Living with HIV in post-soviet states: rejecting individual stigma through social activism

  • 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.

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Author:Aysel Sultan, Natalia Mažeikienė
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-622038
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872819858746
ISSN:1461-7234
Parent Title (English):International social work
Publisher:Sage
Place of publication:London
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2019/07/31
Date of first Publication:2019/07/31
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2021/09/28
Tag:Azerbaijan; HIV; Lithuania; discrimination; self-empowerment; social activism
Volume:64
Issue:3
Page Number:13
First Page:386
Last Page:398
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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.
HeBIS-PPN:489227775
Institutes:Erziehungswissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 36 Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste / 360 Soziale Probleme und Sozialdienste; Verbände
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht