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UNAIDS and Nobel Peace Prize Winner and UNAIDS Global Advocate for Zero Discrimination Daw Aung San Suu Kyi launched today in Melbourne (Australia) - where AIDS 2014 will take place - the #zerodiscrimination campaign calling for a global transformation. The initiative will launch the new Zero Discrimination Day on 1 March 2014, adopting the butterfly as the transformative symbol for zero discrimination.
“I believe in a world where everyone can flower and blossom. We can all make a difference by reaching out and letting people lead a life of dignity irrespective of who they are,” said Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. “I invite everyone to Open up, Reach out and end discrimination.”
Discrimination towards people living with HIV and key populations at higher risk of HIV is a major obstacle to expanding access to HIV services and is hampering national responses to HIV. Country surveys found that one seventh of people living with HIV have reportedly been denied access to healthcare and more than 10% of people living with HIV have been refused employment because of their HIV status.
“I believe in a world where everyone can flower and blossom. We can all make a difference by reaching out and letting people lead a life of dignity irrespective of who they are,” said Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. “I invite everyone to Open up, Reach out and end discrimination.”
Discrimination towards people living with HIV and key populations at higher risk of HIV is a major obstacle to expanding access to HIV services and is hampering national responses to HIV. Country surveys found that one seventh of people living with HIV have reportedly been denied access to healthcare and more than 10% of people living with HIV have been refused employment because of their HIV status.
“We recognize that getting to zero new HIV infections and zero AIDS-related deaths will be impossible without striving towards zero discrimination,” said Michel Sidibé, UNAIDS Executive Director. “On Zero Discrimination Day, we will celebrate the rights of everyone to live a full and productive life with dignity”.
Watch: Nobel laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi launches #zerodiscrimination campaign (video)
Read more: UNAIDS 2013 Global Fact Sheet
Read more: 2013 World AIDS Day statements
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