Stigma Busters: Empowering and enabling local governance to work towards stigma-free Gram Panchyat
Abstract
Because of high levels of stigma and discrimination, people living with HIV (PLHIV) rarely participate openly in community-level political and social discussions that affect the implementation of programmes, schemes and policies. Until now, the potential for Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs), India’s local governing bodies, to influence community perceptions and responses around HIV-related stigma had not been utilized. This project was successful in training and mobilizing Gram Panchayat (GP) members to lead stigma reduction efforts in five communities and to create a platform for ongoing dialogue between the Panchayat and PLHIV. This initiative was part of a larger effort to adapt and pilot test a global stigma reduction framework to the Indian context.
Citation
Anon. Stigma Busters: Empowering and enabling local governance to work towards stigma-free Gram Panchyat. International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW), (2013) 2 pp.
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