Women living with HIV take to railway platform for prevention

[Guest guest]

Women living with HIV take to platform for prevention

The return of red ribbon express from its journey culminated in a small event

organized by NACO which coincided with the World AIDS Day (December 1, 2008)

Using the opportunity for advocacy, a group of 30 women living with HIV from

Positive Women Network representing 10 states of India took to the platform of

Safdarjung enclave where the event was hosted.

To garner the attention of the national program managers in a peaceful manner,

they held placards ‘We are women living with HIV’ ‘We are GIPA’ ‘Where are women

in Prevention?’ ‘Listen to Women living with HIV’ ‘We need action’

They invited the dignitaries from national AID S program, ministry of Railways,

Nehru Yuva Kendra, and representatives of various national international donor

organizations, civil society and community based organizations and requested

them to take part of the campaign ‘ Prevention for women’. Each one of them

after listening to the objective of the campaign appended their signatures in

the panel that was positioned on the red ribbon express. Event was covered by

the media.

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http://picasaweb.google.com/poswonet/PhotosForAIDSINDIAForum

to view the photographs of the event

Media Desk

Positive Women Network

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