TY  - JOUR
A1  - Sultan, Aysel
A1  - Mažeikienė, Natalia
T1  - Living with HIV in post-soviet states: rejecting individual stigma through social activism
T2  - International social work
N2  - This article addresses the continuing resilience of two post-Soviet governments – Azerbaijan and Lithuania – against community-based engagement and social protection of HIV-positive people by exploring the challenges of two social activists. The analysis shows how basic social and medical needs of people living with HIV/AIDS remain unmet, while stigmatisation informs the local health policies and manifests as a protective mechanism against contrary promotion effects. The findings call for urgent policy changes to prevent the further suffering of these people because of poor state strategies. The aim is to help further intervention practices and improve social care services for HIV-positive people in the two countries.
KW  - Azerbaijan
KW  - discrimination
KW  - HIV
KW  - Lithuania
KW  - self-empowerment
KW  - social activism
Y1  - 2019
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/62203
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-622038
SN  - 1461-7234
N1  - Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.
This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
VL  - 64
IS  - 3
SP  - 386
EP  - 398
PB  - Sage
CY  - London
ER  -