Discrimination and the law

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  Equal billing

  Eleanor Briggs of NAT explains how the Equality Act will improve protection for people with HIV in the workplace....

  From:HIV treatment update

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  US HIV travel ban set to depart at last

  It has been a long time in coming and there have been many false dawns, but it really does look as if the ban on people...

  From:HIV treatment update

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  Whose fear is it anyway? People with HIV and dentists

  People with HIV are still failing to access good dental care, even though it’s in their interest. Do they assume dentists will still have issues treating them?...

  From:HIV treatment update

Discrimination and the law in your own words

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  Having a baby

  I want my experiences to give hope to other people – things do not have to end when you find out that you have HIV. In...

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Discrimination and the law news from aidsmap

• High levels of mental distress, unprotected sex, needle sharing, unmet prevention needs found among HIV-infected patients in St Petersburg

  Risky sex and drug use are common among HIV-positive people in Russia, investigators report in AIDS and Behavior. Discrimination was a common experience, and there was a high prevalence of depression and anxiety. “Policies and public health programs ...

  12 May 2011 | Michael Carter

• China repeals its HIV travel ban

  China has repealed its long-standing HIV travel ban. The move comes just days before the opening of a major trade exposition in Shanghai, which is expected to attract millions of international visitors. Announcing the removal of ...

  28 April 2010 | Michael Carter

• Parliamentarians, UNAIDS, call for removal of HIV travel bans

  Parliamentarians have joined with UNAIDS to call for the removal of travel restrictions for people with HIV. Governments were urged to action by parliamentarians from around the world, meeting at the 122nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary ...

  29 March 2010 | Michael Carter

• HIV health problems cause few problems in employment, but discrimination still a reality in UK

  A majority of people with HIV employed in the UK report that HIV has no impact on their working life at present, according to research conducted by City University on behalf of the National AIDS Trust. ...

  27 August 2009 | Roger Pebody

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• Kenya: Funding Hitch Hampers HIV Tribunal Operations

  The operations of the HIV/Aids Tribunal have been hampered by lack of funds, Parliament was told yesterday.

  18 May 2012 | AllAfrica

• Equality and Human Rights Commission has workforce halved

  The Equality and Human Rights Commission has been stripped of its duty to promote a society with equal opportunity for all and had its budget and workforce halved, the government has announced.

  17 May 2012 | The Guardian

• US Justice Dept. Settles Two HIV Health Care Discrimination Claims

  Two settlements have been resolved involving claims that health care providers refused to serve people with HIV, which is a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) statement. 

  15 May 2012 | Poz magazine news

• To Fight HIV, Indian Health Workers Say Homosexuality Must Be Legal

  The men here are among what Davinder calls India's "key population" — those most at risk of contracting HIV. He and his colleague, Husefa Saigoonwala, come here every week to pass out handfuls of condoms.

  15 May 2012 | NPR (blog)

• US sheds the Helms Rule's legacy

  This July, a shadow that Jesse Helms cast over HIV policy will be dramatically lifted. The enormous International AIDS Conference will meet in the United States for the first time in more than 20 years, ending a boycott that protested a policy the late North Carolina Republican senator pushed into law.

  14 May 2012 | Politico

• New Zealand: Boy with HIV expelled from childcare

  A young boy has been expelled from a Whangarei childcare centre because he has HIV, the New Zealand Aids Foundation says. The move by the childcare centre has created hysteria in the community, the New Zealand Aids Foundation says.

  09 May 2012 | Stuff.co.nz

• In Namibia, Chinese Scholarships Require HIV Status

  In Namibia, a human rights group says students applying for Chinese scholarships are required to reveal their HIV status on their applications.

  08 May 2012 | Voice of America

• India: Ministry of Home Affairs red-flags HIV Bill: 'can't take infected in paramilitary'

  A clause in the HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Bill 2012 that HIV testing cannot be a precondition for employment has raised some practical roadblocks in the recruitment process of the paramilitary forces and police.

  27 April 2012 | Indian Express

• India: Strict law covering HIV-infected people against discrimination soon

  A person whose spoken or written word(s) that may lead to hostility or hatred against an HIV patient could go to jail for two years. An AIDS patient cannot be denied employment or sacked except with a written assessment of an independent healthcare provider that the person poses a risk of transmission of virus to others at the workplace.

  10 April 2012 | Times of India

• AIDS activists step up call for Hershey boycott

  AIDS activists are stepping up their call for a boycott of Hershey candy to protest the rejection of a student at a boarding school connected to the company because he is HIV-positive.

  06 April 2012 | Wall Street Journal

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