolution declares February “Women, Girls, and Transgender Women’s Health Month,” calls for passage of federal Women’s Health Protection Act [...]
The Hill: Far from home, Peace Corps volunteers deserve equal reproductive health care coverage
The Hill: Peace Corps volunteers deserve equal reproductive health care coverage By Julianna Gonen "Buried within the labyrinth that is the Congressional appropriations process lies a federal policy that has been discriminating against, harming, and [...]
