Description:
Peer educators Dipu and Shujon, who are HIV positive, distribute condoms, arrange for testing and talk of safe sex but in a relaxed way many of them are fun loving dancers who are trusted by the groups they work with. Bondhu, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bandhu is the Bengali word for friend: the Bandhu peer educators work at sharing information about HIV and AIDS. They visit the areas which men who have sex with men, MSM, frequent and since taboos prevent discussions of sexuality, talk to those groups marginalized by attitudes and stigma. The sex workers in Dhaka also have peer educators who distribute condoms and give advice. Part of the international Positive Lives project (www.positivelives.org) that documents the impact of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Credits:
Shahidul - (Bangladesh) Alam/Drik/Majority World
Description:
Peer educators Dipu and Shujon, who are HIV positive, distribute condoms, arrange for testing and talk of safe sex but in a relaxed way many of them are fun loving dancers who are trusted by the groups they work with. Bondhu, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bandhu is the Bengali word for friend: the Bandhu peer educators work at sharing information about HIV and AIDS. They visit the areas which men who have sex with men, MSM, frequent and since taboos prevent discussions of sexuality, talk to those groups marginalized by attitudes and stigma. The sex workers in Dhaka also have peer educators who distribute condoms and give advice. Part of the international Positive Lives project (www.positivelives.org) that documents the impact of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Date Created:
0000-00-00 00:00:00
Author:
Shahidul Alam
Country:
Bangladesh
Copyright Notice:
Copyright Majority World
Filename:
MWC008950.jpg
File Date/Time:
1471660835
File Size:
28499113
File Type:
2
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image/jpeg
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ANY_TAG, IFD0, EXIF
Image Description:
Peer educators Dipu and Shujon, who are HIV positive, distribute condoms, arrange for testing and talk of safe sex but in a relaxed way – many of them are fun loving dancers who are trusted by the groups they work with. Bondhu, Dhaka, Bangladesh. ‘Bandhu’