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Press Release: The Launch of Faith For Harm Reduction Manual
Oct 19, 2020On 23 October 2020, at 11.30 am, Alliance India, together with URI, Parmath Niketan and UNOICT is launching the Training Module for sensitising Faith-Based Communities on Health and Rights-Based Approach to Drug Use. Strengthening Harm Reduction In... Read moreDialogue on health, human rights and policy for transgender people in India
Jun 27, 2019The annual Hijra Habba event is India HIV/AIDS Alliance’s bold statement of visibility, solidarity and advocacy with Transgender and Hijra community. The term transgender encompasses varied gender identities like aravanis, kothis, jogatas/jogappas... Read moreInclusion – All citizens equal
Sep 22, 2017Delhiites show understanding and compassion, as they get included into the talented, multidimensional world of transgenders and Hijras. The 5th annual “Hijra Habba” resonated with its theme of “Inclusion- All citizens equal”... Read moreWe Count – Standing up for those that matter
Dec 10, 2016New Delhi- “It’s time for each of us to step up for human rights. There is no action that is too small: wherever you are, you can make a difference. Together, let’s take a stand for more humanity.” – Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High C... Read moreCommemorating World AIDS Day – Leadership Awards that celebrated emerging leadership and saluted the established
Nov 30, 2016New Delhi- In observance of World AIDS Day 2016 on December 1st, India HIV/AIDS Alliance, with the partnership of National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), UNDP and UNAIDS organized a Leadership Awards to recognize advocates and leaders from commu... Read moreSonal Mehta is the New Chief Executive of Alliance India
Oct 1, 2016India HIV/AIDS Alliance’s Board of Directors selected Sonal Mehta as the organisation’s next Chief Executive, succeeding James Robertson who has served in the role since 2010. With almost three decades of experience in HIV, sexual health and deve... Read moreNational meeting highlights priorities for government to protect transgender rights and health
Sep 2, 2016Dialogue between government and community acknowledges urgent attention needed to protect India’s estimated one million transgender and hijra citizens Friday, 2 September 2016; New Delhi: Transgender and hijra community leaders from across the cou... Read moreGlobal Fund Executive Director Visits Alliance India
Feb 15, 2016New Delhi — Dr Mark Dybul, the Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, visited India HIV/AIDS Alliance to learn more about our Vihaan care & support programme’s eMpower mobile application developed in co... Read moreAlliance India Prepares for Departure of CEO
Feb 5, 2016New Delhi — India HIV/AIDS Alliance today announced that Chief Executive Officer James Robertson has notified the Board of Directors that he plans to step down by July, concluding six years in the role. The Board has initiated the process of appoi... Read moreParliamentarians join hands to strengthen India’s HIV response
Nov 30, 2015New Delhi (November 30, 2015): In observance of World AIDS Day 2015 on December 1st, parliamentarians from across party lines came together today in the capital to enhance India’s HIV response. Organised by the National Coalition of People Li... Read morePriya Dutt joins hands with gay rights activists to show solidarity against discrimination
Aug 19, 2015New Delhi (August 19, 2015): The 3rd National Solidarity Event saw gay rights activists across India come together to consolidate efforts towards the realization of health and human rights for the LGBT community. Policy makers, social welfare offic... Read moreRemembering Dr Suniti Solomon, a Pioneer in India’s HIV Response
Jul 28, 2015New Delhi, July 28, 2015 – Dr Suniti Solomon, the Founding Director of YRG CARE and a board member of India HIV/AIDS Alliance passed away peacefully this morning in Chennai. Dr Solomon’s experience covered a wide range of areas related to HIV/AID... Read moreHundreds of hijras and transgenders push for full access to health, education and employment opportunities
Jun 30, 2015Hundreds of hijras and transgenders push for full access to health, education and employment opportunities New Delhi (June 30, 2015): More than 350 hijras and transgenders across the country came together at the third National Hijra Habba to advoca... Read moreDelhi joins the Support. Don’t Punish Global Day of Action for better drug policies that prioritise public health and human rights.
Jun 26, 2015Citizens take to the streets to protest current drug policies and call for an end to the senseless criminalization of drug users New Delhi (June 26, 2015): Participants from across New Delhi came together to be a part of the global ‘Support. Don’... Read moreFirst Anniversary of India’s Gay Sex Ban: LGBT community gathers to protest human rights violations
Dec 11, 2014India HIV/AIDS Alliance held a public hearing on increase in violence and discrimination cases against sexual minorities since the Section 377 verdict in 2013. New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India recriminalised same-sex sexual behaviour on 11 Dec... Read moreNo Going Back: It’s time to give LGBT Indians their rights back
Dec 9, 2014India HIV/AIDS Alliance holds a public hearing on violence and discrimination cases against sexual minorities since Section 377 verdict in 2013 The Supreme Court of India re-criminalised same-sex sexual behaviour on 11 December 2013. The consequenc... Read moreHarsh drug laws undermine India’s HIV response
Nov 19, 2014New Delhi: A national consultation was held in New Delhi today to discuss the emerging challenges faced by India’s drug-using communities. Harsh laws, policies and practices that punish drug users only perpetuate the harms of drug use, and there... Read moreIt’s time we talk about LGBT rights
Oct 20, 2014New Delhi: In India, far too many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people live lives of secrecy and shame. Those who reveal their sexual identities or deviate from gender norms face social rejection, economic marginalization, and phys... Read moreRoll back decision to close down the Department of AIDS Control
Aug 13, 2014New Delhi: A shocked community of AIDS experts in the country have severely condemned the decision of the Government of India, to close down the Department of AIDS Control (DAC), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. This decision comes a month af... Read moreIndia HIV/AIDS Alliance at the 20th International AIDS Conference
Jul 20, 2014Melbourne, Australia: India HIV/AIDS Alliance will be at the 20th International AIDS conference to highlight how vulnerable and marginalised populations most at risk of the HIV epidemic remain stigmatised, discriminated against and criminalised. As... Read moreMarking a decade of free antiretroviral treatment (ART) in India
Apr 7, 2014New Delhi: More than 300 stakeholders from government, affected communities, media, international agencies, and civil society came together today to mark the completion of 10 years of free antiretroviral treatment (ART) in India. The event – Treat... Read moreEarly TB testing is vital for an effective AIDS response: Government and civil society come together to reinforce this pledge on World TB Day
Mar 24, 2014New Delhi: World TB Day is observed every year on March 24th. To mark this occasion, India HIV/AIDS Alliance joins the Department of AIDS Control (DAC) and the Central TB Division (CTD) in creating awareness about the importance of early detection ... Read more207 against 377’: Building momentum against Supreme Court judgement recriminalizing same-sex behaviour
Feb 6, 2014New Delhi: More than 100 community stakeholders and activists came together today for a national consultation on Section 377 and the launch of Pehchan’s new advocacy campaign, ‘207 against 377’. The ‘207 against 377’ campaign initiated by Pehc... Read moreProtecting rights of people who use drugs in India
Dec 10, 2013New Delhi: Worldwide an estimated 16 million people inject drugs, and three million of them are living with HIV. In India, HIV prevalence in this group is 24-times that of the general population. Though progress has been made, the HIV epidemic cont... Read moreHijra Habba celebrates transgender identities, advocates equality
Nov 15, 2013New Delhi: More than 200 stakeholders from government, media, international agencies, transgender and hijra communities, and civil society came together today for the second National Hijra Habba to promote social justice and empowerment for transge... Read moreThe Global ‘War on Drugs’ Kills: Legal Reform Needed
Jun 25, 2013New Delhi: Worldwide an estimated 16 million people inject drugs, and three million of them are living with HIV. In India, HIV prevalence in this group is 24-times that of the general population. Though progress has been made, the HIV epidemic cont... Read moreAffected Communities Run to Show Solidarity on World AIDS Day
Dec 2, 2012New Delhi: Celebrities, government representatives, activists, students and supporters from all walks of life observed World AIDS Day this year with a run to promote equality, justice and empowerment among marginalized communities that are affected... Read moreHijras advocate for equality, celebrate Hijra Habba
Jun 2, 2012New Delhi: Stakeholders from government, media, policy bodies, the transgender and hijra community, and civil society came together today for the first National Hijra Habba. The event was organised by Pehchan, a five-year programme that strengthens... Read morePehchān welcomes Government of India stand on the decriminalisation of homosexuality
Mar 28, 2012New Delhi: Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Indians welcome the stand taken by the government in the Supreme Court on the decriminalisation of homosexuality. Attorney-general G. E. Vahanvati’s statement on March 21, 2012, has generated both... Read moreNew computerized information system strengthens groundbreaking HIV prevention efforts for MSM and transgenders
Dec 15, 2011New Delhi: To support its ambitious HIV prevention efforts with men who have sex with men (MSM), transgenders and hijras across India, the Pehchān programme launched a new Computerized Management Information System (CMIS) on 15th December at a nat... Read moreIndia HIV/AIDS Alliance disappointed with Supreme Court decision to re-criminalize consensual sexual behaviour between adults of the same sex
Dec 11, 2011New Delhi: India HIV/AIDS Alliance (Alliance India) is deeply disappointed with the decision of the Supreme Court to set aside the historic Delhi High Court judgment of 2009 that read-down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and ruled that sexual ... Read morePehchan marks World AIDS Day by celebrating community unity and action
Nov 29, 2011New Delhi : Organisations working with groups vulnerable to HIV/AIDS came together on 29 November at YMCA New Delhi for an event organised by the Pehchan programme to commemorate World AIDS Day 2011. ‘Pehchan’ literally means ‘identity,’ and th... Read moreA Call for Equality and Empowerment this World AIDS Day
Nov 28, 2011New Delhi: Celebrities, government and activists to show support for Pehchān programme to strengthen the HIV prevention in MSM, transgender and hijra communities in India This year, as the Indian response to HIV/AIDS marks a quarter century, the s... Read moreRenewing commitment to the future of the nation
Nov 12, 2010For 34-year old Prerna* in Tamil Nadu, her happiest moment in the last decade, since she has been living with HIV, has been to see her HIV positive child accepted back amongst his friends in the play ground. From being shunned for almost a year, th... Read moreLargest Global Fund grant for HIV prevention programming with MSM, hijra and transgender communities signed
Sep 8, 2010New Delhi: Professor Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, signed a US $25 million grant (115 crore rupees) with India HIV/AIDS Alliance, the largest Global Fund grant to date to strength... Read more
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Inclusion – All citizens equal
Sep 22, 2017Delhiites show understanding and compassion, as they get included into the talented, multidimensional world of transgenders and Hijras. The 5th annual “Hijra Habba” resonated with its theme of “Inclusion- All citizens equal”... Read moreOur identity creates obstacles for us: Transgender activists
Jul 4, 2015July 4, 2015; New Delhi: For the transgender (TG) and Hijra communities, visibility is the biggest challenge as it invites derision and discrimination from people and compounds their problems. This sentiment was echoed by the representatives of the sexual minorities in India at the Third National Hijra Habba or the ‘Transgender Festival’ held in the New Delhi.
Visibility is our biggest challenge, say transgender activists
Jul 3, 2015Jul 03, 2015; New Delhi: For the transgender (TG) and Hijra communities, visibility is the biggest challenge as it invites derision and discrimination from people and compounds their problems. This sentiment was echoed by the representatives of the sexual minorities in India at the Third National Hijra Habba or the ‘Transgender Festival’ held in the New Delhi.
At Transgender Meet, Minister Says BJP Against Bias on Basis of Sexual Orientation
Jul 2, 2015July 2, 2015; New Delhi: In an attempt to create a broader platform for issues affecting the transgender community in India, the Delhi-based India HIV/AIDS Alliance organised the Third National Hijra Habba 2015 in New Delhi on June 30. The event was intended to not only welcome the formal status of transgenders as the third gender following the Supreme Court’s landmark judgment last year but also to address the factors that still prevent the community from accessing the welfare measures they are entitled to.
Ban Ki-moon: Anti-sodomy laws ‘breed intolerance’
Jan 13, 2015U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday reaffirmed his opposition to laws that criminalize homosexuality. “I staunchly oppose the criminalization of homosexuality,” said Ban during an event in the Indian capital of New Delhi that marked the 70th anniversary of the U.N.’s founding. “I speak out because laws criminalizing consensual, adult same-sex relationships violate basic rights to privacy and to freedom from discrimination.”
The Unending Nightmare Of Section 377
Dec 20, 2014On the intervening night of 3 and 4 November 2013, while the rest of the country geared up to celebrate Diwali, the lives of 14 individuals in Hassan, Karnataka turned upside down. The Karnataka Police charged these 14 health workers, who identified with the female gender, under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) — the largest arrest under the section in independent India.
Rallying against violence, discrimination, abuse
Dec 16, 2014The December 11 verdict has made our already vulnerable community even more vulnerable to violence at the hands of police. I was threatened and assaulted so badly for being gay that I have lost the ability to hear from my right ear,” said one of the members of the LGBT (Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgender) during a conference on increase in violence and discrimination cases against sexual minorities since the Section 377 verdict in 2013. Notably, the Apex Court refused to review Section 377 of IPC which upholds criminalisation of homosexuality.
Harsh laws stifling India’s HIV response: Experts
Nov 20, 2014“Unsafe injection practices along with low condom use are putting people who inject drugs at dual risk for HIV. We can only successfully intervene and reach those vulnerable and most at risk if we proactively address existing legal and policy barriers,” James Robertson, executive director, India HIV/AIDS Alliance, said at a national consultation on the disease here.
Harsh Drug Laws Undermine India’s HIV Response
Nov 19, 2014A national consultation was held in New Delhi today to discuss the emerging challenges faced by India’s drug-using communities. Harsh laws, policies and practices that punish drug users only perpetuate the harms of drug use, and there is increasing evidence that India’s drug laws stifle the country’s HIV response.
India’s AIDS department merger angers activists
Sep 6, 2014Activists are concerned about the Indian Government’s decision to merge its AIDS control and health and welfare departments. Shaleen Rakesh, director of technical support at India HIV/AIDS Alliance, said: “We are concerned about how this will affect efforts targeted at key risk populations, such as female sex workers and gay men, especially since they’re not legally protected and often criminalised.”
Govt. to merge Department of AIDS Control with Health Ministry
Aug 14, 2014In a move that has shocked several AIDS experts in the country the Health Ministry has decided to merge the Department of AIDS Control (DAC) with the main Ministry. This decision comes a month after the Health Minister’s controversial statements against sex education and condom use. Speaking about the move to The Hindu Union Health Secretary Lov Verma said on Wednesday: “DAC will cease to exist as an independent unit and will be merged with the Ministry. There is no question of shutting down DAC.”
Breaking The Binary
May 10, 2014The Supreme Court of India recognised the rights of a two million-strong community that has long been relegated to a life of scorn and humiliation: the transgenders.
India Supreme Court agrees to reconsider sodomy ruling
Apr 22, 2014The Indian Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would consider a motion to reconsider last December’s controversial ruling that recriminalized homosexuality in the South Asian country.
Gay plea in SC to cite third gender verdict
Apr 20, 2014New Delhi: Senior counsel Anand Grover will move an application on Monday before the Chief Justice of India seeking to take into account the recent Supreme Court judgment creating the “third gender” status for transgenders while considering the curative petition filed by gay rights activists against its verdict criminalizing homosexuality.
This article appeared in Economic Times and World News NetworkTransgender community celebrates its recognition as third gender
Apr 20, 2014New Delhi: The transgender community celebrated victory in New Delhi on Sunday as the Supreme Court recognised ‘transgender’ as a third gender.
This article appeared in ANI news, World News Network, The Indian Republic and India InteractsNeed equal rights for all gender minorities: Transgenders
Apr 19, 2014New Delhi: On December 12 last year, after the Supreme Court set aside a High Court order decriminalising gay sex between consenting adults, activist Laxmi Narayan Tripathi, reaching out to members of the LGBT community, said they may be Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender but they were Indians first.
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals now wait for their turn
Apr 16, 2014Hyderabad: The SC verdict, however, does not cover members of other sexual orientations including lesbians, gays and bisexuals.
This article appeared in World News Network.‘Discrimination no longer my favorite word… finally, we have a foot in the door’
Apr 16, 2014New Delhi: Right to have family by marrying each other, adopt children.
This article appeared in Lockerdome, and News Wits.In order, court cites ‘new social needs’
Apr 16, 2014New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday ruled transgenders would from now on be treated as a third gender, which is neither male nor female.
No more invisible: Hijras celebrate new ‘weapon’
Apr 16, 2014New Delhi: “We have been given a weapon to defend ourselves,” Simran Shaikh, a hijra activist of India HIV/AIDS Alliance, said about the SC judgment which has made the third gender official.
This article appeared in 24dunia, Samachar and Got News Wire.India’s LGBT Community: Don’t Vote BJP
Apr 11, 2014India’s LGBT community is calling on members to come together during national elections to try to defeat the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). “In the absence of any clarification from the party, we will assume that they are not supporting gay rights,” says Shaleen Rakesh, a gay rights activist and director of the India HIV/AIDS Alliance.
India Marks 10 Years Of Cost-Free ART Program
Apr 8, 2014New Delhi: “India completed 10 years of the free antiretroviral treatment (ART) program for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients, now covering 768,000 people.
This article appeared in Kaiser Family Foundation news.Govt HIV treatment programme completes 10 years
Apr 7, 2014New Delhi: India completed 10 years of the free anti-retroviral treatment (ART) programme for Human Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) patients, now covering 768,000 people.
This article appeared in Aids portal, Biz News and Yahoo Groups.Marking a Decade of Free Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) in India
Apr 7, 2014New Delhi: More than 300 stakeholders from government, affected communities, media, international agencies, and civil society came together today to mark the completion of 10 years of free antiretroviral treatment (ART) in India.
This article appeared in Drug Today Online and PR News Wire.HIV patients fatally shy from TB testing, treatment
Mar 25, 2014New Delhi: A health expert said TB testing is vital for HIV patients. The twin stigma of TB and HIV often keeps people away from visiting clinics to learn about their TB status, he added.
This article appeared in Business Standard, IBN7, The Health Site and First Post.Early TB Testing is Vital for an Effective AIDS Response
Mar 24, 2014New Delhi: World TB Day is observed every year on March 24th. To mark this occasion, India HIV/AIDS Alliance joins the Department of AIDS Control (DAC) and the Central TB Division (CTD)…
This article appeared in The Telegraph, Zee News, Medicine Man, Headlines India, Bihar Prabha and Bangalore Waves.Alliance to create awareness about TB
Mar 24, 2014New Delhi: Alliance has joined the Department of AIDS Control (DAC) and the Central TB Division (CTD) for creating awareness about the importance of early detection and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) among people living with HIV (PLHIV).
This article appeared in Indilens.SC verdict will lead to discrimination, violence, say activists
Dec 12, 2013New Delhi: As the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a law banning same-gender sex, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community said they were now vulnerable to “discrimination and violence”.
Freedom curbed, courage sapped, hope crushed, gay couples stare at uncertain future
Dec 12, 2013New Delhi: Holding hands, Arun* and Vijay now share an uncertain future. The law of the land has deemed their status as a couple illegal.
Indian Court Reinstates Law Banning Gay Sex
Dec 11, 2013New Delhi: India’s Supreme Court Wednesday overturned a lower court’s ruling that had decriminalized gay sex, a disappointing surprise setback for the gay-rights movement in this largely conservative country.
Court in India criminalizes homosexuality
Dec 11, 2013New Delhi: India’s Supreme Court overturned a historic lower-court decision on homosexuality Wednesday, making gay sex a crime in the world’s most populous democracy, with violators facing up to 10 years in prison.
Brushed aside: medical evidence, verdict a blow to AIDS prevention efforts, say experts
Dec 11, 2013New Delhi: The Supreme Court order upholding a 153-year-old law that effectively criminalises gay sex has ignored scientific evidence that homosexuality is not deviant in any sense, but merely a variation in human sexual behaviour, experts and lawyers have said.
Delhi: Transgender voters fight hard, demand they be treated equally
Dec 3, 2013New Delhi: It is a forgotten community and an almost forgotten vote bank, but nearly 1 lakh transgenders will be voting in Delhi on December 4. They have just one basic demand, that is to be treated equally.
Injecting drug users most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS
Dec 2, 2013According to the latest report by the National Aids Control Organisation (NACO), while HIV prevalence in India among the general population stands at 0.40 per cent, HIV prevalence among people who inject drugs is as high as 7.17 per cent.
On HIV: Those slipping through the cracks
Nov 28, 2013Bangkok, Thailand : It was a conference where the number zero was the hero – or at least, the target.
In the shadows no longer
Nov 24, 2013Backstage at the ramp walk and dance performance by transgender and hijra community members at the second national Hijra Habba in Delhi, two participants await their turn in the spotlight.
Hijra Habba celebrates transgender identities, advocates equality
Nov 15, 2013November 15, 2013, New Delhi: More than 200 stakeholders from government, media, international agencies, transgender and hijra communities, and civil society came together today for the second National Hijra Habba to promote social justice and empowerment for transgender and hijra communities in India.
Transgenders demand equality, rights
Nov 15, 2013New Delhi: Demanding social justice and empowerment, a group of transgenders from all over the country interacted with government stakeholders, media and international agencies here Friday.
This article appeared in Zee News.Orchids Bloom: Best practices on harm reduction shared
Nov 5, 2013Learnings from Project ORCHID’s pioneering work on harm reduction in northeast India shows that scale up is possible even in resource poor and conflict ridden settings.
Hijra Farsi: Secret language knits community
Oct 7, 2013Mumbai: It’s not often that one stumbles upon a secret language floating around the streets of a busy Indian metropolis, least of all a language that has been alive-and-kicking across the sub-continent for a century or two.
Transgender activist, Abhina Aher speaks out
Sep 16, 2013Transgender activist Abhina Aher talks about her journey from being a boy to a woman, her work for the HIV-positive transgender people and The Dancing Queens, the LGBT dance troupe she founded.
HIV/AIDS activism helps the marginalized emerge from shadows in India
Sep 15, 2013New Delhi: Khushi Kumari had long kept her sexuality a secret, living alone like many of this sprawling city’s gay, lesbian and transgender residents.
The inner world of Kinnars
Sep 8, 2013Friday was different. In a small corner of the town, sixty different people gathered for a really momentous meet.
‘Even transgenders are entitled to protection by State’
Sep 8, 2013I want to feel safe while I walk down the street. I want men to realize that it is not OK or acceptable to pass lewd comments on me and that I am protected from verbal abuse by law.
Pehchan: Identifying Transgender and MSM issues in untouched Bihar, UP
Apr 5, 2013In an ICTC [An information, counselling, and testing centre] in Uttar Pradesh, transgender clients are treated with rudeness and disdain – they are like outcastes among the already stigmatised persons living with HIV.
Run to create awareness about AIDS
Dec 3, 2012New Delhi: A large number of people from all over the country came together in the Capital on Sunday to take part in a community run to raise awareness about the continued support needed to address the prevalence of HIV among high-risk groups.
1,000 run in support of HIV-positive
Dec 3, 2012New Delhi: Nearly thousand people, including transgenders, sex workers and HIV positive people, ran for over three kilometres on Sunday in south Delhi to create awareness and to support HIV-positive people.
Affected Communities Run to Show Solidarity on World AIDS Day
Dec 3, 2012December 3, 2012, New Delhi : Celebrities, Government Representatives, Activists, Students and Supporters From all Walks of Life Observed World AIDS Day
Hundreds show support to the HIV+
Dec 2, 2012New Delhi: Nearly a thousand people, including transgenders, sex workers and HIV-positive people, ran for over three kilometres on Sunday in south Delhi to create awareness and to support HIV-positive people.
Run for cause of HIV-affected people
Dec 2, 2012New Delhi: India may have managed to reduce HIV infections by 50 per cent in the past decade, but support to the community is still to pick up keeping in mind the social stigma attached to it.
New Delhi runs a marathon on World AIDS Day
Dec 2, 2012New Delhi,: Residents of New Delhi, from all walks of life, took part in a marathon on Sunday, a day after World AIDS Day was observed across the country.
Nearly 1,000 run in support of the HIV-positive
Dec 2, 2012New Delhi: Nearly thousand people, including transgenders, sex workers and HIV positive people, ran for over three kilometres Sunday in south Delhi to create awareness and to support HIV-positive people.
Cross out HIV Stigma
Dec 1, 2012AIDS continues to be a word that generates more anxiety than awareness. Stigma against those living with HIV/AIDS remains the grim reality.
Advocacy initiatives for people living with HIV/AIDS
Oct 2, 2012Coimbatore : Around 70 people participated in the advocacy meeting for women living with HIV/AIDS and transgenders, organised by Palmyrah Workers Development Society (PWDS) …
Rights of HIV victims are violated: study
Sep 27, 2012Madurai: Cervical cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer among women but it is easily and treatable, and women affected by AIDS are more prone to cervical cancer — five times more than normal women.
Serving with a smile
Jul 23, 2012Issue The startling spread of HIV/AIDS pandemic to newer areas has caught the Government unawares.
A society in denial: Ghosts who live among us, demand basic rights
Jul 8, 2012With the loss of their traditional role in Indian society, hijras find themselves marginalised at every step.
Serving with a Smile
Jun 23, 2012The startling spread of HIV/AIDS pandemic to newer areas has caught the Government unawares.
VMM to the aid of people living with HIV
Jun 22, 2012Vijaywada: Empowering the common man to be able to demand their right from Government will be our main aim said Vasavya Mahila Mandali (VMM) Secretary G. Reshma on Thursday.
From Bar Dancer to NGO Worker
Jun 10, 2012New Delhi: Over a decade ago, a 14-year-old Parsi boy ran away from his home in Dadar Parsi Colony in Mumbai as his parents did not accept the fact that he was gay.
How Healthy Are The healthcare Settings for Transgender or Hijra people?
Jun 6, 2012The transgender, ‘hijra’ or ‘kinnar’ community is visible as usually its members can be spotted easily by way of their attire and mannerisms.
This article appeared in World News Network, South Asia Mail Weekly, Modern Ghana and Bihar and Jharkhand News Service.
The Third Gender Does Not Deserve A Third Grade Treatment
Jun 6, 2012Raveena Bariha, the fire brand graduate tribal hijra activist from Chhattisgarh (a relatively backward state of India) is lovingly called the chhota bomb and chhota rocket.
Third gender option in varsity forms
Jun 6, 2012Mumbai: Abheena Aher’s graduation and post-graduation certificates refer to her as a ‘male’. The 35-year-old transgender activist, who completed her post-graduation in Mumbai, didn’t have a choice.
Landmark meet on sexual minorities: National Hijra Habba Consultation
Jun 6, 2012Pehchan, in association with India HIV/AIDS Alliance, recently organized a national consultation, aptly called Hijra Habba (Habba is a Kannada word meaning festival), in Delhi…
Come together right now, over me
Jun 5, 2012Violence against trasngenders is routinised. “It begins at our own homes from biological family members, relatives, neighbours; in educational institutions and the friend circle,” says Akkai Padmashali from Sangama in Bangalore.
India Third Gender Community Demands Social Equality and Its Own Passport Designation
Jun 3, 2012New Delhi: On Saturday, members of India’s transgender and hijra community convened in New Delhi for the first Hijra Habba in order to discuss ways to ameliorate the persistent discrimination that marginalizes Indian transgenders.
Health system gives eunuch community the go-by
Jun 2, 2012While the country’s health system, schemes and officials are still unfriendly to the members of the transgender (TG) and the eunuch community, a different gender definitely not by their own choice has pushed them to the status of being a marginalised section.
IGNOU opens doors to hijra, transgender communities
Jun 2, 2012Now they can go for any distance learning course at the varsity. Education will not be a far fetched dream for transgender and hijra communities any more as IGNOU has opened admissions for distance education in all streams even for the “other” category.
National Hijra Habba (India, 2012): Eunuchs demand equality, special privileges
Jun 2, 2012New Delhi: Members from the transgender and eunuch community Saturday came together, demanding equality and special privileges for themselves to live with dignity in society.
India’s shunned transgenders struggle to survive
May 17, 2012Seema, a husband and father of two, gets ready for another night of work on the streets of the Indian capital, placing two halves of a yellow sponge ball into empty bra cups.
Transgender community demands civil, not special, rights
May 13, 2012New Delhi: “Is it a sin to be born a hijra?” asked Sita, a member of the transgender community, narrating her story of pain and trauma at a public hearing on “Social Inclusion and Access to Justice to Transgender Community” here on Saturday.
Pehchan marks World AIDS Day
Dec 1, 2011New Delhi: Organisations working with groups vulnerable to HIV/AIDS came together on 29 November at YMCA New Delhi for an event organised by the Pehchan programme to commemorate World AIDS Day 2011.
Erasing the stigma of HIV
Nov 30, 2011New Delhi : Calling for a continued and expanded effort to protect and support Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM), transgender and ‘hijra’ community in the country.
Creating awareness about HIV-TB co-infection, training counsellors
Nov 30, 2011New Delhi: To create awareness on HIV-TB co-infection among People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV), non-government organisation Global Health Advocates, India, organised a workshop.
HIV plan for 200 organisations
Nov 29, 2011New Delhi: It took more than a decade for Abhina Aher, a transgender to finally be allowed to be in her skin.