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The concerns of women living with HIV in the Asia Pacific region have remained relatively hidden and ignored. Rates of new infections and AIDS-related deaths among men in the region are more than double those of women. But for the estimated 2.2 million women living with HIV in Asia and the Pacific, smaller numbers do not mean smaller problems. ....
"It was hard for us before COVID-19, but it has become even harder now," said Ayu Oktariani, the National Coordinator of the Indonesia Positive Network. ....
unaids.org UNAIDS ICWAP staff distributing emergency supplies, including food and sanitary products, to women and girls living with HIV in western Nepal at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 Feature story 08 March 202108 March 202108 March 2021 “It was hard for us before COVID-19, but it has become even harder now,” said Ayu Oktariani, the “It was hard for us before COVID-19, but it has become even harder now,” said Ayu Oktariani, the National Coordinator of the Indonesia Positive Network of Women Living with HIV (IPPI). For more than 10 years, she has been working with women and adolescents living with HIV who have been subjected to domestic violence in Indonesia, providing them with psychosocial support and counselling. Since the first COVID-19 outbreak, she has seen increased requests for help, as violence has escalated alarmingly. ....