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Transport unions commit to World AIDS Day
30 novembre 2009
The ITF and its member trade unions are once again committing themselves to fighting HIV/AIDS and the prejudice that accompanies it. Transport workers are often disproportionately affected by HIV and the ITF has for the last 10 years actively worked against its spread through education projects, films and innovative campaigns (see www.itfglobal.org/in-focus/index.cfm/themeid/13).
Dr Syed Asif Altaf, ITF Global HIV/AIDS Project Coordinator, commented: “The ITF is committed to combatting HIV/AIDS, to promoting rights based approaches, pushing for confidentiality and privacy and ensuring equitable access to HIV/AIDS services. Once again on this latest World AIDS Day, the ITF, joined by its affiliated unions, is continuing its long-term campaign on HIV/AIDS, with a specific focus on challenging stigma and discrimination at workplaces.”
He continued: “The epidemic has stabilised globally, albeit at an unacceptably high level, but in many countries the numbers affected continue to rise. Gains have been made in access to treatment, especially for pregnant women, but the stark truth is that for every two people who go onto antiretroviral medication five more are newly infected.”
He concluded: “The ITF, as part of the Global Union AIDS Programme, strongly believes we have the right to information, education and practical support on HIV/AIDS. And with them comes the responsibility to examine our own behaviour and the risks we take, as well as the risks we impose on others. Above all we have the responsibility to help create an accepting and enabling environment that allows us all to break the silence and openly discuss HIV/AIDS and the support of co-workers who are living with HIV.”
These are some of the World AIDS Day activities being held by ITF affiliated unions:
In Australia the MUA will organise rallies across the country. Its national youth conference will also highlight the HIV campaign.
The Bangladesh Inland Navigation Workers Union will organise a seminar on dealing with HIV/AIDS in workplaces. The Bangladesh Railway Employers League will distribute materials and publicity to workers and the general public.
ITF affiliates in Barbados will organise a seminar on stigma and discrimination. The union expects that the participants will take information from that seminar and use it to advance the arguments for workplace policies They will work in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour's HIV/AIDS section.
In Belgium, Belgische Transportarbeidersbond will distribute campaign materials in workplaces and organise discussions.
ITF affiliates in Botswana have a pool of trainers and they will run education sessions in workplaces.
In Colombia the Asociacion Nacional de Servidores Publicos del Instituto Nacional de Vias Anseinvias will hold discussion sessions for workers and their families.
The Ghana General Transport Petroleum and Chemical Workers’ Union will hold talks with employers, government agencies and other relevant stakeholders on the importance of working together in preventing HIV/AIDS infection.
The Clerical and Commercial Workers’ Union in Guyana will organise discussion sessions to promote voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) and will participate in a national week of testing. They will also distribute condoms in workplaces.
ITF affiliates in India, including the Adarsho Auto and Taxi Drivers Union, Forward Seamen Union of India, and Southern Railway Mazdoor Union, will organise discussion sessions for workers and family members. The Private Motor Transport Workers’ Union is running educational activities.
Kesatuan Pelaut Indonesia will organise special seminars for seafarers and distribute publicity materials.
The HIV positive support group of the Kenya Dock Workers’ Union will organise discussion sessions and will be holding a big rally on the issue of stigma. They will set up a VCT tent to promote testing.
The Namibia Transport and Allied Workers Union and Federation will organise seminars in workplaces.
The Independent Transport Workers’ Association of Nepal will hold awareness sessions for truckers and the surrounding community in a newly launched drop-in centre at the India/Nepal border.
In Sierra Leone, five ITF affiliated unions (representing seafarers, dockers, fishers, road transport and waterfront workers) will be holding meetings and discussion programmes. Officials from the National Aids Secretariat have been asked to give a lecture on prevention, care and support programmes.
The South Africa Transport and Allied Workers Union, in collaboration with employers, will run a programme to promote VCT and to enrol more members into ARV therapy.
The National Union of Seafarers of Sri Lanka will organise discussion sessions and distribute publicity materials and condoms.
The Tokyo office of the ITF will take part in the special HIV/AIDS exhibition organised by the Japan National Trade union centre. They will display all the ITF publication/campaign materials on HIV/AIDS along with a photo exhibit of ITF affiliates’ HIV/AIDS activities.
The Ugandan Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union will organise a number of programmes at different wellness centres that they run in partnership with the Solidarity Centre and the North Star Foundation.
The Marine Transport Workers' Trade Union of Ukraine will hold a seminar in the maritime academy. They will distribute campaign materials in ports, seafarers’ centres and other workplaces. They also plan to hold education sessions.
The Zambia Bus and Taxi Workers’ Union will organise a workplace education programme.
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More information on World AIDS Day and the World AIDS Campaign:
World AIDS Day International Event Calendar: www.worldaidscampaign.org/en2/Key-events/World-AIDS-Day/Events-Calendar/WAD-2009-Events-Calendar World AIDS Day Materials: www.worldaidscampaign.org/en2/Key-events/World-AIDS-Day/World-AIDS-Day-Materials/Download
For UNAIDS statistics on HIV and AIDS: www.unaids.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/HIVData/EpiUpdate/EpiUpdArchive/2009/default.asp
For more information or for interviews with experts, national campaigners and people directly affected by HIV and AIDS, contact the World AIDS Campaign at media@worldaidscampaign.org, +31 20 616 9045 (Netherlands) or + 27 21 487 3010 (South Africa).
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For more information contact ITF press officer, Sam Dawson.
Direct line: + 44 (0)20 7940 9260.
Email: dawson_sam@itf.org.uk
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