HIV, women and motherhood

Shari Margolese, Canada—Shari is a Canadian AIDS activist who discovered that she was HIV-positive in 1993, when there was a lot of ignorance around HIV in Canada. Her diagnosis came 3 months after having given birth to her son. She relates the implications this has had on her maternity and on her son’s life.

Fourteen women share their most painful times, their resilience, their yearnings and their passions for change.

A series of interviews conducted at the International AIDS conference in Mexico in August 2008.

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