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Training on How to Fight Stigmatisation and Discrimination against People Living with HIV and AIDS |
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Organization: Ligue des Etudiants et Elèves pour le Développement Intégral (LEDI)
Country: REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Everywhere in the world, HIV and AIDS creates stigmatisation and discrimination. There is an apparent lack of consideration/respect for people living with the virus and this leads to unequal and unjust treatment of People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA). Butembo is no different. Butembo is one of the commercial centres in the country and is becoming a preferred place for the spread of HIV.
In 2007, the prevalence of HIV was 4.7% while in the whole country it was 4.2%. This escalation seems to be generated by the fact that Butembo, besides being a big commercial centre, is also in intense contact with many border posts and a large number of sex workers flood in from all over to meet merchants, truck drivers and others. That's how new cases of infection are detected, the number of HIV+ persons increases, and the level of stigmatisation and discrimination, especially against HIV+ women, also increases. As a result, many people are suffering in this region, subjected to violence, segregation and abandoned by their family.
Most interventions have 27 concentrated their efforts on HIV prevention, it is high time to focus on stigmatisation and discrimination in order to reduce the negative effects of HIV and AIDS on people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS. It is with this in mind that LEDI plans to contribute to the reduction of stigma, discrimination and negation through communicating advocacy messages and training radio editors, journalists and animators of rural and community radio stations; and training religious leaders, youth leaders, women leaders, human rights activists and representatives of PLWHA on strategies to fight stigmatisation and discrimination against PLWHA.
The following activities will be implemented: acquiring support equipment for training; training workshops for leaders of different and specific groups and follow-up and evaluation.
Contact: Madame Kavira Katsuva Ombline. Email address:
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