Legal activists meet over HIV/AIDS
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*KIGALI - *Legal activists have called for increased awareness on HIV/AIDSamong vulnerable groups, saying this will enable the success of legislationas a way of fighting the scourge.
The call was made at the launch of the Universal Access for Women and Girls’Project and the Forum for Activists against HIV/AIDS (FAAS) at Kigali Serenahotel.
Professor Hansungule Michelo from the University of Pretoria, said that themove would empower women and girls who constitute the biggest number ofHIV/AIDS victims in Africa to gain confidence to fight the spread of thedisease.
He underscored the relevance of legislation in curbing the scourge, sayingthat this effectively deals with people who knowingly transmit the diseaseto others.
“We need to reach a point where a woman can go to a police station andreport a case in relation to an HIV/AIDS transmission. This will mean thatvulnerable people can now make use of the legislative interventions inplace,” Michelo said.
The event also marked the launch of a two-day training workshop for judges,prosecutors, advocates and judicial police.
In his opening remarks, the Vice President of the Supreme Court, Prof SamRugege, said that HIV/AIDS had taken a terrible human toll.
“It threatens man’s very existence as a human being. We therefore need tomake every effort, try every available approach, in order to defeat thisthreat,” he said.
Rugege added that the greatest hope in eliminating the pandemic foreverwould be in preventing new infections, especially among young people.
The President of the East African Law Society (EALS) Dr Tom Ojienda, saidthat the East African Community (EAC) is looking at coming up with a singlelaw on the fight against the scourge in the region
*Hope you will enjoy the reading*
*KIGALI - *Legal activists have called for increased awareness on HIV/AIDSamong vulnerable groups, saying this will enable the success of legislationas a way of fighting the scourge.
The call was made at the launch of the Universal Access for Women and Girls’Project and the Forum for Activists against HIV/AIDS (FAAS) at Kigali Serenahotel.
Professor Hansungule Michelo from the University of Pretoria, said that themove would empower women and girls who constitute the biggest number ofHIV/AIDS victims in Africa to gain confidence to fight the spread of thedisease.
He underscored the relevance of legislation in curbing the scourge, sayingthat this effectively deals with people who knowingly transmit the diseaseto others.
“We need to reach a point where a woman can go to a police station andreport a case in relation to an HIV/AIDS transmission. This will mean thatvulnerable people can now make use of the legislative interventions inplace,” Michelo said.
The event also marked the launch of a two-day training workshop for judges,prosecutors, advocates and judicial police.
In his opening remarks, the Vice President of the Supreme Court, Prof SamRugege, said that HIV/AIDS had taken a terrible human toll.
“It threatens man’s very existence as a human being. We therefore need tomake every effort, try every available approach, in order to defeat thisthreat,” he said.
Rugege added that the greatest hope in eliminating the pandemic foreverwould be in preventing new infections, especially among young people.
The President of the East African Law Society (EALS) Dr Tom Ojienda, saidthat the East African Community (EAC) is looking at coming up with a singlelaw on the fight against the scourge in the region
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