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When it's time for my ARVS my sweets I take it smiling and think that is the reason why it's working am undetectable can't transmit the virus #UequalsU know your status, start treatment now to save lives #LeaveNoOneBehindUG #EndStigmaUG @Uganetlaw @Matovuwilliam1 @BR999
Access to SRH services is constrained when adolescents need parental consent. Kenya, for example, requires parental consent for HIV testing. #WeLeadOurSRHR #HearHerCry @hivos @_ARASAcomms @TASOUganda @Uganetlaw
Legal or practical requirements for third-party consent of a husband severely restricts the free and voluntary consent of women and girls in terms of access to SRH services. #WeLeadOurSRHR
#WeLeadOurSRHR the absence of safe abortion care standards and guidelines.The withdrawal or stalling of guidelines in,for instance in Kenya and Uganda, obstructs implementation of existing law and can restrict women and girls'access to safe abortion even when the law permits it
Let's keep advocating for SRHR in east Africa the statistics states 2.5millon East Africa have abortion whereby 97% have unsafe abortion and 3% is safe #HearHerCry #WeLeadOurSRHR @Uganetlaw @_ARASAcomms @hivos @TASOUganda
Involvement of young people on issues of body autonomy and SRHR programmes by putting a face of young people when addressing the issues of teenage pregnancy #HearHerCry #WeLeadOurSRHR @Uganetlaw @_ARASAcomms @hivos
Bodily integrity is the inviolability of the physical body and emphasizes the importance of personal autonomy, self-ownership, and self-determination of human beings over their own bodies #HearHerCry #WeLeadOurSRHR @Uganetlaw @_ARASAcomms @hivos
Let gender inequality go away from society through a girl’s education
Never make a girl devoid of education and lack of birthrights. #WeLeadOurSRHR #UGANET4SOCIALJUICE @Uganetlaw @hivos @TASOUganda @_ARASAcomms
Women and girls need to be educated about Body autonomy that is the right of a person to govern what happens to their body without external influence to end violation of their rights #HearHerCry #UGANET4SOCIALJUICE @Uganetlaw @_ARASAcomms @hivos @TASOUganda
Start now fight stigma by making research on HIV to end the myths and miscoceptions remember it's no longer a death sentence treatment is available and it's working #UequalsU #ENDHIVSTIGMAUG #UGANET4SOCIALJUICE @Uganetlaw @TASOUganda @hivos @_ARASAcomms
It's everyone's responsibility to end child marriage to save the future generations to come #WeLeadOurSRHR #UGANET4SOCIALJUICE @Uganetlaw @hivos @_ARASAcomms @TASOUganda @UN_Women
Body integrity ensures that individual's bodies are not physically violated including through medical or scientific experimentation without consent #HereHerCry #UGANET4SocialJustice @Uganetlaw @_ARASAcomms @SRHRAllianceUg @UN_Women @hivos @TASOUganda @awacuganda
The right to health is the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health as one of the fundamental rights of every human being without being discriminated against #HearHerCry #UGANET4SocialJustice @Uganetlaw @_ARASAcomms @UN_Women @TASOUganda @hivos @SRHRAllianceUg
Bodily autonomy means my body is for me; my body is my own. It's about power, and it's about agency. It's about choice, and it's about dignity. #HearHerCry #UGANET4SocialJustice @Uganetlaw @_ARASAcomms @hivos @SRHRAllianceUg @TASOUganda @awacuganda
One submission from key populations their autonomy body violated in some circumstance their forced to test for HIV without their consent more sensitization about body autonomy is needed #HearHerCry #UGANET4SocialJustice @Uganetlaw @_ARASAcomms @hivos @SRHRAllianceUg @TASOUganda
Body autonomy is respecting one's feelings , rights and decisions over their body #HearHerCry #UGANET4SocialJustice @Uganetlaw @_ARASAcomms @TASOUganda @hivos @awacuganda @SRHRAllianceUg
Government has done nothing to empower HIV negative students not to stigmatize students living with HIV they end up stopping treatment which leads to drug resistance and it affects their lives #HopeBeyondAffliction #EndHIVStigmaUG @focagifo @3fhi_ @Uganetlaw @UNAIDS_UG
Due to the fear of stigma, many people are afraid of testing for HIV. take up HIV prevention and treatment,If people do not know their sero-status, the chances of those who are HIV positive being re-infected and infecting others increase. #HopeBeyindAffliction @focagifo
In carrying out all these roles: not only are religious leaders well placed to address HIV/AIDS related stigma, denial and discrimination but they also have the mandate and the responsibility to overcome these issues #HopeBeyondAffliction #EndHIVStigmaUG @focagifo in the thread:
1.Stigma kills and makes people suffer unnecessarily and lead to loss of self stigma and confidence #HopeBeyondAffliction #EndHIVStigmaUG @focagifo @UPMB_Uganda @MinofHealthUG @UNAIDS_UG @_tasiams
We need to need to strengthen the capacity of religious leaders to encourage people to reduce stigma, promote easy access to services and extend compassion towards all those affected by the epidemic #HopeBeyondAffliciton #EndHIVStigmaUG @focagifo @Uganetlaw @TASOUganda
We still need more testimonial stories to empower and inspire more people to know their status and also start treatment without fear to end stigma #HopeBeyondAfflicition #EndHIVStigmaUG @focagifo @UNAIDS_UG @MinofHealthUG @Uganetlaw @NAFOPHANU @TASOUganda @UPMB_Uganda























































