Kheliwe's Story: Male Polygamy and HIV Infection in Malawi

by Lerato Manyozo -Malawi- Even before we begin talking, Kheliwe* has tears in her eyes. She is HIV positive and still battling to come to terms with the fact that her husband, now deceased, infected her on her matrimonial bed....

Posted by Lerato Manyozo on April 10, 2013 11:11 AM

Condoms in Bahrain: Sex Workers’ Only Protection Against HIV/AIDS

by Suad Hamada -Bahrain- Savatri used a condom for the first time in her life when she was forced into prostitution a few months ago. Fortunately, the 34-year-old Indian woman was instructed by the managers of the brothel to insist...

Posted by Suad Hamada on January 14, 2011 12:01 AM

Gender Parity Report Finds Zambia’s Media Houses Lagging

by Delphine Zulu - Zambia - One of the key challenges facing Zambian female journalists is sexual harassment. “There are very few female Zambian journalists who have not experienced sexual harassment at the hands of male counterparts, [but] few [cases]...

Posted by Delphine Zulu on November 26, 2009 12:00 AM

Refugees and the Risk of Rape

by Elizabeth Stannard Gromisch - USA - “We need the NGOs to bring firewood in lorries [trucks]. If they do not, we have to keep going. We have heard and seen rape with our eyes here outside the camp. In...

Posted by Elizabeth Stannard Gromisch on July 23, 2009 12:00 AM

HIV/AIDS in India: New Theories Versus the AIDS Lobby

by Rupa Chinai - India - During the course of the past decade, women diagnosed as HIV/AIDS patients in Mumbai have been trying to say something important that deserves close attention. These widows, whose husbands died from AIDS, claim their...

Posted by Rupa Chinai on December 15, 2008 12:00 AM

HIV/AIDS in India: Rampant Misdiagnosis & the Burden of Disease

by Rupa Chinai - India - Monday, December 1st marked World AIDS Day. As experts continue to search for a cure, we are honored to present Rupa's informative 3-part series on AIDS in India, a compelling look at the gaps...

Posted by Rupa Chinai on December 4, 2008 3:00 PM

HIV/AIDS in India: Narrow Focus, Inflated Projections & Poverty

by Rupa Chinai - India - On August 5, 2008 a young “HIV-positive” couple in Mumbai - Babu Ishwar Thevar, 39, his wife Amothi, 33 - committed suicide after killing their three children, sons Venkatesh and Mani, ages 10 and...

Posted by Rupa Chinai on November 24, 2008 12:00 AM

My Unlikely Life Mission: Self-defense as Physical Literacy

by Ellen Snortland - USA - Midnight. Intensely urban downtown neighborhood in Los Angeles where the alleys reek of urine and garbage. Dark Craftsman house in the Carpenter-Gothic style. My home. I cross the threshold and meet an interrupted burglar...

Posted by Ellen Snortland on April 2, 2008 12:00 AM

A Journalist’s Despair: HIV-Positive Zimbabweans Can't Access ARVs

By Constance Manika - Zimbabwe - I am always left cursing and depressed and angry after covering assignments where I meet with People Living With HIV and AIDS. (We call them PLWAs here.) • Weighing only 90 pounds when she...

Posted by Constance Manika on November 12, 2007 12:21 PM

4th Annual International AIDS Society Conference Addresses Successes and Failures in the Global Fight Against the Virus

by Imelda V. Abaño Philippines • Opening session of the conference. Photograph courtesy of AIS 2007 •The AIDS epidemic remains a global crisis; its impact will be felt for decades to come. Today, as when it was officially first recognized...

Posted by Imelda V. Abaño on September 10, 2007 1:49 PM

HIV/AIDS Epidemic Raging Among Men Having Sex with Men (MSM): amFAR Announces New Initiative in Sydney to Address the Crisis

by Imelda V. Abaño & Esther Nakkazi Philippines/Uganda Reporting from Sydney, Australia One of the greatest public health failures in the fight against AIDS is the world’s inability to prevent widespread HIV infection among Men who have Sex with Men...

Posted by Collaborative Report on July 24, 2007 4:51 PM

Open Letter to the Next US President: Get Tougher on Mugabe's Despotic Government, But Send Aid for the Suffering Zimbabweans

by Constance Manika - Zimbabwe - “When elephants fight, it is the grass which suffers.” – African Proverb The Zimbabwean government introduced an ambitious Antiretroviral Drugs (ARVs) program in 2004, but Ropafadzo Kondo, who tested HIV positive in 1999, got...

Posted by Constance Manika on July 11, 2007 2:56 PM

Will Sex with a Virgin Cure HIV/AIDS? - Why Zambian Children Are Being Defiled: The Courts Try New Measures to Stop the Record Number of Cases

by Delphine Zulu - Zambia - • Zambian school children. Photograph by Jennifer Milner. •The number of children being defiled in Zambia has continued to increase dramatically because of a widespread belief that having sex with a virgin will cure...

Posted by Delphine Zulu on July 6, 2007 4:55 PM

Orphaned by AIDS, Millions of Children in Asia Face an Uncertain Future

by Imelda V. Abaño Philippines Helena, from Hyderabad, India, lost her father when she was 13 and her mother when she was 15, both from AIDS-related illnesses. And now at age 18, she is the head of the household, looking...

Posted by Imelda V. Abaño on May 6, 2007 11:24 PM

AIDS Crisis in Zambia Weighs Heavily on Women

by Delphine Zulu - Zambia - The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Zambia among adults aged 15-49 is currently at 16%. For every infected man, three women are infected with the virus....

Posted by Delphine Zulu on March 28, 2007 7:46 AM

The New Face of AIDS—Young Asian Woman

By Imelda V. Abaño, Philippines Philippines --- HIV/AIDS, like other life-threatening illnesses, can open a path of reflection for many, redeeming them from living in dread of death, allowing them to relish, instead, each day as a gift of life....

Posted by Imelda V. Abaño on March 8, 2007 5:25 PM