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Olena Stryzhak: “I wanted to support women living with HIV and protect their rights, because I know from my own experience what stigma and discrimination are.”
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Olena Stryzhak is the Head of the Board of the NGO “Positive Women”, an activist and human rights advocate for women living with HIV in Ukraine. In 2000, when she was pregnant, Olena was diagnosed with HIV. But two years later, she became an activist and began helping other HIV-positive women go through this journey more easily.
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EU-funded programme drives women’s economic empowerment by challenging gender norms in Eastern Partnership countries
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Women’s economic empowerment is essential to promoting women’s rights and gender equality. Central to this effort is employment, which not only fosters financial independence but also drives personal growth and achievement.
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In the words of Nataliia Novitska: “When a woman living with HIV is displaced by war, she needs to maintain access to antiretroviral therapy”
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Nataliia Novitska 36, is Project Manager at the NGO “Positive Women”, which provides assistance and information to women living with HIV across Ukraine, even amid the Russian invasion. It is among the organizations supported by UN Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF).
Natalia Tiuniahina is the Regional Coordinator of the charitable organization “Positive Women”. Photo: UN Women Ukraine
In the words of Natalia Tiuniahina: “My biggest inner need is to help women accept their status, to teach them to live a full life with HIV”
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Natalia Tiuniahina is the Regional Coordinator of the charitable organization “Positive Women” and founder and Board member of the public organization “Positive Women Kherson” in southern Ukraine.
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