Human Rights of HIV-affected Women and the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS: the Case of Georgia.
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Human Rights of HIV-affected Women and the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS: the Case of Georgia All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Article 1, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights All of us must recognize AIDS as our problem. All of us must make it our priority. Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General, 25 June, 2001 Why cannot I have the operation? Why cannot I? HIV-affected Georgian woman We are all born equal in dignity and rights - at least this is what we believe in. How come our "equality" remains mainly on the paper? How come some people enjoy all the benefits of modern life and the latest achievements of the science, while others are obliged to live in hunger, poverty, homelessness, discrimination, and to be exposed to inadequate health care? Are the changes a human body (and sometimes mentality) undergoes during the life to be blamed? If yes,...

