Protecting HIV-positive women's human rights
Recommendations for the United States National HIV/Aids Strategy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3972402 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aziza Ahmed (International Center for Research on Women), Catherine Hanssens (Center for Law and Social Policy), Brook Kelly (Institute for Women's Policy Research) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 34 |
| Pages | 127-134 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Reproductive Health Matters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0968-8080 • E-ISSN: 1460-9576 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/s0968-8080(09)34464-x |
| PMID | 19962646 |
| OpenAlex | W2056010609 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
To bring the United States in line with prevailing human rights standards, its National HIV/AIDS Strategy will need to explicitly commit to a human rights framework when developing programmes and policies that serve the unaddressed needs of women. This paper focuses on two aspects of the institutionalized mistreatment of people with HIV: 1) the criminalization of their consensual sexual conduct; and 2) the elimination of informed and documented consensual participation in their diagnosis through reliance on mandatory and opt-out testing policies. More than half of US states have HIV-specific laws criminalizing the consensual sexual activity of people with HIV, regardless of whether transmission occurs. Many of these laws hinge prosecution on the failure of HIV-positive people to disclose their HIV status to a sexual partner. The Obama Administration should explore administrative and legislative incentives to eliminate these laws and prosecutions, and target a portion of prevention funding for anti-stigma training. Testing policies should be reconsidered to remove opt-out and/or mandatory HIV testing as a condition for receipt of federal funding; incentives should encourage states to adopt local policies mandating counseling; and voluntary HIV testing should be offered regardless of the provider's undocumented perception of an individual's risk
Business · Commit · Criminalization · Criminology · Economics · Human rights · Incentive · Legislature · Political science · Receipt · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues
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| Citations per year | 0.36 |
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| Citation span | 2012 - 2021 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |