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| allAfrica.com |
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| Charlotte Mjele, a 22-year old South African woman living with HIV/AIDS,
won a standing ovation from delegates at the opening ceremony of the
conference after she told them she had fought discrimination
and come to terms with her HIV-positive status: "I made a conscious effort to
be a leader in showing that an HIV diagnosis is not the end of one's life," she said.
Mjele, of Hopeworldwide Jabavu Clinic, Soweto and the Society for Women and
AIDS in Africa, appealed to community and national leaders for "more action
where it matters most - to reach young people, children at the grassroots,
and to deal with poverty which is breeding HIV infection, fear,
hopelessness and premature death." |
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