NAPWA

Over the past two years NAPWHA, in collaboration with the National Centre in HIV Social Research UNSW, has conducted social research into the experiences and effects of stigma on the lives of people living with HIV. What we found is both encouraging and challenging. read more »

Fiji has made it unlawful to discriminate against people with HIV.

The HIV/AIDS Decree 2011 was adopted by the government this month, winning praise locally and internationally.

Pacific Islands AIDS Foundation legal trainer and policy analyst, Laitia Tamata, says the decree represents years of hard work by many people to give PLHIVPerson (or people) Living with HIV. This term is now preferred over the older PLWHAPerson (or People) Living with HIV/AIDS.. a legal avenue to challenge discrimination. read more »

The stigma of HIV is something we can live without. And with your help we can make a start.

We want to hear from all sorts of people, particularly positve women, about what it means to be positive. read more »

The XVIII International AIDS Conference has officially started with an opening session focusing heavily on the need for action on human rights and a call by an Australian researcher for greater focus on the prospect of a cure for HIV. read more »

It has become a favourite on online dating sites as the ‘polite’ way to ask about HIV status. Just for the record, it is not polite. It is both stigmatising and discriminatory.

Twenty five years on, do we still suffer stigma and discrimination? David Menadue finds that, in some areas particularly, we still do. read more »

State and federal governments should make a clear commitment to reforming laws that discriminate against HIV-positive people, state and national organisations representing people living with HIV have said. read more »

NAPWHA’s Deputy Director, Dr John Rule, along with representatives from GBLTI organisations, attended a meeting with Mary Kostakidis and Father Frank Brennan of the National Human Rights Consultation Committee. read more »

With impending social security changes set to adversely affect a good chunk of our community, it’s important we look for ways to ease the transition for a group already doing it hard. read more »

Although you are not obliged to tell anyone your status, the law may require you to tell people under certain circumstances. read more »