ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR WOMENAND HIV/AIDS

Gracia Violeta Ross graciavioleta@gmail.com Thematic Segment HIV and Enabling Legal Environment

29th UNAIDS PCB, Geneva, December 15th, 2011

TRANSGENDER WOMEN: THE STATE DOES NOT RECOGNIZE MY IDENTITY, THEREFORE I DONT EXIST AS A CITIZEN WITH RIGHTS. I WAS RAPED, TORNED ANALLY

SEX WORKERS: ABORTION PRODUCED BY KICKING OF THE PIMP. I CANT GO TO THE POLICE, IT WILL BE A RAPE AFTER RAPE

WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV: THEY TAKE AWAY OUR DIGNITY, THEY TAKE AWAY OUR
RIGHT TO BE MOTHERS

WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV: SEXUAL ABUSE = HIV HIV IS LIKE A CRUEL PARTNER

ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR WOMEN IN THE CONTEXT OF THE HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC?

Bolivia: 88% of these women (n=322) asked to be trained on their rights ONLY 2% OF THEM ASKED MONEY Sex workers, women living with HIV and transgender women identified police as the most violent institution against them. Women living with HIV in Chile presented a case in the Inter American Commission of Human Rights for forced sterilization.

Women

need literacy on legal services and human rights. We need sensitization programs for police and jugdes, but if we dare to speak, are we going to get justice?