HIV, Women and the Law
The Sophia Forum seeks to inform its supporters about issues relating to women and HIV both here in the UK and globally. These sector-specific pages are designed to guide professionals working in these sectors to relevant and up-to-date information regarding your profession and its influence on the lives of women in relation to HIV. If you have specific queries or if you know of other articles which you would like to share with us, do please contact us on info@sophiaforum.net and we will endeavour to respond as soon as we can.
| Author | Date | Title | Publisher | Format/Description | Link | Additional Information |
| UNAIDS | 2008 | Advocating against overly-broad application of criminal law to HIV transmission | UNAIDS | Web page | Link | Law professionals - please read the expert opinion of UNAIDS lawyers with regards to the negative effects of punitive legislation and ensure that your colleagues are also aware of these |
| UNAIDS | 2007 | International Consultation on the Criminalization of HIV Transmission | UNAIDS | Meeting Summary | Link | |
| UNAIDS | 2008 | Criminalization of HIV Transmission | UNAIDS | Policy Brief | Link | |
| ATHENA | 2009 | 10 reasons why criminalization of HIV exposure or transmission harms women | ATHENA | Document | Link | |
| Lesley Doyal and Jane Anderson | 2003 | HIV-positive African women surviving in London: Report of a qualitative study | THT | Extract from Report | Link | |
| ICW | ICW concerned over trends to criminalise HIV transmission | ICW | Article | Link | ||
| ICW | Why we oppose Criminalisation | ICW | Summary from ICW News | Link | ||
| Janet Street-Porter | 2006 | Why we shouldn't blame Sarah Jane | The Independent | Article | Link | |
| The Sophia Forum | 2006 | HIV and the Law | The Sophia Forum | Newsletter | Link | |
| Baroness Helena Kennedy QC | 2008 | Legal rights and social wrongs | The Sophia Forum | Transcript of Sophia inaugural lecture | Link | |
| Widows for Peace through Democracy | 2010 | Dossier on Widowhood: Issues of Discrimination for the Attention of CEDAW | Widows for Peace through Democracy | Report | Link | Women with HIV whose husbands have died are often especially vulnerable to lack of or abuse of their property and inheritance rights, as well as "wife inheritance" by a male relative of their husband. They also risk losing custody of their children. This from Sophia supporters, explains more. |
| Alice Welbourn | 2009 | Women, HIV and Human Rights: the crisis of criminalisation | The Salamander Trust | Transcript | Link | Transcript of Presentation at International Womens Day event, hosted by the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS, ActionAid International and Interact Worldwide |
| Silvia Petretti | 2 articles on deportation 1 article on asylum 1 article on life in prison |
Silvia Petretti | Blog | Link Link Link |
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| Edwin J Bernard | Criminal HIV Transmission | Edwin J Bernard | Blog | Link | A collection of published news stories, opinion, and resources about so-called 'HIV crimes' | |
| Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association | Commonwealth Magistrates and Judges Association | Website | Link | Our co-hosts for our event at the RCS with Helena Kennedy QC | ||
| Alice Welbourn | 2008 | HIV/Aids: a war on women | openDemocracy | Article | Link | |
| Alice Welbourn | 2008 | A message for World Aids Day | openDemocracy | Article | Link | |
| Alice Welbourn | 2008 | Into the firing line… Placing young women and girls at greater risk | AIDS Legal Network | Journal article | Link |
