In Tajikistan, the majority of women with HIV are exposed to domestic violence and discrimination in society, the public organization "Tajik Network of Women Living with HIV" said, citing a recent study.

As part of this study, 400 HIV-infected women from four regions of Tajikistan were interviewed. Many of them admitted that they are being mistreated not only in the family, but even in medical institutions.

Dilor (name changed for ethical reasons) is 27 years old, she is a resident of the city of Kulyab. A young woman got married four years ago and contracted HIV from a migrant husband. Life at her husband's parents' house, she said, turned into a living hell after it became known about her illness. "After another beating by my husband, I was taken to my father's house. But there I was greatly disappointed: my brother immediately declared that he refused to sit with me at the same table. My mother also turned out to be unfriendly, grumbling that she regretted my birth, since I allegedly

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