HIV, Women and Motherhood
'HIV, Women and Motherhood' is a collection of 14 interviews which explore the many and complex issues in relation to motherhood facing women living with HIV.
All 14 interviews are now accessible - in audio form- via the Strategies for Hope website (http://www.stratshope.org/ ).
Twelve of the interviews are with women from different parts of the world who are either mothers or want to become mothers.
Each woman describes how she learned of her HIV-positive diagnosis and what she has done with her life since then.
Some of the experiences of these women are deeply traumatic and many have faced prejudice and stigma. But each displays great courage, resilience and a desire to change the world.
The other two interviewees are with leading international advocates for women's rights: Mary Robinson (former President of Ireland) and Dr Musimbi Kanyoro (Director of the Packard Foundation's Population Programme).
The 14 interviews were carried out by Alice Welbourn, author of 'Stepping Stones' and herself a mother living with HIV, together with radio producer Rosemary Hill. The interviews contain important lessons for law makers and law enforcers, government policy makers, health practitioners, faith-based organisations, advocacy groups and service providers.
Stragtegies for Hope would like you to listen to these interviews and use them as a means of increasing public and official awareness of the hugely important issues which they raise.