Save Our Young Women and Girls
The Global Fund - "I love life. I love to visit new places and to make new friends. I love to dance. And oh, I love good food. Most of all, I adore my children – two boys who add so much meaning and purpose to my life. Walking them to school, making them food, sitting to watch them eat, or just cuddling with them on a couch are moments that mean the life to me.
Perhaps that love for life and for my children might explain why I was so afraid to die after I tested positive for HIV 12 years ago. It is why I felt so crushed when Earl – my first-born son – also tested positive for the virus. Later, I made a decision that I would live. For myself and for Earl. (...)
I got infected with HIV before I was 24. The factors that predisposed me to HIV then are still with us; in fact, they seem to have escalated. Gender discrimination, violence, sexual abuse and limited opportunities for young women and girls continue to kill many."