Light for Rights – Shine a Light of Awareness and Understanding on HIV/AIDS
This World AIDS Day and throughout Canadian HIV/AIDS Awareness week from November 24 to December 1, the Canadian AIDS Society is challenging Canadians to shine a light of awareness and understanding on HIV/AIDS in Canada। This year’s campaign will provide a national take on Light for Rights, a global event organized by amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research; UNAIDS; the World AIDS Campaign; and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS to bring awareness to HIV and human rights.
In communities across Canada, local AIDS service organizations (ASOs) and local community groups and supporters in the fight against HIV/AIDS will be lighting human rights monuments in order to illuminate the central role human rights plays in the HIV epidemic in this country and around the world.
“Human rights as they relate to HIV/AIDS are as much an issue in Canada as they are globally, affirms Monique Doolittle-Romas, Executive Director of the Canadian AIDS Society. “Further increasing awareness of human rights and ensuring they are respected can improve health outcomes for those living with HIV and can help curb the national epidemic. Whether it’s the issue of equitable access to health care and treatment, personal privacy, discrimination or education, to name just a few, human rights play a significant role in shaping the evolution of HIV in our country.”
The Canadian AIDS Society is also calling upon individuals to shine a light of awareness on HIV and AIDS by supporting local AIDS service organizations through donations of either their time or money to support prevention, education, treatment and care programs for those at risk of and living with HIV/AIDS. Change begins with simple steps. Think about it. Talk about it.
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