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Decriminalization of HIV by empowering young women living with HIV in Tajikistan was discussed during the round table.
According to official data, 13070 cases of HIV infection (8,342 men and 4,728 women) were registered in Tajikistan from 1991 to December 2020. The main ways of HIV transmission in the Republic of Tatarstan: 60% sexually, 29.4% by injection, 6.7% uncertain, 3.9% from mother to child%
This was stated by Tahmina Haidarova, director of the republican NGO "Tajik Network of Women Living with HIV" during a round table held in Khujand.
The event was organized within the framework of the project "Decriminalization of HIV by empowering young women and girls living with HIV in the Republic of Tajikistan", which is supported by the American Embassy in Tajikistan.
The objectives of the project are to inform law enforcement officials and decision makers about human rights, stigma, discrimination, and HIV-related violence, and international standards in the field of protection
