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World AIDS Day

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The World AIDS Day celebration was organised over a week from 1st December 2007 to 10th December 2007. Over the past years, Saheli Sangh has been organizing this day very auspiciously to generate a mass sensitization towards the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the women in sex work. This year the program had very fruitful impact especially to the women in sex work. During this week, Saheli Sangh had been able to mobilize approximately 350 women to share their doubts and feelings to the members of recognized institutions and clarify the myths associated to legal issues and health care practices. During this mentioned days, Saheli HIV/AIDS Karyakarta Sangh organized various activities which were directly beneficial to the women in sex work. The programs conducted were mainly: 1. PLHA (People living with HIV/AIDS) Meeting 2. Saheli Sammelan (Annual General Body Meeting of Saheli Sangh) 1. PLHA Meeting – Sahel i Sangh has mobilized the women living with HIV/AIDS to come together as an association.