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Posted on June 23, 2013October 2, 2013 by mmpatierno

Jeanne Gapiya

Jeanne GapiyaJeanne Gapiya tested positive for HIV in Burundi in 1987 when pregnant with her second child. Her doctor told her that because of her sero-status she had to have an abortion—and then removed her uterus without consulting her. She was the first person in Burundi to publicly and without shame declare herself HIV-positive—and launched a movement.

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The Fight Continues

• Worldwide, women constitute more than half of all people living with HIV/AIDS.

• Globally, HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death for women in their reproductive years (15–49.)

• In the United States, women account for one in four new HIV diagnoses and deaths caused by AIDS and represent 30% of people living with HIV.

• US African American women are disproportionately affected comprising 64% of the entire female epidemic.

• Gender inequalities are a major driving force behind the AIDS epidemic.

• According to UNAIDS, women who have experienced violence are up to three times more likely to be infected with HIV than those who have not.

Resources

  • Positive Women’s Network
  • Sister Love
  • Iris House
  • The Women’s Collective
  • PATA Nigeria
  • The Well Project
  • Dandelion poem by Mary Bowman
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