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Sunday, 07 November 2010
Vulnerable Groups

Which lessons do we want to learn?

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A survey of sex workers by the Delhi Commission for Women has thrown up some interesting data on trafficking and HIV that could make the government’s policies more effective. But since the data suggests that the government’s current approach is wrong, will anyone want to learn the lessons it teaches, asks Manjima Bhattacharjya

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Street children and AIDS: a hidden time bomb

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No one knows how many street children are at risk of contracting, or have died of, HIV/AIDS. They are not even listed as a vulnerable group, like commercial sex workers and homosexuals. Yet the sexual exploitation and drug abuse that is an inevitable part of their lives, points to a serious problem in urgent need of attention, says Charumathi Supraja

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Violence against women and HIV/AIDS

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HIV-positive women face violence of various kinds such as denial of information, discrimination, and lack of security, but this gets little attention. Ranjita Biswas reports on a workshop in Kolkata, ‘Understanding Violence against Women and its Implications for our Struggle against HIV/AIDS’, that discussed this problem based on the findings of a six-month study

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New approaches to contain HIV risk among IDUs

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Injecting drug use is an important risk factor for HIV in India. The entire South Asian and South East Asian region has shown an alarming increase in injecting behaviour. While voluntary abstinence is the best cure, it has a poor success rate. We need to look at more innovative and effective approaches being successfully tried out elsewhere, says Eldred Tellis

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The female face of AIDS

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By Max Martin

World leaders and policymakers are concerned that an increasing number of women are getting infected with the HIV virus. Latest trends show that nearly half of all people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide are women

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Sexual taboos hamper India's fight against AIDS

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 With talk of sex in Indian society taboo, male to male sexuality is hardly recognised in HIV research and policy-making. And yet, the country's male homosexual population is estimated at a considerable 50 million. Keya Acharya assesses the implications of this situation

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The 'new' face of HIV/AIDS

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The increasing number of women with HIV/AIDS in India, most of them not from groups traditionally considered high risk, has presented government and NGOs with a new challenge. Manjima Bhattacharjya explains

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