People Living With HIV Continue To Face Workplace Discrimination, ILO Study Says

U.N. News: ‘Stigma and discrimination still persists’ against people living with HIV — U.N. labor agency
“Although progress in treating people living with HIV has enabled them to work, they continue to face career discrimination, says a new study launched on Thursday by the United Nations labor agency. Based on 13 country team surveys throughout the world, the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) HIV Stigma and Discrimination in the World of Work: Findings from the People Living with HIV Stigma Index, draws on interviews with more than 100,000 people living with the virus…” (7/26).

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