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Jurema Werneck CRIOLA Brazil

Afro-Latina Women and HIV in Latin America: Addressing Social, Political, and Historical Impacts of Racism on the Sustainability of Grassroots Networks. Jurema Werneck CRIOLA Brazil.

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Jurema Werneck CRIOLA Brazil

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  1. Afro-Latina Women and HIV in Latin America: Addressing Social, Political, and Historical Impacts of Racism on the Sustainability of Grassroots Networks Jurema Werneck CRIOLA Brazil

  2. Racism and Discrimination for Afro-Latin populations and its impacts on service access, community organizing, social justice, resource distribution, and vulnerability to HIV in comparison to White Latino populations in Latin America • Linking largest Black populations outside of Africa (Brazil) to the broader Diaspora and opportunities for greater global solidarity • Discussion of CRIOLA as a model for creating a platform for Afro-Latin Women to engage and affect change

  3. Latin-America • Diversity: 21 countries and 11 territories; • Population: 298.584.000 • African-descent population:20% to 30% • Brazil: 97,5 million of ABD people • Racism, exclusion, poverty

  4. HIV-AIDS in Latin America and Brazil • 1, 4 million people living with HIV and AIDS in 2009; • 58.000 deaths • Brazil: • 608.230 people with AIDS, 1980 – 2011; • 17,9 cases per 100.000 hab. • HIV prevalence - age 15 to 49: 0,6% (0,4% women, 0,8% man)

  5. AIDS and race in Brazil, 2011 • African descent: 45,4% • White: 45,6% • Indigenous: 0,5% • Asian: 0,4% • Unknown: 8,1%

  6. Brazilian Women, 2010 • African descent: 52,1% • White: 46,7 • Asian: 0,7% • Indigenous: 0,5% • Unknown: 7,8%

  7. Criola’s activism

  8. Key elements for change

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