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ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND HIV/AIDS

ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND HIV/AIDS. Gracia Violeta Ross graciavioleta@gmail.com Thematic Segment HIV and Enabling Legal E nvironment 29th UNAIDS PCB, Geneva, December 15th, 2011.

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ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND HIV/AIDS

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  1. ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND HIV/AIDS Gracia Violeta Ross graciavioleta@gmail.com ThematicSegment HIV and Enabling Legal Environment 29th UNAIDS PCB, Geneva, December 15th, 2011

  2. Transgenderwomen: “THE STATE DOES NOT RECOGNIZE MY IDENTITY, THEREFORE I DON’T EXIST AS A CITIZEN WITH RIGHTS. I WAS RAPED, TORNED ANALLY”

  3. SEX WORKERS:“ABORTION PRODUCED BY KICKING OF THE PIMP. I CAN’T GO TO THE POLICE, IT WILL BE A RAPE AFTER RAPE”’

  4. WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV:“THEY TAKE AWAY OUR DIGNITY, THEY TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHT TO BE MOTHERS”

  5. WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV:“SEXUAL ABUSE = HIVHIV IS LIKE A CRUEL PARTNER”

  6. ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR WOMEN IN THE CONTEXT OF THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC? • Bolivia: 88% of thesewomen (n=322) askedtobetrainedontheirrights ONLY 2% OF THEM ASKED MONEY • Sex workers, women living with HIV, transgenderwomenallidentifiedpolice as themostviolentinstitutionagainstthem. • Women living with HIV in Chile presented a case in the Inter American Commission of HumanRightsforforcedsterilization. • Womenneedliteracyon legal services and humanrights. Weneedsensitizationprogramsforpolice and jugdes, butifwedaretospeak, are wegoingtogetjustice?

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