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June 2013

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   Watch

   VCT@WORK: ILO and UNAIDS launch campaign to encourage voluntary HIV testing

   06 June 2013

   ILO Director-General and UNAIDS Executive Director launch new programme on voluntary and confidential HIV counselling and testing to reach 5 million workers world-wide.

April 2013

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   From Chile

   Indigenous communities take their place in the HIV battle

   16 April 2013

   The ILO and indigenous communities in Chile team up to battle discrimination and implement HIV guidelines in the transport sector.

March 2013

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   Swaziland

   Getting across the message on male circumcision and HIV in the workplace

   14 March 2013

   Many Swazi men have decided to get circumcised to reduce their risk of contracting HIV, after attending workplace information sessions organised by the ILO.

November 2012

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   Article

   HIV Stigma – a new form of dying

   30 November 2012

   HIV is no longer a killer but HIV stigma is. As World AIDS Day is observed on 1 December, ILO research in China, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand sheds light on the problem and suggests ways it can be addressed. By Richard Howard, Senior Specialist on HIV/AIDS, ILO Decent Work Team for East and South-East Asia and the Pacific

July 2012

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   News item

   HIV still a major obstacle to employment security

   24 July 2012

   A new ILO-backed report launched by the Global Network of People living with HIV at the International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC. shows that HIV-related stigma and discrimination is still widespread in the world of work.

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   News item

   ILO: Public-Private partnership is key to HIV response

   23 July 2012

   The role of public-private partnerships in response to HIV and AIDS and the relevance of action at the workplace are being highlighted at the 19th International AIDS Conference.

May 2012

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   News item

   Anti-homophobia campaign takes to the road in South America

   16 May 2012

   As the world marks International Day against Homophobia on 17 May, Chilean truckers carry a message of respect for colleagues, irrespective of sexual orientation.

December 2011

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   News

   ILO sets the tone at the 16th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA)

   01 December 2011

   The International Labour Organization (ILO) is organizing and participating in a series of events to highlight the importance of reducing stigma and discrimination in the workplace at ICASA, which opens Sunday, 4 December, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under the theme “Own, Scale-up and Sustain”.

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   Questions and Answers

   Questions and Answers on 10 Years of the ILO Programme on HIV and AIDS and the World of Work

   01 December 2011

   This year marks the 10th anniversary of the ILO’s Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work (ILO/AIDS). On World AIDS Day 2011, ILO Online spoke to the new Director of the ILO/AIDS programme, Mrs. Alice Ouedraogo about progress made in the last 10 years and her hopes for the future.

November 2011

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   Feature

   From Architect to Street Vendor: Discrimination at work against Persons Living with HIV in the Arab States

   30 November 2011

   Most Arab States do not have coherent national policies and laws designed to deal with HIV and AIDS in the workplace. They thus lack the means to prevent discrimination at work against nearly half a million of people living with HIV in the region. ILO Online reports from the capital of Jordan, Amman.