Durban 2016
Stories
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Condom Couture and Other Ways to Fight AIDS With Art
After 20 years of doing “condom couture,” Adriana Bertini knows she can make a dress out of old condoms in about 50 hours. But after years of carting bags packed with condom collectibles – including a wedding dress made from 80,000 sheaths – around the world, the Brazilian designer never knows
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In South Africa, HIV Prevention Starts With Sex Workers
A condom or a coffin. That is the real choice a woman faces when she decides between a man paying 40 to 400 South African rand (around $3 to $30) for sex while wearing a condom, and one paying 1,000 to 1,500 rand (around $75 to $110) for unprotected sex, explains sex worker Emily. In the city of
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Stigma ‘Killing’ South Africans Living with HIV
Tania has to shout to be heard over music blasting out of a brothel in downtown Durban, South Africa, where dozens of sex workers slouch in chairs under the red glow of the bar or lean against walls as they wait for clients. Dressed in a tight top and trousers,
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Bisi Alimi on HIV Criminalization and Intersectionality
Last month I got the opportunity to attend the annual AIDS conference in Durban, South Africa, thanks to an International Reporting Project (IRP) fellowship. Amongst many enlightening sessions was a pre-conference keynote address given by activist Bisi Alimi. Though the narrative has mostly focused on him being the first Nigerian
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The World Spent $1 Billion Less on AIDS, Jeopardizing Decades of Progress
The 21st International AIDS Conference convened here last week amid an emerging global consensus that the end to an epidemic that has killed 35 million people might be achievable. Just weeks before the conference, a high-level meeting of United Nations members in New York issued a declaration
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Editors
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Sumitra Deb Roy
- Affiliation:
- The Times of India
- Country:
- South Africa
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Andrew Green
- Affiliation:
- Freelance
- Country:
- South Africa
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Hannah McNeish
- Affiliation:
- Freelance
- Country:
- South Africa
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Jordyn Taylor
- Affiliation:
- Mic
- Country:
- South Africa
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Unwana Udobang
- Affiliation:
- Freelance
- Country:
- Nigeria