Powerful plea. “Our fight is your fight. We are no different.” ✊🏽 apple.news/AWf6aJEF9TQi...

👇🏾 thank you @drrageshri.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/voices/labou...

Maternal conditions are a leading cause of death for girls 15–19 years, according to WHO estimates. On #WorldHealthDay, a new Editorial in @lancetchildadol.bsky.social highlights the urgent need to dismantle barriers to care & biases against adolescent mothers. Read 👉 tinyurl.com/2j5975tv

After decades of research, science delivered the most effective, preventative HIV drugs the world has ever seen—and the US is throwing up its hands and abandoning efforts to share them with those most in need. Read @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social + @samveep.bsky.social's report.

❤️ Much needed recognition of women's contribution to the #HIV movement @sophiaforum.bsky.social @positivelyuk.bsky.social @icwglobal.bsky.social

Looking for hope & inspiration - check out 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe's journey towards #HIVJustice 👇🏽

Long may EJ continue to inspire #feminists around the world. 💜 @everjoice.bsky.social

📣 Repealing harmful laws is not easy but it can be done. Inspiring to hear of the role of parliamentary champions like Dr Ruth Labode on Zimbabwe’s successful repeal of its HIV-specific criminal law. 🎦 New documentary @hivjustice.net @iasociety.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8B9...

🔎 The very real consequences of #USFunding cuts through a practitioner's eyes. “The scale and urgency of this oncoming emergency needs to be understood. We need a plan & budget, fast. Or we will have overwhelmed hospitals & busy funeral services again.” Read below 👇 groundup.org.za/article/sout...

In these dark days, we need stories of hope. 🫶🏽 Join us to hear how Zimbabweans 🇿🇼 came together to stop #HIV from being criminalised - not once but twice❗ Sign up for this webinar with @hivjustice.net on 5 March #HIVisNotaCrime 👇🏽

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📢 Today is #HIVIsNotACrime Awareness Day! 🛑⚖️ Across the world, people living with HIV continue to be criminalised, discriminated against, and denied their rights. With shrinking resources and growing political opposition, the fight for justice has never been more urgent.

Strong call & example by MacArthur Foundation "The social sector in the United States is in a time of crisis. The need for a surge in funding is plain. Philanthropy needs to step up. We at MacArthur believe it is time to tap our reserves to get more money flowing." www.macfound.org/press/perspe...

Thank you @aditicampaigns.bsky.social for your support and for the wonderful photos. You can read more about the event here: www.hivjustice.net/news/uk-parl...

#HIV is NOT a crime❗ 🔺 #HIV decriminalisation is possible even in challenging political environments @edwinjbernard.bsky.social 🔺 Discrimination is very costly for health & economically Baroness L Barker @appghiv.bsky.social 🔺 Peer support is a lifeline & needs to be funded @stracs.bsky.social

The rapid dismantling of US democratic norms over the past 3 weeks – including fundamental government protections and structures – threatens the nation’s democracy, diversity, society, and economy. prep4all.org/statement-en...

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Now in: CHANGE - GLOBAL COMMUNITY COALITION INFO SHEET 2: Explanation of US Temporary Restraining Orders (TROs) – Pepfar+ LINKS: healthjusticeinitiative.org.za/2025/02/05/pep… healthjusticeinitiative.org.za/wp-content/upl��� (Via CHANGE) @HealthGAP

I can't even begin to explain how bad this for science and for America www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/s...

👇🏽 calling out the illegal acts by the US government. Time for South Africa 🇿🇦 & other governments 🌍 to show leadership - lives of their citizens are at stake.

📢 Read & share - Prebunking Elon Musk's Super Bowl Propaganda open.substack.com/pub/asharang...

✊ LOVE IS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE! ✨ In these uncertain times for the HIV response, joy is power, love is defiance, and community is everything. 💖 💃🏽 DJ Cozmic Cat will be setting the vibes in the ICW’s Annual LPW Virtual Dance Party! 🔗 Register now us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

In these uncertain times, the Heart of Stigma Forum provided a valuable space to show solidarity with each other and beyond ♥️ ✊🏽

🇬🇭 Ghana commitment to the #GlobalPartnership is translating to concrete programmes to reduce #HIV stigma & discrimination & tackle #GBV @jmahama.bsky.social @unaids.org @iasociety.bsky.social

#APN+ supporting #GlobalPartnership efforts in community settings in Asia especially through the dissemination of #PLHIVStigmaIndex findings @icwglobal.bsky.social @gnpplus.bsky.social @unaids.org

#BeyondStigma providing support & leadership on internalised stigma within #GlobalPartnership - an often neglected but critical piece in reducing stigma & discrimination @unaids.org @iasociety.bsky.social @shaunmellors.bsky.social @juanmichaelii.bsky.social @frontlineaids.bsky.social

A strong call to #GlobalPartnership @unaids.org for greater focus on gender within efforts to reduce #HIV stigma & discrimination - promoting gender transformative approaches & tackling GBV from @icwglobal.bsky.social & #W4GF

🇪🇸 #Spain shows the way on delivering on its political commitment to the #GlobalPartnership to end #HIV stigma including leadership within European Union @unaids.org

"The effects go well beyond health...This is not a pause. It is a destruction."

This isn't my first or even second time at the rodeo. I dealt with Ronald Reagan & George Bush trying to kill my community by ignoring the AIDS epidemic. It happened again when I lived in South Africa with Thabo Mbeki. And we won twice. So: courage. We will beat them too. Stay focused. Get to work.

Ace Robinson & some of the world's leading experts have developed "Saving Our People: Black Global Response to Shift in USA Health Policy" to help communities navigate health funding cuts. I'm proud to moderate this discussion. Join us on Feb 5 at 2 PM (EST). Details are in the attached picture.

🚨 BREAKING: Our partner orgs receiving US gov funds are issued with 'stop work' orders. We call for an historic effort to avert the catastrophic threat facing people living with & affected by #HIV ⤵️ frontlineaids.org/urgent-action-needed-to-safeguard-hiv-response-from-trump-administration-freeze/

With the US decision to waive suspension of “life-saving humanitarian assistance”, the emphasis must be on ensuring #PEPFAR implementers return to work so critical HIV services are not further interrupted & communities get care & treatment they need. 🆕 Statement: www.iasociety.org/ias-statemen...

🧵 STATEMENT: WHO expresses deep concern on the implications of the immediate funding pause for #HIV programmes in low- and middle-income countries. These programmes provide access to life-saving HIV therapy to more than 30 million people worldwide. Read more bit.ly/42yxxIz 1/5

Thanks to AmfAR for analyzing the effects of Donald J. Trump's Stop Work Orders for PEPFAR Programs.

F**k! “PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...

"This is a matter of life or death,” said Beatriz Grinsztejn, president of the International Aids Society, adding that stopping Pepfar would be disastrous. “If that happens, people are going to die and HIV will resurge.”

Indeed, we simply cannot allow a return to those dark days of #AIDS deaths.

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Indeed, science has moved fast but we need far more political #accountability & sustained financing, especially to end #HIV #stigma & promote #humanrights #TakeTheRightsPath

❤️ this flowing conversation between two artists on #HIV #stigma So inspired & proud of Bakita Kasadha & @juanmichaelii.bsky.social @iasociety.bsky.social #WorldAIDSDay @shaunmellors.bsky.social @positivelyuk.bsky.social @thtorguk.bsky.social @unaids.bsky.social @drrageshri.bsky.social