Stigma doesn’t discriminate; a reflection on World AIDS Day 2010

By Wade Bromley, Technical Officer on HIV/AIDS, ILO Decent Work Team for East and South-East Asia and the Pacific. December marks both World AIDS Day (1 December) and the International Day of Disabled Persons (3 December). The proximity of these important events is also a reminder that women and men with disabilities and those living with HIV/AIDS face similar issues of discrimination in the world of work.