Stigma Busters: Empowering and enabling local governance to work towards stigma-free Gram Panchyat

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
1 January 2013
Country:
India
Document Type:
Case Study
Theme:
Health
First published:
1 January 2013

Abstract

Because of high levels of stigma and discrimination, people living with HIV (PLHIV) rarely participate openly in community-level political and social discussions that affect the implementation of programmes, schemes and policies. Until now, the potential for Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs), India바카라 사이트™s local governing bodies, to influence community perceptions and responses around HIV-related stigma had not been utilized. This project was successful in training and mobilizing Gram Panchayat (GP) members to lead stigma reduction efforts in five communities and to create a platform for ongoing dialogue between the Panchayat and PLHIV. This initiative was part of a larger effort to adapt and pilot test a global stigma reduction framework to the Indian context.

Citation

Anon. Stigma Busters: Empowering and enabling local governance to work towards stigma-free Gram Panchyat. International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW), (2013) 2 pp.

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