Unfortunately, there are very few people with access to HIV/AID meds when you consider the global situation. It will only get worse if responsible goverments don't take a stand on this important issue. HIV/AIDS is and always will be about behavior. That people want to put their heads in the sand on this ways saddens me. Soon, if this continues to go mostly unchecked, the numbers will reach catastrophic proportions and perhaps an end to the how we think about sex forever.

AIDS AND INDIA SEX WORKERS...SAD,SORRY and SCAREY!

These two paragraphs from the article says it all about this horrible scene being played out in India.

"On the streets of Kamathipura, it's no challenge for Aronson to find sex workers to talk with. In a small gathering she asks them frankly about the core issues of their trade -- economics and health. The women get the equivalent of US$1.50 for sex, $2 on a good night, less than a dollar on a bad night. To have sex without a condom, men will often pay more or, after a few visits, tell the women they love them. The women in the group laugh a bit about the men's proclamations of love, but there's a tragic fact behind their laughter: more than half of the sex workers here are HIV positive.

For the pimps and brothel owners of Mumbai, the sex industry is a multi-million dollar business in which money, not health, is the bottom line. The highest prices go for the youngest girls, many of whom have been kidnapped from other countries and trafficked to India, or sold by their own families into the industry."


India!...Shame on you!
You can do better with that horrifying scenario.
This from a country where many of America's jobs are being outsourced to... on an ever increasing basis.









-- Modified on 6/25/2004 5:58:31 AM

There's also a lot of female mutilation going on in parts of Africa. Many young women die from this. Can you imagine having your vagina sewn up? Ouch! I signed a petition for the movement of U.S. intervening with this. Hey, some things we should become involved in.

Hugs,
Ciara