http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/5050/16_days/hiv_aids_namibia Comments for "Thinking positive, Luisa Orza Jennifer Gatsi Mallet " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/5050/16_days/hiv_aids_namibia <p> The newly-formed Namibia Women&#39;s Health Network (NWHN) is remarkable in many ways. With a focus on health issues, and HIV in particular, twelve of the thirteen coordinating members are young women living with HIV. For HIV positive women in Namibia, meaningful political participation is, in many cases, an inaccessible goal. For young women - who traditionally defer to older women in matters of personal and political decision-making - living with HIV, the political arena is even harder to enter. Yet members of the NWHN have already had personal meetings with the Deputy Minister for Health, as well as other parliamentarians. </p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/5050/16_days/hiv_aids_namibia" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/5050/16_days/hiv_aids_namibia">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/5050/16_days/hiv_aids_namibia#comment 50.50 16 days africa &amp; democracy Creative Commons normal Jennifer Gatsi Mallet Luisa Orza Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:45:42 +0000 35196 at http://www.opendemocracy.net