Alejandra Gil from APROASE, Mexico, at AIDS 08
By: AIDS 08 Conference
Posted: Aug 8 08
Witnessed: 1647 times
Regions: Mexico
Issues: HIV-AIDS, Sexual rights
Tags: aids, aids08, hiv, méxico, sexworkers
Alejandra Gil of the Mexican sexworker support network, APROASE, on the need to stop picking out people as innocent and guilty, when addressing sex work and HIV/AIDS; filmed as part of participatory video project at the International AIDS Conference, Mexico City 2008.
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