Diallo DD, Singleton P, Mabele P; International Conference on AIDS.

Int Conf AIDS. 2000 Jul 9-14; 13: abstract no. ThPeD5640.

D. D. Diallo, Sisterlove Inc., POBox 10558, 713 Cascade Avenue SW, Atlanta 30310 Georgia, United States, Tel.: +404 753 77 33, Fax: +404 753 15 00, E-mail: dazond@aol.com

Issues: Black women around the world are disproportionately affected and infected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In almost every society where AIDS is on the increase in numbers of new HIV infections and severe opportunistic infections, black women are the hardest hit regarding access to information, education, care and treatment, economic and social support, and disclosure of status. Regardless of their countries' structures, Black women around the world are struggling with strikingly similar issues where race, class and gender are the intersection. Description: This panel presentation will consist of a series of paper presentations from various Black women's experiences in at least four regions of the world including North America/Caribbean, Europe, South/Central America and Africa. Many of the women participating in the panel discussions have been participants in other international arenas such as the 4th World Conference on Women in Beijing '95 and the International Women and Health Meetings in Uganda and Brazil. The discussion will include responses to three basic questions to which each panelist will respond. The questions include perspectives on personal experiences, strategies for solutions to the common and uncommon issues, and their resolutions about the status/needs of Black women worldwide. Conclusion: The ever-increasing numbers of Black women affected and infected by HIV/AIDS will only be stemmed by the involvement and active participation of Black women in the "AIDS Movement". This panel workshop will provide the insight and the necessary conversations to enhance the networking and coalition-building capacities of Black women to affect positive change in their own communities, as well as the global community of Black women living with HIV/AIDS.

Publication Types:

• Meeting Abstracts

Keywords:

• Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
• Africa
• Brazil
• Caribbean Region
• Central America
• Congresses
• Disease Outbreaks
• Ethnic Groups
• Europe
• Female
• HIV Infections
• HIV Seropositivity
• Health Services Needs and Demand
• Humans
• North America
• Research
• Uganda
• education
• methods
• organization & administration
• therapy

Other ID:

• GWAIDS0004769

UI: 102242266

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